In my second Electoral College-related post today/of all time, I look at how much of the popular vote a candidate needs to become president. This is based off of statistical data from the 2000 US Census and simple data derived from Microsoft Excel, using simple mathematics.
While the preciseness of the percentage I will give is questionable, it is no doubt a very ineresting insight into just how inaccurate the Electoral College may be. And the result will shock you.
Current projection has Kerry up by 40 votes. And it’s apparently based on real polls.
Hah. Yeah right. But we can dream.
Math geeks only!
I think I’ve come up with a practical application of the 3rd derivative. My pre-calc teacher agrees with me.
Our application revolves around a car. When the gas pedal is pressed and held at a constant rate, the engine accelerates the car. The 2nd derivative is the rate of acceleration. The 3rd derivative in this instance is the rate at which the gas pedal is depressed, thus accelerating the acceleration.
Ph33r my math skillz.
Bush just got done talking about how nothing is holding us back from becoming a better country (except of course, for himself, but that’s another discussion for another day). And with the conclusion of said speech, so wraps up the bulk of the RNC, or at least the stuff people give a damn about. And if this past week has told us anything about what both Dems and Reps are going to be doing, its SLANDER THE HECK OUT OF THE OPPONENT.
But that’s to be expected. I thought this race was going to be exciting and insightful. Instead it’s turning into a game of he-said-she-said, and the players are Kerry and Bush. It’s starting to get boring. However, tonight marks the kick-off. Maybe after tonight we’ll start seeing debates between these two men, discussing things that matter to Americans. Like terrorism, jobs, welfare, civil service, civil rights, our troops, taxes, social security, and health coverage.
I got me a GPG (PGP?) key for my email. You can download the public key below. Read on for what a key is, how you can use it, and how you can get your own.
The ilovebees.com countdown is over as of 6:07 AM Pacific time this morning. The AI is now “Transmitting”. It seems as if the server is having runtime errors.
Maybe the AI’s transmission program is having problems? Intrusion by the Covenant AI?
The Switchboard has published my tutorial on doing photoshop spotlights. I also got it posted on MacBytes and got quite a bit of positive feedback on it. Thanks to everyone who enjoyed it!
The iPod, 4G, 40 GB is here.
Saw this excellent movie last night. Twas excellent. Highly reccomended. See below if you want to see who won.
It’s almost time to open the crate, and unleash that which is inside.
