what is the formula for counting protestors?

[Cheswick2.0]

anyone know?

[nyhuskyfan]

1. Diebold makes computers that automatically count them...

They have the crowd at 823. But they won't let us check the software to see how they were counted.

[Cheswick2.0]

2. lol

[LittleApple81]

3. Perfect! n/t

[stopbush]

4. There are two formulae:

If it's a left-wing protest, count the heads in a 50-sq-yard area, divide by ten, and multiply that number by half the distance of the parade/rally.

If it's a right-wing protest, estimate the crowd at 250,000 for starters and add another 3,000 for every additional protestor you see. If they have a banner, add another 1,000. If the number doesn't reach 500,000, then count the people vacationing in The Hamptons as well.

[Cheswick2.0]

5. LOL

so what would you estimate todays crowd at?

[stopbush]

6. 225,000 - 300,000 minimum.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Take the actual number, divide by at least 10.. report that on the news.

nt

[leftchick]

8. c-span said it went for 20 city blocks....

I know there is a formula for that but I don't know it. Kelly Kramer posted a 34 block estimate and came up with 1,000,000! I am no mathematician so I am clueless where the sum comes from.

Personal observation... I watched the whole thing for 4 1/2 hours. It had to be close to 1 million!

:)

[Junkdrawer]

9. Bush Rally: Multiple by 100; Anti-Bush Rally: Divide by 100...

So if Bush buses in a couple of hundred, report "tens of thousands",

If several million show up for an anti-Bush rally, report "tens of thousands".

Makes it all even and fair, or "Fair and Balanced" as they say. Got it?