[Am-info] Computer simulation predicts George W. Bush wins election

[Gene Gaines]

Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> 
on his email list <politech@politechbot.com> 
on Mon, 06 Nov 2000 09:32:50 -0500 reports:

   Computer Simulation Predicts Bush Wins Election
   posted by cicero on Monday November 06, @07:15AM
   from the computers-never-lie dept.

http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/06/0520254&mode=nested

So, will this be the outcome?

 - Bush wins electoral college and election by slimmest of margins.
 - Nader costs Gore the election.
 - New Department of Justice dumps WordPerfect.
 - New government IT czar states Microsoft Word 2000 format is
     required for all government uses, and Microsoft FrontPage 
     standards are required for access to government web sites.
 - President Bush begins initiative to adopt UCITA in all states.
 - Open source declared a security threat for government use.
 - Reverse engineering is outlawed as a security threat.
 - Lower court overturns Microsoft decision, criticises Jackson
     for attempt to apply outdated monopoly laws to computing
     and the Internet.
 - A new class of oil exploration companies is created, with special
     tax incentives to begin oil drilling off California, Florida,
     Long Island, Alaska to avoid the oil crisis predicted by the
     new administration.
 - Stock broker and insurance salesmen find a new bonanza in pulling
     individual funds out of Social Security for private investment.
 - Given the new financial crises forseen by the new administration,
     the plan to give tax cuts is abandoned.  Mr. Bush, in an
     address to the nation over the Internet using a new Microsoft
     streaming procotol, points out "I never said 'read my lips',
     that was my dad".

Heads up, people.  The election is VERY on-subject for this list!

Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com