Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-06 Thread Christian Bau
In article 90k3vl$[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman Rubin) wrote: AFAIK there is general agreement that unbiased humans are better at identifying the difference between unpunched holes and imperfectly punched holes than current counting machines -- which after all were only

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-06 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Christian Bau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article 90k3vl$[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman Rubin) wrote: AFAIK there is general agreement that unbiased humans are better at identifying the difference between unpunched holes and imperfectly punched

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-06 Thread Ray Vickson
Christian Bau wrote: In article 90k3vl$[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman Rubin) wrote: AFAIK there is general agreement that unbiased humans are better at identifying the difference between unpunched holes and imperfectly punched holes than current counting machines --

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-05 Thread Fred Galvin
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The message below is at: http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/threadmsg_if.xp?AN=701156345fmt=text Legal sophistry is truly amazing, especially the use of the phrase "reasonable probability." This case has absolutely nothing to do with

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-05 Thread Tony T. Warnock
I specifically did not vote for some offices. I don't need the "psychic friends" counters to guess how I wanted to vote. I refused to cast a vote in these cases. It's not an "under vote" or an incorrect vote. It's blank. =

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-05 Thread P.G.Hamer
Fred Galvin wrote: There is nothing *wrong* with "undervote" ballots. Voters are not required to vote on every office and every question on the ballot. Probably, *most* people who vote don't fill out their ballots completely. Voters who choose not to vote for any of the candidates for

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-05 Thread Rich Ulrich
"reasonable probability." This case has absolutely nothing to do with statistics or with probability. It is a simple case of arithmetic--look at the undervote ballots. There is nothing *wrong* with "undervote" ballots. Voters are not required to vote on every offic

reasonable probability

2000-12-04 Thread DRosa
The message below is at: http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/threadmsg_if.xp?AN=701156345fmt=text Legal sophistry is truly amazing, especially the use of the phrase "reasonable probability." This case has absolutely nothing to do with statistics or with probability. It is a simple case of