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Well, it's no time to let our guad down...
...he's up by 170 votes, but history shows that the folks voting for the Maine Coon from Japan make very big runs at the lead. I expect this to be a nail biter. Don't forget to vote as much as you can this weekend!
Hint: Search for the file name "ccchallenge" on your hard drive, which is a cookie given out by the vote tallying computer. Delete the cookie and you may be able to vote again.
I've had good luck switching from IE to Firefox and getting two votes in at the same time.

Thanks folks!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

I just discovered that on the computers in my lab, I was able to vote again on the few I retried. We use software that makes anything written on the c drive disappear on reboot. Soooo, it's not logging IP addresses, but, as Don said, is using cookies to keep track of which machines have voted. I'll see what I can do Monday, but I don't know if I can ask my student to repeat her work from last week.

This is nuts! Look at how few votes the 3rd and 4th place cats have compared to the two front runners.

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

I was able to vote twice, but it won't let me do it again, even tho I cleared my cookies. (dial up). Then again, twice is a lot more than I ever thought I'd vote for a cat without ears.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

That cat sure has nine lives.

I just cast my vote for Jimmy!

It logs IP and a Cookie, you have to delete the cookie and then reconnect if you have a variable IP Address.

Looks like the Japanese Coon folks manages to log a solid overnight effort of at least 250 votes...we're back to being down by 120 votes or so. They must be cheating!



Remember Jimmy in your weekend trips to the computer!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Hey Don, I just noticed on their opening page that it says the cats with the highest votes will have another final vote-off. Does that mean we'll have to go through all this again?


Russell, I cleared cookies and rebooted and it still won't let me vote again.


Ronold man38871.3987731481

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

C'mon guys let's show them of what wood we heat from!

I voted one more time!

Go Jimmy Go! Go OLFers Go!

Down 373 now.....situation looks bleak...

   Poor Jimmy...

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Hey Don don't be mad at me...I didn't post till now but I voted for Jimmy when you first asked!

that other guy must have one of those Washington Lobbyists working for him.Dave-SKG38871.5321412037

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Dave Bland

remember...

"If it doesn't play in tune...it's just pretty wood"

Sounds like hanging Chads to me...

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Dave Bland

remember...

"If it doesn't play in tune...it's just pretty wood"

We should demand a recount for sure and maybe see if congress can get involved.

The other night I was keeping tabs on the votes and I noticed that everytime I would clean the cookies, disconnect, re-connect and try to vote again, the other cat would have one vote more every minute or two...

Is it possible to invent a type of program that just cleans cookies, changes IP adresses or whatever and then just votes again? It all seemed very fishy to me!

   Hesh, I love that ballistic kitty pic!!!

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

One more vote from me Don, come on guys let's kick B**T HERE!

Don't give up we're only down by 8 votes now.

Well, SOMEBODY was up all night voting...cause Jimmy caught up and has grabbed the lead by 27 votes!
I don't expect the competition will sit on their hands today, but this is encouraging. Musta have been the influence of the OLF folks!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Were up ,were down, This is mind numbing. I'm sure those Japanese voters are using every trick they can too!I was able to vote twice. C'mon guys,We can do it ! GO ,Oh earless one!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Down by over 100 again. Can we still win????? Maybe, but it will take a HUGE effort over the next day and a half...
Keep it up folks!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

I guess when both sides are cheating it almost seems fair again!

Guess the Democratic system does work after all!

C.Lavin

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www.handcraftinlay.com

Here's the deal for you folks with dsl.

1. Delete the ccchallenge cookie.
2. restart your computer.
3. while restarting, unplug the phone line from the back of your router, and then plug it back in a few seconds later as the computer is almost booted up. This forces it to get a new ip from the host.
4. VERY IMPORTANT. Go to the Mozilla website and download the web browzer called Firefox. In the utilities/options setup, you can disable cookies, so it won't receive any through Firefox. If you can't figure it out, call me here at home tonight, and I'll walk you through the process.
5. Open your Firefox browser, and browse to the vote page. Do Not Vote yet.
Next, open Internet Explorer an d also go to the vote page. Have the two votes sitting side by side and set the vote button to select Jimmy. Hit the select button on the bottom on the Firefox browser first, and then in the internet explorer browser. The IE will creat a new cookie, the Firefox will not.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 as many times as you can. It works EVERY TIME.   

Go Jimmy!Don Williams38872.7997106481

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Don,

Have you considered a life as a hacker?

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

No, I have an aversion to small spaces with iron bars.

The push is officially on! Vote for Jimmy!

Monday is "Official Vote For Jimmy Day" at all offices, homes, and places of employment.

Jimmy's human Bruce says "thanks!" to everyone for getting Jimmy this far. He's grateful for all you help.

Don

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

ONE MORE PUSH GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!