Man Comes Forward As Web Site Originator (electoral-vote.com)

[NVMojo]

History may never know how many working hours were lost to Andrew Tanenbaum's Web site, www.electoral-vote.com.

The site features a map of the United States in shades of blue, red, pink and white and a tally of which way the electoral college vote will go if the most recent polls are correct. (White is for tied, light blue is for states that are weakly leaning toward Kerry, pink is for states that are weakly leaning toward Bush.)

Updated as the poll numbers from each state arrive, it has become one of the world's 1,000 most popular Web sites and gets 600,000 visitors a day, according to Tanenbaum. At 11 a.m. EST, the site had Kerry ahead of Bush, 298 electoral votes to 231.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=3&u=/ap/20041102/ap_on_hi_te/electoral_predictor

[clydefrand]

1. Is Tanenbaum presenting us with a huge

Christmas tree?

Not a shrub, mind you!

:bounce:

[Zorra]

4. O Tanenbaum, O Tanenbaum, wie treu sind deine Blatter? n/t

[greekspeak]

12. Du gruesnt nicht nur im Sommerziet, nein auch im Winter wenn es schneit

Forgive my spelling!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. His current electoral map is going to change quite a bit...

...by the end of the day. Opinion polls are okay as far as they go, but to base anything concrete on their findings is folly, IMHO.

[davidinalameda]

3. he has done a wonderful job

I can't imagine the effort he's put in to this site

BRAVO

[Carolab]

5. This SHOULD be the headline

Kerry ahead of Bush, 298 electoral votes to 231.

[BamaBecky]

6. 262 to 261 right now 2:50 P.M.Central

[VTHoosierPatriot]

10. Polls

I only go with the Zogby.com There's no way Hawaii's going red and FL, oh Florida. Turnout's making these polls worthless. Let's just hope these challenges really get people motivated to come out.

[Coonce-Ewing]

7. I've

been following his site for awhile and I really hope that it turns out well for Kerry.

I didn't expect to see NJ as tied between Kerry and *

I voted here in CT this morning.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. Trust me...NJ is VERY far from being "tied".

[treefrogjohn]

9. I have taught from one of his computer textbooks

It was very well written and helped make it much easier to teach a very complex subject (computer architecture). What a pleasant surprise to find out he is behind this EV site and to read his personal political thoughts.

[sweetheart]

11. That was HIM!!

Oh my gosh! He is a computer god! How excellent to know he's on
our side. :-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. He is the Grandfather of Linux

Linus was inspired by his textbook OS (Minix) to make Linux.

[lightbulb]

14. He sounds like a truly amazing guy

I read the autobio he put up yesterday. He is a very accomplished academic and no friend of * by any stretch.