Obfuscated Vote Counting Contest

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."

Comments

And while you're hacking away...

[Machine9]

...please don't spend any time thinking about how you could do anything that might lead to a DECENT candidate for presidency being available next around.

In fact, just forget to vote alltogether, not like your vote counts, right? ;)

Re:I WIN!

[John Courtland]

Why is this interesting? Any case that gets called besides one that does not exist will still add 1 to Bush's score.

switch (iVote)
{
case KERRY: iKerry++;
case BUSH: iBush++;
}

In this small control block, unless (iVote != KERRY) && (iVote != BUSH), Bush will never lose. I hope you don't code for a living.

Re:You Think You're Funny

[Phillup]

Half of America does not want Bush.

Barely half of Americans even vote. (Last presidential election was less than 52% of eligible voters.)

Think about that... we call ourselves a democracy (we aren't but most A's are to stupid to know that) and yet we've NEVER had a president that had anywhere close to half the population think that they were good enough that they would get off their ass and go vote for the guy.

And, as far as the "loud anti-Bush crap like yours" goes... fuck off. Somebody had to be put on the bottom of the damn case statement.

This was a coding example of how to write sneaky code. (Around here we call that a "topic".) Look at the responses... many people missed the breaks.

That was the point of the post.

If I want to make fun of Bush, I'll do it straight up.

So... if you want to talk about how "half" of the population voted for the dumb ass... remember, half of the population is also "below average".

Looks like people sticking together to me.

(See... now that's a swipe at Bush... and his supporters.)

Know how to tell Bush has not been anywhere without the secret service? Easy, he is still alive. That doesn't sound like support to me... he is so fucking scared that an American is going to kill his ass that he won't even let anyone that doesn't swear allegance anywhere near. Not even rallys.

One look at my sig should have been a clue that I don't give a rat's ass about either party.

But... (hold on, here comes another one) as a Bush supporter you are obviously incapable of buying a fucking clue.

P.S. Consider this discussion closed. Asshole.