Well the article only mentions that the manufacturer challenged the dutch hackers.
Groenendaal, head of Nedap stated "hackers have absolutely no chance",
since the machines were no normal computers but dedicated special
purpose machines built "only for the purspose of voting and nothing else".
Based on that he made a statement he must have thought was funny.
I sadly can't translate it without loosing the fun of it.
Translated to german he said: "dass man mit unserer Wahlmaschine auch
Schach spielen kann würde ich gerne vorgeführt bekommen" Meaning he (thinks)
it's not at all possible that this machine could ever play chess.
And he would like it to be demonstrated.
How silly.
Very funny they made it possible. Haha.
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Well the article only mentions that the manufacturer challenged the dutch hackers. Groenendaal, head of Nedap stated "hackers have absolutely no chance", since the machines were no normal computers but dedicated special purpose machines built "only for the purspose of voting and nothing else". Based on that he made a statement he must have thought was funny. I sadly can't translate it without loosing the fun of it. Translated to german he said: "dass man mit unserer Wahlmaschine auch Schach spielen kann würde ich gerne vorgeführt bekommen" Meaning he (thinks) it's not at all possible that this machine could ever play chess. And he would like it to be demonstrated. How silly. Very funny they made it possible. Haha.