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xisle
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glad when its over...

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Any one else delivering dynamic election results in the US?
A week of stress for an evening worth of data.. ugg
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Sounds like fun. Whos winning :)
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are you doing that in PHP?
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Polls start closing at 6pm EST, reporting won't begin until that time.
Been testing for a week so things should be cool

these guys do a decent job reporting..
http://www.times.com/


yeh we get a data feed from AP.org and massage that a bit..
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You're covering the election for the NYTimes? Well, done landing that job. :)
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noo not quite that large of a site...
:lol: I work for a few smaller newspapers
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I was just about to be seriously impressed - working for the NYTimes would be, well, not too bad ;)
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Post by m3mn0n »

Damn right! That those are some deep pockets I wouldn't mind some pocket change from. ;)

Anyway, looks like Bush won this one. Damn. :x
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