Re: the Pinhole Polls are open...

Oh, you probably have seen them, they're the little bits, usually
circular or oval, partially cutout, that you punch out of card stock.
Everyone here knows about them because of the Florida presidential
voting debacle, several counties used card stock for the ballots, you
were supposed to punch out the chad that designated your choice.

Pam

Guy Glorieux wrote:
>
> What on earth is a "chad", whether dimpled, hanging or pregant?
> Never seen one in my life...
> Guy
>
> "G.Penate" wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gregg Kemp" <gregg.kemp@pinhole.com>
> >
> > > Well, I guess I was dead wrong about the need for discussion.
> > Its been as
> > > quiet at the polls as it has on the list today. Speaking of
> > polling, has
> > > anyone ever tried making a pinhole image with a dimpled chad?
> > or perhaps
> > a
> > > hanging chad would work better?
> >
> > Does it matter how many corners is it hanging from? As for the
> > real
> > technical question: how do you find out the f/stop of a hanging
> > chad.
> >
> > BTW, I tried with a pregnant chad, but got no image, I guess I
> > should have
> > known!
> >
> > Guillermo
> >

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