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Voting Machines Vs. Slot Machines
dmh20002 writes "Being a Nevada resident and knowing people who write code for slot machines, I was aware of the stringent measures the state of Nevada uses to vet the security of slot machines. The Nevada Gaming Control Board audits everything about them, both physical and soft, for unintentional and intentional security holes. Hearing the hoopla on voting machines, the contrast was obvious. Slot machines are about money, which is more important than votes, apparently. Now the state of Nevada is looking at electronic voting machines and plan to apply some of the same safeguards. Just applying the Nevada technical standards for gaming machines and vendors to voting machines would be a start, since there don't seem to be any standards for voting machines. A funny/sad sideline is that in Nevada, every year or two a programmer or engineer goes to jail for exploiting slot machines."
Don't worry; I'm sure they'll ask for ID from Supreme Court members before having them select the president.
With Diebold machines, there's bound to be some more entertainment for the rest of the world at USAs expence....
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
And the expense of whoever the next 'First Idiot' decides to declare war on.
"We have got to make Stan understand the importance of voting, because he'll definitely vote for our guy." - South Park