Can any online voting system be hacked? Yes. Should that be a reason to avoid it? Hell No! People talk about security and online voting as if that because thesystem is corruptible it is not acceptable. Those with this view are not living in the real world. The current meatspace voting system in just as corruptible by anything: from paid repeat voters(which we have here in Chicago), to old crappy machines and even making sure that every vote in counted(as long as it's in my parties county B.S.)
Maybe because the VAST majority of individualsuse MS Windows.
You ASSume that it is just a HTTP connection with SSL so any OS should suffice.
Look at the F.A.Q.. It says that "required software is downloaded automatically as needed when you access various parts of the SERVE website.
Possibly, the voting software uses their own encryption and will be delivered as an ActiveX or some other format. Could they
have written the software so it could work on other OS. Sure but it's a trial run! Their is no right to Vote from a Linux box.
MS will never go along. If they are smart enough to know find the hack, why don't they know that? Why didn't they just release the mod?
Two options: A. It's fake, they are bluffing. B. It's real, they are missing the big picutre. MS looses money on every XBox sold. If they signed a Linux Bootloader that would be an endorsment of a way to loose money and I wouldn't doubt it to be against their own EULA for uses of the XBox.
The changes for the end user are going to be rather small. The changes for the developers who are going to move to.NET tools for PocketPC programming rather than the hacked versions of VS6 we are using now is going to be a larger change.
Dear Clueless, Please then try to take crack away from someone for just a week as punishment. Then you will find out if TV = crack, even if they know if would be back in a week.
The only thing obvious is that you said something stupid, just admit it, we have all done it sometime. Take personal reasonability.
Have you ever known anyone who went off real drugs? I doubt it.
I was once a child and watched TV (but not 12hours worth) and was often punished with no TV, often for a week. Please go to a clinic and meet people going off coke or herion for a week. Then comeback and lets us know if you have pulled your head out of your ass.
I know when I see people who Rape, Steal and Kill, they are just victims of TV. When will we learn that we don't have freedom and are doomed to do what ever (negative) thing we see on TV. Bullsh*t.
I really have to doubt that this article is truthful for a number of reasons. According to the article the MIDDLE class citizen makes 1000 pounds a year. Just the cable subscription would represent 5% of their income. The article later states: "Almost 50% of the children watch for up to 12 hours a day." 50% of what?? The whole population? BS. They could never afford it. But if a culture is letting ANY large amount of kids watch 12 hours of TV(out of a maybe 12-14 waking hours), rather then say oh, I don't know, educate them, don't be surprised if it is a sh*twhole.
TV, is not crack cocaine. It is just entertainment. People used to sit and listen to radio just like they watch TV and little Timmy didn't cut people like pirates or shot-up banks like a cowboy.
The post was a little hyped. PKWare and WinZip only split on the encryption of the Zip file. I for one have long since encrypted Zip files with PGP when I needed that security. Zip encryption has always been a joke, and I doubt that too many are going to replace what ever trusted methods they have come up with for PKWare or WinZip's new method.
It is too bad that they split, but I use Zip files for compression not encryption. The compression is still cross-compatible, so life will go on.
Please work to take "back your party" then you can tell me what to do with mine. I know that not all Dems are closet communists. And I know that the Republican party is not dominated by a fringe element that is fascist, any more then the left is dominated by secret communist leaders.
In my name!! That's the BS/PC words a liberal would use. Just because a Republican may think one way it is NOT IN MY NAME. The Democrates are soo exclusionary. Be pro-choice for abortion but not for schools. Do not dare disagree a little or you are out. While the GOP lets people who have a much wider view point be represented(Pro-Choice/Pro-Life Leaders, REAL minority leaders, people who want family values, people who love Adam Smith, etc). The not in your name comment sickens me so much, because it shows a total lack of understanding in personal freedom, responsibility and destiny.
Re: Vietnam. I guess I'd feel the same as if the guy was working for Stars and Stripes or any other easy job. Would I vote for him? I don't know I am not that person. I don't have the Medal of Honor and am not in the military. I cannot truly know what it is to be what I am not.
I considered it but, I'm going to go the other way. I find his "Nazional Republican Party" just as distasteful as my ad hominem may be to others. He did go to DeVry. I am a Republican and don't enjoy being called a Nazi. I'd say he went a little farther, too bad your views are too biased to see that.
"Microsoft paid $0 taxes in 1999" Ha. Let's see proof. If they paid $1 in real estate taxes/vehicle sticker/sales tax on computer/etc then you sir are a liar. The rest of your comments are just as funny.
"dumb conservative", clearly I ment one who mixes up fascism and socialism.
Iraq was not at all stable, if it was the Bath party would not have taken power.
You dumb f*ck. Germans didn't fear the government! They loved Hitler. Hitler then created fear between germany's people, not the people and the government(which was my point!)
Are you saying we need to increase spending to failing schools?
Ted Kennedy(Who has killed more people than my gun), pulled out and F'ed up GWB Education Bill. Why? Because he doesn't want the GOP to do anything. That would take the issue away./. Conservative Enclave... Ha..Ha
"The conviction was overturned in 1991 on the grounds that he had been granted immunity from prosecution as a result of his testimony before Congress. "
RLeigh, you know nothing. "Our health care system is generally regarded as being the worst in the western world" Is as big a lie as "Our Military is generally regarded as being the worst in the western world."
Please Educate yourself. Just don't read the liberal handouts. Watch the BBC's cover of the House of Commons and learn about the trouble with state health care!
Oh yes we are trying to eradacate education, with terriable things like testing students and TEACHERS, giving parents money for private schools if the public fail. Oh what bad ideas for teachers unions and their hired dems, but good for EVERYONE else.
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Can any online voting system be hacked? Yes. Should that be a reason to avoid it?
Hell No! People talk about security and online voting as if that because thesystem is corruptible it is not acceptable. Those with this view are not living
in the real world. The current meatspace voting system in just as corruptible by anything: from paid repeat voters(which we have here in Chicago), to old crappy machines and even making sure that every vote in counted(as long as it's in my parties county B.S.)
Why the Windows requirement?
Maybe because the VAST majority of individualsuse MS Windows. You ASSume that it is just a HTTP connection with SSL so any OS should suffice. Look at the F.A.Q.. It says that "required software is downloaded automatically as needed when you access various parts of the SERVE website. Possibly, the voting software uses their own encryption and will be delivered as an ActiveX or some other format. Could they have written the software so it could work on other OS. Sure but it's a trial run! Their is no right to Vote from a Linux box.
That's great. But worthless as most/all of the law's power ends at the state line. So it does not work in practice unless that spammer is in-state.
What if a Michigan citizen is checking his e-mail from a server in London, from a hotel room in Tokyo?
Michigan never enters the scope. Who and what has to be in Michigan for this to work?
MS will never go along. If they are smart enough to know find the hack, why don't they know that? Why didn't they just release the mod?
Two options:
A. It's fake, they are bluffing.
B. It's real, they are missing the big picutre. MS looses money on every XBox sold. If they signed a Linux Bootloader that would be an endorsment of a way to loose money and I wouldn't doubt it to be against their own EULA for uses of the XBox.
The changes for the end user are going to be rather small. The changes for the developers who are going to move to .NET tools for PocketPC programming rather than the hacked versions of VS6 we are using now is going to be a larger change.
Dear Clueless,
Please then try to take crack away from someone for just a week as punishment. Then you will find out if TV = crack, even if they know if would be back in a week.
The only thing obvious is that you said something stupid, just admit it, we have all done it sometime. Take personal reasonability.
again don't trust the article...
Have you ever known anyone who went off real drugs? I doubt it.
I was once a child and watched TV (but not 12hours worth) and was often punished with no TV, often for a week. Please go to a clinic and meet people going off coke or herion for a week. Then comeback and lets us know if you have pulled your head out of your ass.
"Correlation != Causation"
If people could learn that simple fact, the world would be a much better place my friend.
I know when I see people who Rape, Steal and Kill, they are just victims of TV.
When will we learn that we don't have freedom and are doomed to do what ever
(negative) thing we see on TV. Bullsh*t.
I really have to doubt that this article is truthful for a number of reasons.
According to the article the MIDDLE class citizen makes 1000 pounds a year. Just
the cable subscription would represent 5% of their income. The article later
states: "Almost 50% of the children watch for up to 12 hours a day." 50% of what??
The whole population? BS. They could never afford it. But if a culture is letting
ANY large amount of kids watch 12 hours of TV(out of a maybe 12-14 waking hours), rather
then say oh, I don't know, educate them, don't be surprised if it is a sh*twhole.
TV, is not crack cocaine. It is just entertainment. People used to sit and
listen to radio just like they watch TV and little Timmy didn't cut people
like pirates or shot-up banks like a cowboy.
For a change, take personal responsibility.
The post was a little hyped. PKWare and WinZip only split on the encryption of the Zip file. I for one have long since encrypted Zip files with PGP when I needed that security. Zip encryption has always been a joke, and I doubt that too many are going to replace what ever trusted methods they have come up with for PKWare or WinZip's new method.
It is too bad that they split, but I use Zip files for compression not encryption. The compression is still cross-compatible, so life will go on.
Please work to take "back your party" then you can tell me what to do with mine. I know that not all Dems are closet communists. And I know that the Republican party is not dominated by a fringe element that is fascist, any more then the left is dominated by secret communist leaders.
In my name!! That's the BS/PC words a liberal would use. Just because a Republican may think one way it is NOT IN MY NAME. The Democrates are soo exclusionary. Be pro-choice for abortion but not for schools. Do not dare disagree a little or you are out. While the GOP lets people who have a much wider view point be represented(Pro-Choice/Pro-Life Leaders, REAL minority leaders, people who want family values, people who love Adam Smith, etc). The not in your name comment sickens me so much, because it shows a total lack of understanding in personal freedom, responsibility and destiny.
Re: Vietnam. I guess I'd feel the same as if the guy was working for Stars and Stripes or any other easy job. Would I vote for him? I don't know I am not that person. I don't have the Medal of Honor and am not in the military. I cannot truly know what it is to be what I am not.
Dumba;; the three words do not only differ in emotional conotation. More like which does not belong.
"Murder"(er??) "Soldier" and "Liberator" might by just spin to you but that would explain alot about your whole worldview.
No anger, here. Leftwing nuts like yourself are as funny as hell. "Negative,Neutral,Positive" are synonyms!!Ha. Good one.
You are playing fast and loose with words. The website deals with only Federal Income Tax, out of all taxes, so stop saying "no taxes".
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My source is not a political organization. It is the SEC filings(don't bother to impeach them it's not Enron).
1st off MS NETed 7.785 Billion no 12.3
"In 1999, the effective tax rate was 35.0%", 1.79 Billion. 874 Million of which was paid after deductions.
Here is the site: http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/finSys_m
I considered it but, I'm going to go the other way. I find his "Nazional Republican Party" just as distasteful as my ad hominem may be to others. He did go to DeVry. I am a Republican and don't enjoy being called a Nazi. I'd say he went a little farther, too bad your views are too biased to see that.
Thanks for the laugh. What a warped memory.
Keep in mind a lot of those "gun nuts" may be in/run the military.
"Microsoft paid $0 taxes in 1999" Ha. Let's see proof. If they paid $1 in real estate taxes/vehicle sticker/sales tax on computer/etc then you sir are a liar. The rest of your comments are just as funny.
"dumb conservative", clearly I ment one who mixes up fascism and socialism.
Worried, maybe, fear, never.
Iraq was not at all stable, if it was the Bath party would not have taken power.
You dumb f*ck. Germans didn't fear the government! They loved Hitler. Hitler then created fear between germany's people, not the people and the government(which was my point!)
Are you saying we need to increase spending to failing schools?
/. Conservative Enclave... Ha..Ha
Ted Kennedy(Who has killed more people than my gun), pulled out and F'ed up GWB Education Bill. Why? Because he doesn't want the GOP to do anything. That would take the issue away.
Kurt thanks for the post, I had a good laugh. With clear thought and wit like this I'm suprised you went to DeVry.
"The conviction was overturned in 1991 on the grounds that he had been granted immunity from prosecution as a result of his testimony before Congress. "
Source: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter
Thanks for the facts, Dave. But um... I didn't say anything about Clinton. I've found it's better to talk about religon and politics, then Clinton.
RLeigh, you know nothing. "Our health care system is generally regarded as being the worst in the western world" Is as big a lie as "Our Military is generally regarded as being the worst in the western world."
Please Educate yourself. Just don't read the liberal handouts. Watch the BBC's cover of the House of Commons and learn about the trouble with state health care!
Oh yes we are trying to eradacate education, with terriable things like testing students and TEACHERS, giving parents money for private schools if the public fail. Oh what bad ideas for teachers unions and their hired dems, but good for EVERYONE else.