How long til we /know?/

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2004-11-02 12:33am

Alright, you know you're all wondering it...how long, after November 2nd, do we /know/ who won?

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-11-02 12:36am

It'll be over on the third. There might be some looneys who file lawsuits, but no one will take them seriously.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-11-02 12:38am

2005 possibly, yes I'm pessimistic

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-11-02 12:40am

Neither one will concede unless it is a clear majority. If its close it will become a waiting game to see how long they can hold on. Many people thought Gore caved too soon and the Republicans will hold on to power no matter what the cost. I pray it is not close.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-11-02 12:40am

MKSheppard wrote:2005 possibly, yes I'm pessimistic

Me too.
Walter Cronkite said he expects definetive results by May of next year.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-11-02 12:42am

One week.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-11-02 12:47am

We'll know within the next 48 hrs, at worst.

UCBooties · Post by **UCBooties** » 2004-11-02 12:56am

My inate optimism regarding democracy leads me to believe we will have solid results within a week, however my inate pessimism regarding people in general tell me to prepare to embrace our coming Canadian overlords... Perhaps if we aquiesce in just the right manner, my humble Duchy of Bootswellington will find a new place of power within the hierarchy of the New Era Emperium. Perhaps I can even become an advisor to the Aurora Throne... Hail Canada! Hail Bootswellington!

UCBooties · Post by **UCBooties** » 2004-11-02 12:57am

edit: that's supposed to be Imperium...

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-11-02 01:01am

I'd say within a few days.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-11-02 01:04am

Is there an 'other'? I'd say we'll *know* within a week but it won't be official for a lot longer after that.

Bugsby · Post by **Bugsby** » 2004-11-02 01:07am

A week. There's going to be some squabbles, but hopefully we won't have another Florida.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-11-02 01:21am

2008... I'm extremely pessimistic...

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-11-02 01:30am

I'd give it 2 days to be definite.

Post by **Edi** » 2004-11-02 02:47am

Three weeks, if it's anything like 2000. The impression I've gotten of how and when absentee ballots and provisional ones are counted means that an accurate result is impossible to know within 24 or even 48 hours of the election. Of course, I could very well be mistaken about how it's done.

If it's a clear majority for one or the other, 48 hours

Edi

GySgt. Hartman · Post by **GySgt. Hartman** » 2004-11-02 05:05am

The result will be challenged, and after three weeks, SCOTUS will declare Bush lifetime president.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2004-11-02 10:53am

CANADA VICTOR!

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-02 11:01am

A few days, and what's with your unhealthy love of backslashes?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2004-11-02 11:02am

Zaia wrote:A few days, and what's with your unhealthy love of backslashes?

I blame myself. It's a substitute for italics.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-02 11:10am

SirNitram wrote:I blame myself. It's a substitute for italics.

Ok, then I'll blame you too. I knew what they were for, I just think they look funny. I prefer the *asterisk-y* way of emphasizing myself.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-11-02 11:18am

No one use the _funny line underscore thingies_ like on ASVS anymore? I prefer asterisks too, to be honest.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-02 11:22am

*votes and looks at poll* How sad that no one's chosen the first option...

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2004-11-02 11:30am

Bah. No DOS user, Zaia.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-11-02 12:04pm

Zaia wrote:A few days, and what's with your unhealthy love of backslashes?

You can't use styled text in thread titles, so he's using slashes to represent italicized text. We actually had a huge debate on ASVS about this years ago. Lord Edam was adamant that underscores represented italicized text and asterisks represented bold text.

And those aren't backslashes; they're forward slashes. Backslashes are the things that Windows uses for its paths (c:\, for example). The backslash is also commonly used as an escape character in a number of Unix shells.

Also, morons tend to use the backslash in place of forward slashes everywhere. So if a moron posts a URL, he'll post something like "http:\\bbs.stardestroyer.net". Naturally, the link won't fucking work, but that doesn't stop the moron who can't seem to understand that Windows' idiosyncrasies aren't universal. We've had dumb-asses in the fucking computer science department get this shit wrong, and it's just totally unbelievable. If you can't get a fucking web address right, you have no place in a computer science department anywhere.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-02 12:06pm

Um, right. My apologies for calling it the wrong name. The rest was previously addressed.