[EM] Delay in finding computer's editor instructions

[Bart Ingles]

Man, this is like Florida all over again.   ;-)



MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
> 
> The manual for my computer includes instructions for the computer's
> program editor. I found them once, in the manual. I'll find them again.
> The manual is several inches thick. What I've determined so far is
> that the program editor isn't listed in any of the indexes or tables
> of contents that are contained in the manual.
> 
> A sure-to-succeed and easy, but not quick, way to find the editor
> instructions will be to check one page at a time, starting with page
> one. That's what I'll have to do.
> 
> There are some other books that came with the computer, and one of
> them also has a description of the program editor. If I find that,
> that would be just as good. Finding that one might or might not be
> quicker.
> 
> Within a few days I'm sure to find one of those descriptions of the
> program editor. And so within a few days I'll post the poll results--
> the winner, and other facts about the results. But there's no need for
> the count result to be delayed till I find those program editor
> instructions. That's because there are several people on this list
> who have programs to do the count for Cloneproof SSD or BeatpathWinner,
> and for Ranked Pairs(margins). Surely one of those people will post
> the winner(s) by Cloneproof SSD and Ranked Pairs(margins) more quickly.
> (You will, right?).
> 
> This certainly brings out the great advantage of Approval & CR
> over pairwise-count methods when no computer is available. I just
> didn't think this election would be one of that type.
> 
> But, in few days, long before the next poll's balloting deadline, my
> count programs for the pairwise-count methods will be typed-in and
> tested, and so then a prompt count result won't depend on someone else
> promptly doing the count.
> 
> Mike Ossipoff
> 
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