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The properties of an ideal election system are contradictory. Voters should be able to verify that their votes are counted correctly, but should be able to have their choices kept completely private--in fact, some would say that voters should not be able to prove they voted a certain way, even if they wanted to. So, can both of these goals realistically be achieved without sacrificing each other?

Turns out, yes. This is possible with a simple paper system: no complicated cryptography, no complicated machines, no complicated rules. It satisfies both of the required properties (privacy and verification) and is in every way more tamper-resistant than current elections. It's called ThreeBallot, and it works like this. ...

Note that electronic "touch-screen" voting systems could also be employed, such that the voter chooses candidates once, and the machine prints a suitable set of paper ballots, without requiring the voter to think about the mechanics of the system.

This mirror has the article text and the pictures that go along with it.

Of course, none of that really matters, since the images are on a different server that neither Coral nor the original site are able to access.

I've got a mirror of the images building here. The server is dying quickly, but I should be able to complete the collection.

Here is a mirror (not mine).

If I were him I would have called and said I'd be late and then not showed up. I have a hard time believing people find this stuff entertaining.

As highlighted by slashdot.org, according to a mailing list posting (mirror):

From: Lauren Weinstein

[...] Subject: Warning to IP Readers: When "The Debate Show" Calls -- Hang Up!

[...] They wanted me to debate a known spammer (who they wouldn't identify at the time) regarding the scourge of spam. It would be fun she implied, since the audience would of course be on my side.

[...] Crossballs is a rigged "reality" show, where real guests, who have been kept in the dark about the show's real format, are paired off against actors (playing the debate opponents) for the amusement of the live audience. The stories I read from persons recently on the show included descriptions of crude, sexually-oriented verbal attacks (and worse, like being handed various sexual "apparatus") and concerns that their reputations would be ruined once the shows aired.

The nature of Crossballs is confirmed by a couple of other sources. According to a gopusa.com commentary:

This show is not "The Debate Show," as advertised and the name they use to procure panelists, but "Crossballs" a newly produced show for Comedy Central, owned by Viacom and MTV networks, and is a spoof of political debate shows that seeks to mock conservatives with actors posing as some of the panelists.

One such real panelist, who thought the show was going to be a serious debate show, was a conservative activist from California who prepared to appear on the show to talk about the 2nd amendment. Jim March, whose account we have attached, is a 2nd amendment activist and was mocked and ridiculed by a "psychologist" who said he had sexual issues and offered him a two month supply of penis enlargement pills if he gave up his guns.

Nowhere in the material for "The Debate Show" and the press releases for the upcoming "Crossballs" do they make the connection, or let you in on the joke that the "actor panelists" debate the real panelists, complete with props and "live feed" video designed to mock and make fun of the real panelists and their conservative views.

And according to a June 15, 2004 story from digitalspy.co.uk, an entertainment newsblog:

Debate shows on US cable news channels such as CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Hardball are to be "skewered" by a new Comedy Central show, Crossballs.

The new show will feature comedians posing as experts debating real people who don't realise that the show is a sham.

"Shot in front of a live audience, Crossballs is a smart, comedic spoof of programs such as Crossfire, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and the entire Fox News Network," explains Comedy Central.

The show premieres on Tuesday, July 6 at 7:30pm ET and will air for eight consecutive weeks.

In similar display of mockery, according to a Jun 5, 2004 dc.indymedia.org story:

A small but determined group of about 60 demonstrators displayed their anger and disgust in front of the offices of Arlington defense contractor, CACI last week.

CACI is the firm recently implicated in the report by U.S. Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba. CACI employees "were either directly or indirectly responsible for the abuse at Abu Ghraib," according to the report. Taguba strongly reco

I managed to grab a mirror before the server was reduced to a smouldering pile of copper and silicon.

Enjoy.

Anyone have another copy of this .torrent somewhere?

See also this mirror. It ought to work a bit better than the failing web server linked to in the story.

Selected module does not exist!

Don't sweat it, I got a copy of the linked image.

The original was silly, too -- it sent back the image as Content-Type: text/plain. I don't understand it at all, but since the server is toast now, it doesn't really matter either way. :-)

The files.txt that was posted everywhere reads a sum of 658,114,889 bytes.

• files.txt.gz - 250 Kb
• files.txt.bz2 - 194 Kb

• files.txt.gz - 250 Kb
• files.txt.bz2 - 194 Kb

The key difference here is that when something gets posted to Slashdot, people often have the ability to grab and post mirrors. Like this one, for instance.

(You're welcome.)

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I've got a mirror being built from the site as it currently stands. That is, not just the main page, but the linked pages that give information.

Connections to the server are too slow for most web browsers, but wget handles it just fine. :-)

I wrtoe a llitte sprcit in PHP taht dtaemrntesos tihs bivaoher. Cehck it out. I tnhik it's ptetry cool.

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I wrtoe a llitte sprcit in PHP taht dtaemrntesos tihs bivaoher. Cehck it out. I tnhik it's ptetry cool.

(Of crouse, scroue cdoe is mdae aivllabae uednr the GPL.)