I'm sorry, but that sounds like hogwash. Have you ever played the lotto? Don't they give you a print out on your bet? The information goes to a central database, but you DO get a paper receipt. Of course... but we are talking something very important here: money.
I changed the configuration, and instead of using an electric motor, I made it human powered. I put the wheels front and back instead of sideways... That way I cannot get sued.
Also, I decided to add a sit, because I don't like standing and I have eliminated the giroscopes, they are too expensive.
Hmmmm I think I am going to call my device "the bicycle". It has a nice ring to it.
I do read news from blogsites, particularly insights on Iraq by the iraqui blogger Salam Pax and the american Moja Vera .
And if you think what they post is NOT newsworthy well then, I don't know what newsworthiness is then.
Hah! I guess that is the problem when anybody claims "the largest", "the biggest", "the tallest"... I mean, who has done a world wide search for anything like that? Maybe there is a largest model in China or India or even Patagonia for all that matters.
I'm thinking on routing the internet over short wave, to get a true world wide wireless internet.
But I am just wondering about it. I have no idea if it could be done or not.
But I always wonder if the Internet could be carried by short wave radio. I mean, if you digitize the packets and send them via short wave, couldn't you just have a world wide wireless internet?
I voted in the last election for governor in Florida with the new voting machines.
As they stand right now, they give me the creeps: They do not give you a print-out for backup. And there is no way to look at the code by an independent auditor because the republican Kath "Cruella" Harris declared the code a propietary secret. Only the vendor has the right to audit their own code and certify it as bug free.
An open system should print a ballot that goes into a ballot box as a back-up and it should be open for any independent party to review. If not how do we know there is no fraud involved?
You are missing the point, the paper vote is not "papaer trail" but a hard copy for backup. I voted in Florida last election with an electronic voting machine. After making all my choices, I pressed the "vote" button only to get a greeting: thanks for voting.
Well, it felt like hmmmmm did I REALLY vote? Where is my vote? How can I tell I voted? Did the machine tabulated my vote correctly? I still don't know any of that for sure... we have to blind trust the voting machine as it is now. Something that gives me a very uneasy feeling.
On the other hand, if you produce a hard copy that you can review and then as a back up put it in a ballot box. Well, at least you will know the vote is there and it can be audited if the machine gets lost or damaged somehow.
I agree. Nowadays CEOs/CFOs/CTOs are only interested in outsourcing to other companies, that in turn use close source software to keep "trade secrets" propietary, so they can charge an arm and a leg for it.
I doubt big corps will turn to open source anytime soon... sadly:-(
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Are we missing something here? We all know the solution: print each and every vote on a paper ballot, check the ballot and deposit on a ballot box.
The votes are counted electronically but some machines at random should get audited and results compared to the paper votes.
A simple way to insure ourselves of no foul play or no computational errors.
What worries me is that the E-Vote machine vendors are pushing for PR so they do not have to change the system BEFORE the next election...
Me paranoid? hmmmmmm
I'm sorry, but that sounds like hogwash. Have you ever played the lotto? Don't they give you a print out on your bet? The information goes to a central database, but you DO get a paper receipt. Of course... but we are talking something very important here: money.
I changed the configuration, and instead of using an electric motor, I made it human powered. I put the wheels front and back instead of sideways... That way I cannot get sued.
Also, I decided to add a sit, because I don't like standing and I have eliminated the giroscopes, they are too expensive.
Hmmmm I think I am going to call my device "the bicycle". It has a nice ring to it.
uhm, why don't you RTFA before posting? Sharp business AGAINST HIS OWN company, not against the competition... sheeeeeez
Nah, he is really an Iraqui from Baghdad, now he writes for The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
I do read news from blogsites, particularly insights on Iraq by the iraqui blogger
Salam Pax and the american Moja Vera .
And if you think what they post is NOT newsworthy well then, I don't know what newsworthiness is then.
Stephen King already tried that and it doesn't work. Micropayments are too complicated. It reminds me of shareware... "please register" and stuff.
Are they serious? Trying to protect the "good name" of spam! ROFL!!!
Too many upseting stories... give us a break! Maybe somebody can post something uplifting??? Pretty please with sugar on top?...
Hah! I guess that is the problem when anybody claims "the largest", "the biggest", "the tallest" ... I mean, who has done a world wide search for anything like that? Maybe there is a largest model in China or India or even Patagonia for all that matters.
I'm thinking on routing the internet over short wave, to get a true world wide wireless internet.
But I am just wondering about it. I have no idea if it could be done or not.
But I am thinking more of short wave internet routers. A world wide wireless internet cannot be censor.
But I am really not any kind of expert here.
Couldn't we just have a world wide wireless net if we digitize the signal and send the packets via short wave?
Just wondering.
But I always wonder if the Internet could be carried by short wave radio. I mean, if you digitize the packets and send them via short wave, couldn't you just have a world wide wireless internet?
Just wondering, I am not an expert on this field.
I am afraid of Americans... God is an American
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I voted in the last election for governor in Florida with the new voting machines.
As they stand right now, they give me the creeps: They do not give you a print-out for backup. And there is no way to look at the code by an independent auditor because the republican Kath "Cruella" Harris declared the code a propietary secret. Only the vendor has the right to audit their own code and certify it as bug free.
An open system should print a ballot that goes into a ballot box as a back-up and it should be open for any independent party to review. If not how do we know there is no fraud involved?
uh... moderators, attempts at humor are NOT flamebait.
Just to let you know.
Who's "We"?
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Well, we cansay WHO stands for World Health Organization and WE stands for US.
So we can safely state that The World Health Administration is US, also known as THE WHO (without Roger Daltrey).
Hope that made it clear
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You are missing the point, the paper vote is not "papaer trail" but a hard copy for backup. I voted in Florida last election with an electronic voting machine. After making all my choices, I pressed the "vote" button only to get a greeting: thanks for voting.
Well, it felt like hmmmmm did I REALLY vote? Where is my vote? How can I tell I voted? Did the machine tabulated my vote correctly? I still don't know any of that for sure... we have to blind trust the voting machine as it is now. Something that gives me a very uneasy feeling.
On the other hand, if you produce a hard copy that you can review and then as a back up put it in a ballot box. Well, at least you will know the vote is there and it can be audited if the machine gets lost or damaged somehow.
Just my 2 cents.
I agree. Nowadays CEOs/CFOs/CTOs are only interested in outsourcing to other companies, that in turn use close source software to keep "trade secrets" propietary, so they can charge an arm and a leg for it.
:-(
I doubt big corps will turn to open source anytime soon... sadly
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