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patti smith is playing at the melkweg during the can-u-bus cup!!!
This is kind of silly, but I wanted to see how hard it would be to write. If you want to see a unique list of every word you have ever used on your page (sorted by the number of occurances, in descending order) you can do so at www.digitalmediatree.com/word_count.php3?global=x:x:x: (where x:x:x: is the page global location, for instance, this page is 0:1:1:) Here's my page, for example: jim's page.
(please note: this is highly unpolished. The script makes certain crude assumptions about what a word is, and other crude transformations on the html so that no unintended html gets into the print out. It just strips out most punctuation. Not so pretty, but still slightly interesting. I could make it better, but it's functional enough in this state for what I'm interested in.)
News Alert:Due to an anticipated voter turnout much larger than originally
expected, the polling facilities may not be able to handle the load all at
once.
Therefore, Demorcrats are requested to vote on Tuesday, November 7, and
Republicans on Wednesday, November 8.
Please pass this message along and help us to make sure that nobody gets
left out.
Talked with Alex. He's doing well in a tough situation. His fathers funeral is on Saturday, and we're hoping for his return soon afterwards. Maybe we'll have a small gathering here at Rivington St. if he's up for it. Until then, keep sending your good vibes.
Reuters - Re: vote for sale - Wed Nov 1 12:58:15 2000
Calif. Shuts 'Nader Trader' Vote Swap Web Site
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California
authorities have shut down a vote
swap web site aimed at so-called ``Nader traders'' -- people in battleground
states who agree to vote for Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) if someone in
a less contested state votes for the Green Party's Ralph Nader (news - web
sites).
``We did notify the site manager that they were in violation of California election
law and they did need to cease activities on the Web site, and they complied,''
Shad Balch, a spokesman for California Secretary of State Bill Jones, said
Tuesday.
The site, (www.voteswap2000.com), was one of a number of Internet trading
sites which sprang up after political pundits suggested vote swapping as a way
of backing Nader without costing Gore the election.
According to the theory, Nader supporters in toss-up states sign up to vote for
Gore. In exchange, their votes are ''swapped'' for Nader votes by people in
states already solidly behind either Gore or Republican candidate George W.
Bush (news - web sites) -- helping Nader toward his goal of five percent of the
popular vote, the threshold needed for the Green Party to obtain federal
matching funds for the 2004 election.
Balch said Jones sent Web site managers Jim Cody and Ted Johnson a letter
explaining that their swap site ``is engaged in criminal activity in the state of
California'' through violations of state laws prohibiting the brokering of votes.
``The right to free and fair elections is a cornerstone of American democracy.
Any person or entity that tries to exchange votes or brokers the exchange of
votes will be pursued with the utmost vigor,'' Jones' letter said.
In a message on the site on Tuesday, Cody and Johnson said they had turned
their software off to comply with Jones' order. ''At the time we set the web site
up we understood that what we were doing was legal,'' the message said.