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Diebold Patch May Be Evidence of '02 Election Tampering
An anonymous reader writes "Stephen Spoonamore, founder of IT security firm Cybrinth and former advisor to John McCain, claims he has new evidence of election tampering by Diebold in the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senate races. A whistleblower gave Spoonamore a patch that was applied to Diebold machines in person by the Diebold CEO. Spoonamore confirmed that the patch did not correct the clock problem it supposedly addressed, but contained two parallel programs. Without access to the hardware, he could not learn more. He reported his findings to the Justice Department, which has not acted."
Were the Diebold voting machines Euclidean or non-Euclidean? Without this key bit of information, we can't know if these programs intersected or not.
> He reported his findings to the Justice Department, which has not acted.
Bush co already patched the justice dept.
No worries.
If the patch is not suspicious enough, inaction by the Justice Department is damning.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
Once was America, now the Uber-Banana Republic.
Now is when we sing the UBR anthem...
[hand on crotch] "Yes, we have no bananas. We have no bananas today."
Why doesn't Diebold allow for open source code?
* They are afraid of scrutiny. They might have errors and some might turn out to be embarrassing.
* Competition might ensue.
* Hide any funny business.
* Have to follow someone else's rules
* Have to spend effort/expense making code available.
* Code files too big as they were written with PowerPoint (tm)
Intellectually, I hate this. Our oligarchy* requires free and fair elections.
But in terms of news-as-entertainment, this is the stuff the best thrillers are made of.
(*: used in place of "democracy" for maximum correctness)
Fixed that mistake for ya.
Geekocracy?! Talk about rule by the unwashed. :D
FTA: "he identified two parallel programs, both having the full software code and even the same audio instructions for the deaf." And I thought Braille on a drive up ATM was pointless.
You're so cynical that it makes you cool.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
I wonder how many people have stopped to think through the implications of this charge. If it's proven to be true, it could very well mean Diebold's CEO is guilty of treason. In a time of war (which President Bush has repeatedly said is the case), that's a death penalty offense. While I don't favour the death penalty, I think you have to take a very serious look at it for somebody who hasn't just killed people, but who has attempted to kill democracy in an entire nation. This particular incident may have been restricted to one state, but Diebold has been very active in attempting to get its machines and methods protected from legal supervision at the federal level.
So what you're saying is, not only are liberals going to actively pursue the death penalty, but they're going to have to admit that we're at war to get there?
I don't know if I see that happening.. But I'm heading to the grocery store for some popcorn, just in case.
(yes, you can mod me down now)
Because I wrote the patch and I gave it to him and I personally watched him install it.
What? You don't believe me?
Guess I should have posted anonymously.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
The pictures from Abu Ghirab showed naked men in black hoods, not tinfoil hats.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Is that so? Seeing the blue dot next to your name makes me want to ask...
Are you hiring?
Consider this a joke if you aren't hiring, otherwise I'm serious.
These people don't want to fight so much as they want to win. Driving the Americans out of Iraq will bring more converts than a losing war (in their eyes). Driving us out will prove that all you have to do is hold on and the Americans wil give up. Just keep killing a few soldiers and we'll lose our taste for war. They've said as much. I work in Iraq as an intelligence analyst and have been tracking AQI as well as JAM. They want the same thing: for the U.S. to leave so they can take over the country.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
Nuclear program would not be a deterrent towards invading Pakistan, they simply don't have the oil :(