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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA306 ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:02:13 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!oka.cs.wisc.edu!jcargill From: jcargill@oka.cs.wisc.edu (Jon Cargille) Subject: Re: 3rd CFV and VOTE ACK: comp.os.386bsd.* Message-ID: <1993Jan30.192613.13674@cs.wisc.edu> Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison CS Dept References: <1kaddmINNe5r@rodan.UU.NET> <1993Jan29.180317.15804@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 19:26:13 GMT Lines: 44 In article <1993Jan29.180317.15804@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >In article <1kaddmINNe5r@rodan.UU.NET> mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu writes: >> >>Here's the list of people who have voted, and which votes they have >>voted in, as of Mon, 25 Jan 93 10:50:03 EST. >> comp.os.386bsd.questions--------+ >> comp.os.386bsd.misc------------+| >> comp.os.386bsd.development----+|| >> comp.os.386bsd.bugs----------+||| >> comp.os.386bsd.apps---------+|||| >> comp.os.386bsd.announce----+||||| >> |||||| >> vvvvvv >>terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) ...... > > >I have a little, bitty problem with the vote tallying software: > [...Terry's votes deleted...] > >Either way, the automatic tally is wrong. > >Anyone else see this? > I think Terry has misunderstood the meaning of the 'periods' in the vote ACK. Having a period for a particular group beside your name does NOT mean that you voted for the group. It merely means that you VOTED, either in the affirmative or the negative. The point of vote ACKS is to ensure that your vote was received. The information about whether votes are FOR or AGAINST is intentionally withheld until the voting has ended, to keep people from making efforts to sway a vote which is not going they way they might like. After the Voting is received, the full votes will be released, and you can make sure yours was recorded correctly... Jon -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Jon Cargille jcargill@cs.wisc.edu Want your .sig compressed? Reasonable rates and fast turnaround. Call today!