From: on Oct 20, 9:15 am show options


Bill Sohl wrote:
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Bill Sohl wrote:

Given the numbers that have been tallied so far, even a margin of
error of 5% misanalyzed would not result in a majority in favor
of keeping morse.

Actually, if 5% were miscategorized, there would be a very slight
majority in favor of keeping at least some code testing.

WRONG! If the current majority of 1311 (54%) went down by 5%,
the number would then be (1311 -66 = 1245) which still gives a
52% majority in favor of the NPRM.
I wrote:

"if 5% were miscategorized"

meaning if 5% were in the wrong category. Fixing that problem would
remove 5% from one category and add 5% to another.

Remove 5% from the anticodetest column and add 5% to the procodetest
column and the majority changes.

Whoa! Whose tabulation are you talking about, Jimmie?

My own voluntary tabulation doesn't have any "anticodetest" column
nor any "procodetest" column. You must be using someone else's
that aren't posted in this newsgroup...

(SNIP of repeated "what if's)

Why? Are any of them unreasonable?

[ludicrously argumentative, they are... :-) ]

Why? FCC ignored majority opinion on the
issue in 1999 - do you really
think the majority opinion matters now?

Actually no I don't, but it doesn't hurt the
nocode test cause to have a majority favoring the change.

True, but note how narrow it is.

Tsk, tsk...that shouldn't matter. The World According to
Jimmie had the Restructuring NPRM Comments "favoring higher
code test rates" than the across-the-board restriction to
5 WPM. THAT was a slim majority. PCTAs thought it "okay"
since it favored code testing. :-)


And note that the criteria used are quite vague in places. For example:

Do the totals include reply comments as well as comments?

They do, but the ONLY way to CHECK that is to READ THEM,
Jimmie. ALL of them. A mere 2600+ filings.

If the same person submits multiple comments that are not identical, or
comments and reply comments, are they all counted, or does each
commenter get counted only once?

Yes, no, and maybe. :-)

The ONLY WAY to CHECK that is to READ THEM, Jimmie. ALL
of them. A mere 2600+ filings.

How is it determined if a person submits a "valid address"?

If the ECFS Comment submission ACCEPTS it and it appears on
the record. Tsk, tsk, all "FCC Insiders" should KNOW that!

Why is the NPRM considered a comment?

What should it be considered as? :-)

Why are the comments of an Australian not counted?

NPRM 05-143 is about UNITED STATES radio regulations, Jimmie.

Is Australia part of the United States? No? Why not?

Is citizenship a requirement to be counted? How about residency? Why?

Tsk, tsk, tsk...all that CHILDISH questioning, like a petulant
four-year-old kid bothering Mommy. :-)

Jimmie still has to CHECK it all out by READING ALL the filings
on WT Docket 05-235. He should. He just can't accept "un-
verfied" tabulations without his decreeing that everything comes
out as he wants it. :-)