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Obfuscated Vote Counting Contest

Posted by michael on from the some-votes-are-more-equal-than-others dept.

Daniel Horn writes "In a flash of inspiration coming from the Obfuscated C code contest and the current E-voting scandals, I wondered if there shouldn't be a similar code obfuscation contest based on obfuscating voting results, that is, C code that appears correct but does the wrong thing when counting votes. Submit your obfuscated vote-counting code now, and the two winners will be selected on November 2 and will receive a free Vega Strike CD. Obviously incorrect code, however, is not welcome."

3 of 223 comments (clear)

  1. I WIN! by AmigaAvenger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick, someone post some of the Diebold voting machine code, you certainly will have a winner in there!

  2. Patent pending by GrAfFiT · · Score: 5, Funny

    "C code that appears correct but does the wrong thing when counting votes"
    Beware of Diebold suing you for infringing one of their patents !

  3. Re:last election by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely you know that C and C++ don't give a damn if there are new lines and carriage returns in the whitespace or not.

    Only newbie programmers use new lines and carriage returns.

    Real programmers don't use new lines and carriage returns as it detracts from being able to glance at the whole program at once and immediately understand it's intent, purpose, and spot any bugs in a holistic fashion.