A friend of mine has worked for companies that design and build poker machines and other types of electronic gaming equipment for the last 20 years. Before state government gaming regulators will let them put a new type of equipment into use, it must be tested and validated. During part of this process, they take something that looks like an industrial Tazer and shock the machine all over the place; keyboard, display, bezel, coin and bill acceptor, and every screw head they can find on the machine case. All the while they are feeding it money and playing the games. If any errors come up during this process, the machine is rejected and the company has to figure out how it failed, fix it, document it and resubmit it for testing.
They also validate the software (yes, the state gets the source) and test the machine for various hacking methods, magnets (not much use on modern machines since the only moving parts are the fans on the computer), things like that. The one thing they have that the voting machines don't, is a fixed win percent programmed into the game. The state auditors can check the income vs payout and know if the machine is performing to spec when it is in the field. Of course, there is also the audit tape inside the machine that can be reviewed.
So, I'll end with a question: Why do states governments and judges at all levels feel it is more important to protect the people feeding 20s to a poker machine from fraud than it is to protect voters from fraud by these multi-national companies that produce voting machines?
These so called Conservative Republicans have done exactly what Cheney told them to do for almost 8 years. Dragging our county into unnecessary war and unimaginable economic downturn. Doling out our treasury to their buddies in the great spending orgy. Now, when the country needs them to follow their new leader and protect the economy from total collapse, the man they voted to put at the head of their party, they decide to go a different direction. If McLame is such a great leader and would be such a great President, why can't he get support from this party he leads. Maybe not such a great choice after all. Is that clear enough.
Yeah, bang up job he did there. Charging back to DC, forcing Bush boy to hold a get together at the White House where he said almost nothing, then he goes to his townhouse and starts "phoning" members of congress. Wait what was that, oh yeah, he went back to DC so he could phone it in with local calls. Dumped a bunch of political rhetoric, and the left town again having destabilized and politicized the whole situation. Great job. Then the whole thing crashes and burns when 2/3rds of Republican House members vote down the bill. These were the people McLame was supposed to be lining up with all those phone calls. And, all the while, when the campaign is supposed to be suspended, the lying attack ads continue, when several campaign offices are contacted to find out how they are handling the campaign suspension, they have no idea what the reporters are talking about, and the fund raising continues. Some suspension.
The phone number for each member of the House and Senate is posted on their respective web pages. A phone call is so much more personal. I've got my Senators and Representative programmed into my cell phone.
It is a business after all. I don't write code if a company isn't willing to pay me. Based on some of the specs I've had to deal with, a number of these projects could be classified as stupid. But then, it is their job to run their business, I'm just a code monkey.
So, you are saying that lawyers get involved even if they have no client to represent? Do they magically appear in conference calls or email threads, show up at meetings for which they have no prior knowledge? They must be powerful wizards to do such things! We must fear and respect them for they are our masters!!!
You should not consider trying to do this on the cheap. If you keep in mind the cost of early equipment failures, installing a real dedicated AC unit becomes less costly. Check out a Mini-Split unit. Some of them have very high efficiencies and they do not require any ducting, just two lines to transfer the coolant and a drain line to get rid of moisture and power of course.
Really. I was expecting at least 10 or 12. He really just has to scan through his sent items for all mail sent to the distribution list WTF!?. There must be hundreds of these things. Two is just barely enough to catch our attention.
Based on their compatible corporate moralities, I would expect SafeNet to merge with Blackwater any day now. Then RIAA could have ARMED criminal thugs with international immunity to carry out their agenda. I suspect they would like that.
All "news" from the WSJ is suspect now that it is owned by Rupert Murdoch. It is now in the same family as page six in the New Your Post. I think I would look elsewhere for reliable business news.
While you are at it, cc a few of the advertisers who are paying Yahoo to target you incorrectly with their ads. They are more able to put pressure on Yahoo to fix the problem, being the source of the cash in question.
Maybe you could get one of the bilingual members here to translate the message to French for you. (Assuming their bi are the correct linguals.)
There the majority of the vowels are E's and, as I'm sure you can see, the C is at the wrong end. Who would put a C at that end of a word anyway. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that even with the oddly spelled name, they have quality baked goods.
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Or worse, new product development.
A friend of mine has worked for companies that design and build poker machines and other types of electronic gaming equipment for the last 20 years. Before state government gaming regulators will let them put a new type of equipment into use, it must be tested and validated. During part of this process, they take something that looks like an industrial Tazer and shock the machine all over the place; keyboard, display, bezel, coin and bill acceptor, and every screw head they can find on the machine case. All the while they are feeding it money and playing the games. If any errors come up during this process, the machine is rejected and the company has to figure out how it failed, fix it, document it and resubmit it for testing.
They also validate the software (yes, the state gets the source) and test the machine for various hacking methods, magnets (not much use on modern machines since the only moving parts are the fans on the computer), things like that. The one thing they have that the voting machines don't, is a fixed win percent programmed into the game. The state auditors can check the income vs payout and know if the machine is performing to spec when it is in the field. Of course, there is also the audit tape inside the machine that can be reviewed.
So, I'll end with a question: Why do states governments and judges at all levels feel it is more important to protect the people feeding 20s to a poker machine from fraud than it is to protect voters from fraud by these multi-national companies that produce voting machines?
These so called Conservative Republicans have done exactly what Cheney told them to do for almost 8 years. Dragging our county into unnecessary war and unimaginable economic downturn. Doling out our treasury to their buddies in the great spending orgy. Now, when the country needs them to follow their new leader and protect the economy from total collapse, the man they voted to put at the head of their party, they decide to go a different direction. If McLame is such a great leader and would be such a great President, why can't he get support from this party he leads. Maybe not such a great choice after all. Is that clear enough.
And how exactly does this let McLaim off the hook for failing to lead his party?
Yeah, bang up job he did there. Charging back to DC, forcing Bush boy to hold a get together at the White House where he said almost nothing, then he goes to his townhouse and starts "phoning" members of congress. Wait what was that, oh yeah, he went back to DC so he could phone it in with local calls. Dumped a bunch of political rhetoric, and the left town again having destabilized and politicized the whole situation. Great job. Then the whole thing crashes and burns when 2/3rds of Republican House members vote down the bill. These were the people McLame was supposed to be lining up with all those phone calls. And, all the while, when the campaign is supposed to be suspended, the lying attack ads continue, when several campaign offices are contacted to find out how they are handling the campaign suspension, they have no idea what the reporters are talking about, and the fund raising continues. Some suspension.
heh, until someone hacks it a la Palin fiasco
I didn't say anything about getting hacked, I just said the servers would have the capacity to handle the load. Who cares if they get hacked. :)
Of course you can't send bribes by phone, so whether or not this is effective is open to debate.
All you need to do is offer your credit card number. I'm sure they can figure out how to process a transaction, they're the government after all.
They could each get a gmail account. Google will keep their servers up...
The phone number for each member of the House and Senate is posted on their respective web pages. A phone call is so much more personal. I've got my Senators and Representative programmed into my cell phone.
You have to take into account the internal resistance of the battery as well. That is generally what limits the current capacity.
I'm pretty sure that if you hit a ball with a hockey stick while on the ice you will draw an extended penalty along with the screams of pain.
(by law, all Detroit-area natives are required to study hockey)
I've known a number of people from Michigan and I'm certain the law is not specific to Detroit, but is in fact a state wide requirement.
And what, pray tell, does 'dot' mean in hockey language? :)
Same as every other sport played in an arena. It's a candy you pick up at the concession stand.
It is a business after all. I don't write code if a company isn't willing to pay me. Based on some of the specs I've had to deal with, a number of these projects could be classified as stupid. But then, it is their job to run their business, I'm just a code monkey.
So, you are saying that lawyers get involved even if they have no client to represent? Do they magically appear in conference calls or email threads, show up at meetings for which they have no prior knowledge? They must be powerful wizards to do such things! We must fear and respect them for they are our masters!!!
I didn't know they could mod you -1 for a bad (but funny) pun...
Lawyers do not get involved unless they are invited, but, there is always a lawyer who will take any stupid case that some idiot brings to their door.
What, did they point the thing at Dick Cheney's chest with a little x-ray back light and catch a view of his heart?
You should not consider trying to do this on the cheap. If you keep in mind the cost of early equipment failures, installing a real dedicated AC unit becomes less costly. Check out a Mini-Split unit. Some of them have very high efficiencies and they do not require any ducting, just two lines to transfer the coolant and a drain line to get rid of moisture and power of course.
Really. I was expecting at least 10 or 12. He really just has to scan through his sent items for all mail sent to the distribution list WTF!?. There must be hundreds of these things. Two is just barely enough to catch our attention.
Based on their compatible corporate moralities, I would expect SafeNet to merge with Blackwater any day now. Then RIAA could have ARMED criminal thugs with international immunity to carry out their agenda. I suspect they would like that.
All "news" from the WSJ is suspect now that it is owned by Rupert Murdoch. It is now in the same family as page six in the New Your Post. I think I would look elsewhere for reliable business news.
Can I get a pair of those in a laptop? I'll pick up a pair of Nomex shorts a the local Nascar outlet store!
While you are at it, cc a few of the advertisers who are paying Yahoo to target you incorrectly with their ads. They are more able to put pressure on Yahoo to fix the problem, being the source of the cash in question.
Maybe you could get one of the bilingual members here to translate the message to French for you. (Assuming their bi are the correct linguals.)
There the majority of the vowels are E's and, as I'm sure you can see, the C is at the wrong end. Who would put a C at that end of a word anyway. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that even with the oddly spelled name, they have quality baked goods.