🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: misc.headlines
Article #435

Re: Crowd size at abortion rights march

#435
From: Charles Packer
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:48
8 lines
1030 bytes
In article <MATT.92Apr12014558@physics1.berkeley.edu>, matt@physics.berkeley.edu writes...
>Actually, what I would like to see whenever crowd size estimates are
>reported is an error estimate as well.  


Well, as the Park Police told me when I inquired about their
200,000 figure for a 1990 march, they estimated 99,000 to 198,000,
then "rounded it up" to 200,000 for the official figure!
Technical Details
Message-ID: <13APR199222480647@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer
References: <7APR199208114521@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <15830008@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <MATT.92Apr12014558@physics1.berkeley.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer
From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: misc.headlines
Subject: Re: Crowd size at abortion rights march
Message-ID: <13APR199222480647@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 14 Apr 92 02:48:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: amarna.13APR199222480647
References: <7APR199208114521@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <15830008@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <MATT.92Apr12014558@physics1.berkeley.edu>
Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet)
Organization: Dept. of Independence
Lines: 8
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1
Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov