What the fuck people. Feisty Fawn? Joomla? why is it that the geekier you have to be to use something, the more it sounds like it was named by someone sipping on meth/mescaline/LSD cocktails?
Again, easily solved. The folks sitting in the voting booths insert a card into the machine that they remove from a sealed package, and the card stays completely internal in the machine. After the person is done selecting their votes, the card remains in the machine and is not retrieved until the voting booth is closed.
I know that the human element always exists, but it is drastically reduced if the person voting A. sees the card coming out of a sealed package into the machine and B. never actually touches the card
why are we still using rats when there are people sitting on death row?
For the same reasons that those people get their arm swabbed with alcohol before a lethal injection...because we as a race have turned into a bunch of pussies.
I say we restore the Roman Colosseum and throw 'em to the lions.
That's just it...it's not hard. No ports except for power and for the little card, and make the port for the cards in the voting machines write-only...only have the readers in one central location for each district where the cards are sent to. That solves your physical problem AND your electronic problem (short of the cards being hijacked on the way to the readers, of course)
My point is that it really cannot be that hard to make a system that is physically and digitally secure. I know that people are smart and that they will circumvent something if they want to, but seriously. Come on. Is it really that difficult to make something that people can't fuck with within the 2 minutes that they are standing there?
ENTIRELY off topic, I know, but why is it so difficult to make a secure (both digitally and physically) electronic voting machine that actually WORKS? We can put people on the moon, travel miles below the ocean, build computers the size of fingernails, and yet can't create an electonic voting machine that doesn't break when you so much as look at it?
Somewhat interesting FiOS install story through Verizon at my parents house. These two fellas come out, great guys...I'm talking to them for a good hour or so before they start the work (due to the way our house is in relation to everything else, this was going to be a 5-7 hour job)
In the short 23 years I have been alive, I have never seen installers work with as much care as these two guys did. If they were going to drill walls, they put blankets over any objects near the drill sites, they COMPLETELY cleaned up after themselves, hid the outside cabling under the siding (it had to go up to the second story to enter the house where we wanted it to) They even came back themselves and repainted a small part where they had scraped a tool along one of the lower siding panels. All in all some real stand up guys.
Turns out that even though they work for Verizon as installers, they actually own their own install company...they apparently work for Verizon on the side "to help support our drinking habit"
I was REALLY excited when I learned that A. They were making a Postal movie and that B. it would be made to be as absolutely offensive as possible. I adored the original two games (because, let's face it, after a really bad day at work, Postal was the perfect game to play) and I appreciated their very twisted humour.
I cannot wait to be able to actually get my hands on this. Just about all of his past movies have been travesties, but in all honesty I think he was the right guy to pick to make this movie.
Well, it was made by the same people that did System Shock...if as a gamer you had the privilege of shitting your pants from playing it, you would understand why people are so excited about Bioshock.
Number one, I couldn't have modded him down and posted in the same article.
Number two, I NEVER ONCE said he was right or wrong. You find where I said he was either right or wrong, or where I support one system more than the other, and I'll clip my balls.
Number three, you cannot sit there and honestly tell me that you think that post was constructed out of someone's own personal opinion unless they are either A. a raving fanboy (which you yourself even spoke against in your own post) or B. are a payed shill.
The AC that posted above me was correct though. Had that very same thing been posted by a logged-in screen name, I would have simply responded to his claims (which, as you have already addressed, are indeed accurate) and treated it as a person's opinion. But seeing a post with that style of formatting and wording posted by an AC...come on.
No, I want someone to not be a pussy and show their name. Is that unreasonable? After all, if they truly believe what they are saying, then they should have no problem if I know who they are.
Unless they either are ashamed or don't actually believe what they are typing...in which case they should look for another job.
What if my screen dreams aren't of something so patently harmless as Puzzle Quest? What if they're of the stealth kills in Manhunt?'"
Then that means you daydream about that time you actually got the red kill. Big deal. You aren't daydreaming about murdering someone and then attempting to cover your tracks, worried if you will be found out, living with the guilt.
You are daydreaming about pressing fucking buttons. If you get those two confused, you belong in a VERY padded cell.
And where in my OP did you ever see me say that Halo was revolutionary, ground-breaking, or original? If you can find somewhere in my post where I said that, then my "wrong" opinion will change.
I've played FPS's since Catacomb 3D. I am very well aware of what was out there prior to Halo, and I am very well aware that Halo did nothing that was overly revolutionary or special.
But you know what? My 04 RSX Type-S might not be faster than a Ferrari Enzo, but it's still a fuckin' blast to drive.
Slashdot Mirror
In the words of George Carlin,
"Hi, we're the JOHNSONS....WHAT'S HIS NAME?"
"Ball sniffer."
Something like FORTRAN or COBOL...you know, a name that is an acronym that describes exactly what the hell it does.
Never said that they were...I just didn't feel like listing more than two examples:-)
What the fuck people. Feisty Fawn? Joomla? why is it that the geekier you have to be to use something, the more it sounds like it was named by someone sipping on meth/mescaline/LSD cocktails?
Again, easily solved. The folks sitting in the voting booths insert a card into the machine that they remove from a sealed package, and the card stays completely internal in the machine. After the person is done selecting their votes, the card remains in the machine and is not retrieved until the voting booth is closed.
I know that the human element always exists, but it is drastically reduced if the person voting A. sees the card coming out of a sealed package into the machine and B. never actually touches the card
And then we gut out the christians and make giant bongs out of them. Good times will be had by all (except for the christians, of course...)
For the same reasons that those people get their arm swabbed with alcohol before a lethal injection...because we as a race have turned into a bunch of pussies.
I say we restore the Roman Colosseum and throw 'em to the lions.
That's just it...it's not hard. No ports except for power and for the little card, and make the port for the cards in the voting machines write-only...only have the readers in one central location for each district where the cards are sent to. That solves your physical problem AND your electronic problem (short of the cards being hijacked on the way to the readers, of course)
...of you know what.
My point is that it really cannot be that hard to make a system that is physically and digitally secure. I know that people are smart and that they will circumvent something if they want to, but seriously. Come on. Is it really that difficult to make something that people can't fuck with within the 2 minutes that they are standing there?
ENTIRELY off topic, I know, but why is it so difficult to make a secure (both digitally and physically) electronic voting machine that actually WORKS? We can put people on the moon, travel miles below the ocean, build computers the size of fingernails, and yet can't create an electonic voting machine that doesn't break when you so much as look at it?
Somewhat interesting FiOS install story through Verizon at my parents house. These two fellas come out, great guys...I'm talking to them for a good hour or so before they start the work (due to the way our house is in relation to everything else, this was going to be a 5-7 hour job)
In the short 23 years I have been alive, I have never seen installers work with as much care as these two guys did. If they were going to drill walls, they put blankets over any objects near the drill sites, they COMPLETELY cleaned up after themselves, hid the outside cabling under the siding (it had to go up to the second story to enter the house where we wanted it to) They even came back themselves and repainted a small part where they had scraped a tool along one of the lower siding panels. All in all some real stand up guys.
Turns out that even though they work for Verizon as installers, they actually own their own install company...they apparently work for Verizon on the side "to help support our drinking habit"
Cool folks.
That's called a Herpes.
I was REALLY excited when I learned that A. They were making a Postal movie and that B. it would be made to be as absolutely offensive as possible. I adored the original two games (because, let's face it, after a really bad day at work, Postal was the perfect game to play) and I appreciated their very twisted humour.
I cannot wait to be able to actually get my hands on this. Just about all of his past movies have been travesties, but in all honesty I think he was the right guy to pick to make this movie.
Well, it was made by the same people that did System Shock...if as a gamer you had the privilege of shitting your pants from playing it, you would understand why people are so excited about Bioshock.
why, do you run faster with a knife? ;-)
Number one, I couldn't have modded him down and posted in the same article.
Number two, I NEVER ONCE said he was right or wrong. You find where I said he was either right or wrong, or where I support one system more than the other, and I'll clip my balls.
Number three, you cannot sit there and honestly tell me that you think that post was constructed out of someone's own personal opinion unless they are either A. a raving fanboy (which you yourself even spoke against in your own post) or B. are a payed shill.
The AC that posted above me was correct though. Had that very same thing been posted by a logged-in screen name, I would have simply responded to his claims (which, as you have already addressed, are indeed accurate) and treated it as a person's opinion. But seeing a post with that style of formatting and wording posted by an AC...come on.
No, I want someone to not be a pussy and show their name. Is that unreasonable? After all, if they truly believe what they are saying, then they should have no problem if I know who they are.
Unless they either are ashamed or don't actually believe what they are typing...in which case they should look for another job.
Then that means you daydream about that time you actually got the red kill. Big deal. You aren't daydreaming about murdering someone and then attempting to cover your tracks, worried if you will be found out, living with the guilt.
You are daydreaming about pressing fucking buttons. If you get those two confused, you belong in a VERY padded cell.
When are you shills going to stop fucking about and actually post with a log-in name?
I mean, if what you have to say is so true, shouldn't we know who you are?
Unless of course you are just ashamed of being a whore
/Hadouken
look at all the trouble you are causing! /ducks
Apparently, it's impossible for me to spell 'truly" correctly as well.
inbeforethegrammarnazis
While I completely agree with you, finding truely unbiased information regarding political canidates is damn near impossible.
And where in my OP did you ever see me say that Halo was revolutionary, ground-breaking, or original? If you can find somewhere in my post where I said that, then my "wrong" opinion will change.
I've played FPS's since Catacomb 3D. I am very well aware of what was out there prior to Halo, and I am very well aware that Halo did nothing that was overly revolutionary or special.
But you know what? My 04 RSX Type-S might not be faster than a Ferrari Enzo, but it's still a fuckin' blast to drive.