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Re: Diary up that may be of interest

Peter Flom — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:17:01 GMT

Del C wrote ... Oh.... yes, I now remember that you did advise me on that. I think I need an mnemonic to remember not to use jpg....

Re: Diary up that may be of interest

Del C — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:25:59 GMT

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Peter Flom said ... I got my Photobucket account specifically for Daily Kos, but it's frustrating

Re: Diary up that may be of interest

Del C — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:23:16 GMT

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Mark Lindeman said ... I thought I'd long ago advised Peter about the drawbacks of using JPEG for graphs, text, and

Re: Diary up that may be of interest

Peter Flom — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:27:47 GMT

I tried PNG, I will try it some more....I also want to look at ImageShack instead of Photobucket - according to some people, they have more options thanks

Re: Diary up that may be of interest

Mark Lindeman — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:59 GMT

Have you considered saving the graphic as a PNG? Usually pretty small yet lossless -- but I don't rigorously know how "P" they really are.

Diary up that may be of interest

Peter Flom — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:59:55 GMT

It's entitled 'Biplots of Congressional districts' and it is at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/12/21115/7422 thanks Peter Statistical Consultant www DOT

Re: Party primary turnout versus Election result

Brett Blake — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:48:12 GMT

Point well taken. I had been thinking of the current (which Bush has destroyed) political climate, which I place the beginning at Reagan's election in 1980,

Re: Party primary turnout versus Election result

Mark Lindeman — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:14:30 GMT

Well, I would submit that 1976 was definitely a double-serious-primary year, even if Ford did end up winning the nomination. Carter in 1980, Bush in 1988, Gore

Re: Party primary turnout versus Election result

Del C — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:11:33 GMT

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, I said ... Answering my own question, it appears to be the 1952 Eisenhower vs. Stevenson race. But, bizarrely, this was not a year in

Re: Party primary turnout versus Election result

Del C — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:52:46 GMT

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, I said ... Arrgh! Scratch that. Humphrey was Johnson's VP. Wow, this is the first double-serious-primary year in how long?

Re: Party primary turnout versus Election result

Del C — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:29 GMT

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Brett Blake said ... It occurred to me later that the only years which would provide a good indication of election

Re: Party primary turnout versus Election result

Brett Blake — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:42:43 GMT

Most states have either an election commission or secretary of state office where I'm slowly gathering historical voting records. The data is very uneven, with

Party primary turnout versus Election result

Del C — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:20:02 GMT

There has been a lot of talk about how the Democratic turnout for the primaries this year is much larger than for the Republican primaries. What's the history

Re: Diary coming on Sunday

Brett Blake — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:21:36 GMT

All good points. I suppose everything is feasible with my web hosting arrangement, it's an old PC sitting in the corner over there, and I'll see what I can do

Re: Diary coming on Sunday

Energy Guy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:11:21 GMT

Thanks for doing this, but of course I have requests: 1) Is it possible for you to just put a link on your web page to a text file (with a static URL) so that