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IP: Bush decoded


From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 08:44:23 -0400



http://metalab.unc.edu/javafaq/bush/

from the above



This has absolutely nothing to do with Java, but it may be one of 
the most important things I've ever posted here. Friday Governor 
George W. Bush of Texas posted complete records of his campaign 
contributions on his web site. However, he posted them in PDF format 
so they couldn't be imported into a database or a spreadsheet, and 
consequently reporters and voters couldn't find out just how much of 
his money was coming from whom. Or at least that's what he thought. 
:-)



I am pleased to announce, that after a few hours of intense hacking 
I have succeeded in extracting the crucial information from the PDF 
files and have posted them online in tab delimited format for 
anybody who wants them. Accountants, start your spread sheets!


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