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Your voting machine must be not electronic, but electric instead. You come into the booth, there is a table with buttons on it, each button is a vote. Each button is located near a name/picture/party description of a candidate. You push a button, which is connected electrically to a mechanical counter. The wire from the button goes into one of the counters, the old mechanical counters, and the lever to increase the count is pulled by an electromagnet.

To prevent you from pushing more than one button more than one time there is also an extra wire, which detects that you pushed the button once and disconnects all power by flipping a switch on the outside of the booth until you exit from the booth. Before the next person enters, the relay is switch is flipped on so that the next voter can push his button.

If redundancy is required, the button you push can also invoke a card puncher, which will provide you with a card with paper being punched out (not by hand, by an electric card puncher). You put this paper into a box.

The mechanical counters are outside of the voting box, under a cube of fiberglass but the numbers are not visible, they are behind a piece of cardboard.

On the punch card you can see the name of the candidate and a hole punched next to the name.

The mechanical counters can only go up and not down due to their mechanical nature, until they reach their maximum and reset to 0 by overflowing.

It is very easy to inspect such system and if all the wiring is directly visible then it is not going to be easy to tamper with them no matter where they spend the night before elections.

Once the elections are over all that is needed is to open the faces of the counters by removing the cardboard.

For recounting there is paper.

Well then you should like this laptop,because as you can read here it is running MIPS. Anyone have exp running Linux on MIPS? How does it perform?

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/206720976/7_mini_laptop.html

$90-$180 FOB Shanghai, QTY 500. Runs Linux or Windows CE.

Looks like they have variants of this from 7" to 12.1", which is why the range of prices.

The article doesn't mention a VGA port but at that price I'd be amazed if it has one.

Be amazed!!! There's a picture of the ports on the pruchase site (linked to from the artcle) and the specs and yes, one of the ports is external VGA.

I can't believe NYtimes can't do some basic fact checking. This is certainly not the last factory in the world - Chinese are making them like everything else. A quick search on Alibaba is all that would have been needed

here's a picture of the guy's platforms. I say ditch 'em NOW!

http://violin.en.alibaba.com/product/50076425/50363804/Electric_Cello/Electric_Violin.html

From GREAT Alibaba...

KALAMAZOO!

Here is a VIOlin...

MADE just for YOU!

(6,4,6,4... now where is my reward?)

That was the coolest thing of living in Canada and the USA. For some reason, apartments don't have ceiling lights like the UK. Instead residents had to buy Halogen floor lamps that faced upwards. Anything that landed between the lamp and the base became instant crispy critters. The most impressive fry-up was a large ant/moth that actually started crackling and popping for around five minutes. Even leaving a door open for less than a minute would lead to something being fried.

I thank and commend you for your effort - it really is the closest I've seen in my sporadic searches. However, I still note the $30 premium over the former NTSC product

http://www.etronics.com/p-25222-sansui-tvm1316-13-color-tv-mono-w120-minute-sleep-timer.aspx;

this for a good that was fully-matured and declining in real price. And what will replace the 2-inch LCDs?

But perhaps there is hope - I wonder who will be retailing "True Honest" TVs:

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/12019506/7_10_2_Inch_ATSC_DVB_T_LCD_Digital_TV/showimg.html

Thanks again.

We really need to spend money on this. There is no way that improving our deficit or infrastructure would be a smarter move. I mean, a couple of ignorant kids from redneck/inner city USA downloading some of the absolute crap that passes for music these days is clearly our priority number one. Let's not worry about going after the corporate monopolies that are never going to give us solid, reliable electric cars. Let's skip the illegally wire tapping and bandwidth throttling telcos. Let's not get to the bottom of the JFK thing, or how the twin towers fell, or back to the moon. Let's spend all of our money on locking up teenagers with no taste in music. BRILLIANT!

Is there no American willing to beat these idiots with the clue stick? I've got a good right arm, I'll take a couple of swings, get me a ticket to Washington....

Attached is a photo of my proposed "Clue Stick":
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11509025/Sledge_Hammer_With_Wooden_Handle.jpg

For many decades, IBM only rented machines; they didn't sell them. Not until they lost an antitrust case did they sell hardware. Rented machines came with IBM service, which was excellent. Now that was "hardware as a service".

What Amazon is offering is called "time-sharing".

Remember Sun's "grid computing"? Big dud. The number of people who want to pay to run huge batch jobs but don't want to buy their own hardware just isn't that big.

There are two players in this space who are known to make money: Akamai and ResPower Render Farm.

That is only your opinion apparently.

And after that, all I can say is I'm glad I didn't make a joke about munchkin porn...

That is only your opinion apparently.

And after that, all I can say is I'm glad I didn't make a joke about munchkin porn...

A link to a blog entry re: this product: http://toshuo.com/2006/truth-in-advertising-ii-the -nutrition-carrier/
Another brand of EYP: http://fuma.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/57475826/Se ll_Egg_Yolk_Pie_32pcs_.html

"Shit I don't even have a cell phone."

See, now this I don't understand.

I don't have a land line. Why? The cell phone is _cheaper_. If you're going to be pragmatic, ditch the land line.

It's not about new and hip. It's about being fed up with how the old-fashioned phone company rips you off and charges you out the a$$ for features that simply come included with cell plans.

Plus you can take the thing with you. Nobody could ever get in touch with me when I had a land line. Now, they can, plus I get to screen my calls with caller ID and voicemail for free. Woot.

You can take my barebones nokia from my cold dead fingers.

As for the iPod, it simply works with Linux and has a non-annoying interface. Run Amarok or GTKpod and you're good to go. At least I _know_ it
works. It's not about trendy, though a decent design that doesn't look like ass helps.

Cranky Old Man Rant about electronics design and "WTF are they thinking?":

Minimalist design never gets the chance to look like ass. Steve Jobs knows this. Take a brick. Paint it white. You have a White iBrick. Throw a bunch of buttons, weird shapes on it, and you have an Ugly White iBrick. Same goes for laptops. Apple laptops are all striaght clean lines, single color. Tasteful. Doesn't even get the chance to look like ass. Look at a Dell or (horrors) DellAlienware notebook. Looks like ass.

A KitchenAid mixer looks like...a Mixer. It doesn't look like anything else or try to. Yet it's a classic design with clean streamlined lines. If I erased the logo from it, you'd identify it as a KitchenAid anyway.

Sit there and look like a computer, not a ricer box.

Computer fashion victims:

http://img.alibaba.com/img/product/11/32/11/113211 58.jpg

It looks like the grille of a Pontiac Aztec.

http://images.planetamd64.com/phatsob/dainescc/dai nescc012.jpg

I know it's a mod, but that will give a 3 yr old nightmares... DAAADDEEEE!!! IT'S COMING TO TAKE MY BRAIIIN!!

http://www.freecomputer.ca/cases2.gif

Is that a jet intake? Yes, not only do I want it to sound loud, but I want it to _look_ loud and what's louder than a jet engine?

Another mod, but damn....

http://otakuscience.sharper.nl/images/game_pc%20ca se.jpg

OMFG, it looks like a Partidge Family lunch box (which is trendy now!) Aaaand it's slightly creepy at the same time! Yes! You too can raise eyebrows at your next LAN party!

Get off my lawn, you kids.

--
BMO

'It is possible that some folks were testing their antivirus/patch status when they clicked?'

On the other hand it is possible that 100% of Windows users are morons as against 2% for the rest. No one in his right mind would click on a malicious link to test their antivirus/patch status.

As a test, in your work place, set up a power socket with a sign over it that says 'Testing the ELCB system, please insert fingers in socket'. Lets see how many you get.

Re:This is only a test....

When you say “need incandescent lighting”, I presume you're speaking of the quality and responsiveness of the light source, not of the need for an excited wire filament inside a vacuum-sealed glass orb. (clearly more efficient as a heat source than a light source... evidenced by the common Lava Lamp®)

I mean really, what's the need about? Is it about a strong-and-steady flow of photons? Is it about a light source that can be analog-controlled to dim and brighten in smooth steps?

I may not be speaking for everyone, but for those of us that are prone to the affliction, enduring the 60-66Hz “hummm” and the barely-perceptible flicker of fluorescent is a condition I will trade-in for just about anything.

I've seen a lot of lighting fads come and go. Fluorescent seems to stay just because it's so ergonomically attractive against vis-a-vis Heat Lamps. CF is about the same, just in a smaller package. Cold-cathode lamps are nifty, but they're about as useful as Xmas Lights, and cost ten times more. (with current Consumer Offerings) My bet is on up-and-coming technologies like bright LED and HID (High Intensity Discharge; the son of the Arc Lamp) lighting.

Just this past year, I've noticed an abundance of LED lighting technologies— not in the news, but in my hand. To me, that means a lot more than “coming soon”.

Butane lighters with a small LED flashlight are now common give-away items, as are just simple promotional pocket-lights. Battery-operated LED Xmas Lighting is now just about everywhere, and in many colors. (most popular, of course, is pure-white) When a technology becomes commonplace, that is when you know its about to come into its own.

Look at cellphones and GPS; both were considered Luxury or High End at first, then the price dropped enough that everyone found a reason to buy one. When everyone on the block has the same technology, the industry is pressured to make it better. As soon as cellphones became common, it was a race to make The Best Cellphone. Though there are clear leaders, that race is still on.

You watch; this will come to the Lighting Industry as well. As the knock-off CF and LED lighting floods the market, the leaders have to come-up with innovations to make their offering (seem) better than the others. (Note the implied reservation) Though I don't doubt their ability to innovate, I do doubt their veracity in purporting innovation.

There's already a remarkable offering of Consumer LED Lighting. Compact Fluorescents already have their well-earned niche, although I personally have distaste for them. As for high-end needs, such as photography and “spectacle” uses, (WARNING: token Wiki articles) HID is slowly emerging into its own. Your street may soon be lit with HID, rather than sodium vapor. (for example)

If General Electric can make a better light bulb, I say let them. If Australia never makes it legal to use one in your home when it would be just as viable as CF, it's their loss. I think a greater question is, how long is the “better light bulb” supposed to last? (LED “bulbs” are edging towards offering Lifetime Guarantees—and by that, meaning the lifetime of the consumer! W

If this is what they look like:
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10829963/Conductive _Polymer_Aluminum_Solid_Capacitor.html

Intel Serverboards have had solid caps for over a year...
They've been on the samples we've tested for a while. THe S5000XAL/PAL series uses 'em (among others). Btw, I don't think they use the linked manufacturer, it was just the first pic of one on google.

You can also get some stylish wiimote condoms: http://keentop.en.alibaba.com/product/0/51328074/W II_Remote_Control_Silicone_Sleeve.html

I haven't personally tried one, but according to third-party testimonial they get the job done quite well.

Wireless DVI

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11146180/Wireless_D VI_Dongle.html

As far as I can tell, only the 3 power cords in your setup cannot be replaced by wireless.

There are much nicer PMPs out there. Heres some examples...

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11295941/PMP_Portal _Multimedia_Player_/showimg.html

Those are Koreans ones. You will probably never see in the EU/US.

MS and Apple is just all marketing FUD tbh.

Also the Zune won't play iTunes stuff, nor will it play older formats. Review of it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1y8-hDK8E

Circuit Boards:
Integrated Circuit Recycling from Finished Product Printed Circuit Boards
PCs Don't Die--They Become Road Fill
What to do with your printed circuit boards?
USNavy: PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD RECYCLING
Printed Circuit Board Recycling Equipment

CRT Glass:
Cascade's CRT Glass-to-Glass Recycling Program
EPA: Glass-to-Glass Recycling
WRAP identifies four potential markets for television glass (26.01.04)
Cathode ray tube glass recycling: an example of clean technology, mostly in Italian usage in ceramic tiles.

It's not the weight. It's the volume.

Let's see. 2.25 million DVDs... That's 22,500 hundred disk cake box spindles, which come in cartons of six (thus taking 3750 cartons) each of which is 44.5 x 30 x 19cm making 95.11875 cubic metres. A standard trailer cargo container is 76 cubic metres, thus it would take 2 cargo containers. You would need a double trailer train.

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My question is, isnt Yahoo! USA the same company as Yahoo! China? cant they "provide" their lawyers force?

No, they are NOT the same company! Yahoo! China is operated by Alibaba, a local Chinese business.

ensure that Yahoo, as a foreign privately owned company, wouldn't go too far out of line of Communist Party doctrine

Yahoo China is not a foreign privately owned company, in fact it is majority owned by Alibaba, a chinese company.

http://www.alibaba.com/aboutalibaba/press/releases 050811.html

I have heard for a number of years about the idea that American (or other foreign, for that matter) companies will be able to open new markets and profits by selling their products (whether they be tangible goods or IP) or services in the People's Republic of China because they represent an "almost untapped market of new customers." But does this really hold true, especially for IT companies?

In the seventeen years I have worked in the IT industry (mostly at companies which sold software, but also for a hardware vendor) I have seen varying degrees of interest in selling products in China. For example, in the late 1980s through early 1990s, I worked at McAfee Associates, which even then had a fairly global presence due to marketing the product as shareware. We had never had any sales in China and, as a matter of fact, would regularly receive copies of our own anti-virus software from which our copyright and contact information had been removed and replaced with messages saying it was from the Ministry of Public Security and to contact them if a virus was found. Of course, changing the messages in the software also set off its own anti-tamper checks for signs of damage/infection by a computer virus, so we received plenty of copies of our own software where the warning message had been edited as well and were infected by computer viruses. Still, it is very hard to sell a product in a country whose government itself is hacking and pirating the same software you are trying to sell. When Bill Larson took over the company from John McAfee he expressed a strong desire to sell products in China, but when I left in the mid-1990s there was still no sales coming in from over there, other than the occasional ex-pat who registered a copy of the software.

Strangely enough, the only company I've worked for which has had some success in China is a telecommunications manufacturer, who makes equipment like VoIP PBXs, phones and so forth. They have had a few wins over there and even have a small sales office in Beijing. I was always surprised they never had problems like Cisco did with Huawei. But that's just one company and sales from other countries in the region (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, etc.) outstripped those. I haven't worked there since last year, but I doubt things have changed much.

So, where are the foreign IT companies which are making money in China? Cisco may have had some success there in the past, but Huawei and their "Cisco-like" products look like they are to overshadow them, and services like Alibaba, Baidu and QQ in China are already servicing the markets that Western ecommerce, search and community/messaging have had only limited success in reaching.

Yahoo China is owned by Jack Ma's Alibaba, the godfather of the chinese internet. So it is in fact a chinese company.

Yahoo sold their chinese operations to Alibaba this year.
http://www.alibaba.com/aboutalibaba/press/releases 050811.html

I think they probably also have a lot to do with the invention of the hands free remote control http://kmakbar.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/10885 029/Voice_Remote_Control.html

www.alibaba.com and you can see where a great many of the "original" products come from. It's sometimes amusing to look through the various "in the style of" copy products on there, there's something for everyone, of course, buyer beware.

If you search for "square massacre" you get this lovely image, and then there's this one you get in a search for "china tank".

A lot of similar devices popped up in recent months. And I really mean a lot. Maybe not all of them are powered by AA batteries, some have Li-Ion rechargable battery, some have bundled power adapter. I did a bit of research on this some time ago, here's list of already available devices (as opposed to the one from story, which will be available in mid Jan only):

http://www.macally.com/new/new_syncbox.html, review of this product.
http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/table ts.html - "coming soon"
http://www.delkin.com/pdf/product_docs/usb_bridge. pdf
http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-OTG25.html
http://www.sarotech.com/cgi/main_eng.cgi?cmd=cutie dx_e
http://www.welland.com.tw/html/otg.html
http://www.welland.com.tw/html/otg/940otg.html
http://www.sitecom.com/index.php?prod_id=308&grp_i d=1
http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-OTG1.html
http://itsupplier.trustpass.alibaba.com/offerdetai l/12276816/Sell_font_color_red_Otg_font_Enclosure. html
http://www.globalsources.com/si/6007000637244/Prod uctDetail/Flash-MP3/product_id-1000452775/action-G etProduct.htm

Make your pick. But remember that some USB devices (like flash drives) are powered through USB port directly, so USB On-the-go host is supposed to provide power both for embedded hard drive and whatever you attach to it. Think about it when buying device powered by AA batteries - they may be not enough for some power-hungry USB appliances, microdrive-based "flash" drives are coming to mind here.

"My company, ChinaForge.com helps businesses manufacture China."

"I'll take two Chinas, please."

Fool! Get your puns correct! Clearly, this is what his company helps other businesses manufacture. </joke>