We use this system in San Francisco and while I couldn't imagine how you could be confused by this, I witnessed it happen.
I went to vote sometime last year (we vote a few times a year in SF) and I waited behind a guy who was having the ballot explained to him.
The poll agent asked him if he knew how to mark the ballot and he said, "Yes, you just circle the arrow." She politely told him that he needed to connect the two lines of the arrow, to which he added, "And then circle it!" She said, "No, no need to circle it. Just connect the lines." He seemed to have gotten this and took his ballot away.
I got my ballot and began voting when I heard the agent say, "Sir, you seem to still be circling. Don't show me what you've voted, but show me what you are doing in the sample area." He proudly said, "I'm circling the arrows." At this point, having already finished, I turned in my ballot and left.
Just because its idiot proof doesn't mean we don't have idiots that can't figure it out. There are no voter eligibility standards in this country other than being over 18. Remember 50% of the country is below average intelligence and some of those on the border probably couldn't figure it out either.
Many of the parking garages in NY as well as other major cities do not allow people to retrieve their own car anyway. There is a staff of people who get the cars. It can normally take 5-10 minutes to get a car from one of these garages with wait times longer during rush hour.
I imagine the designers in a high traffic area would add more elevators to compensate. Not to mention it isn't likely that all 324 would want out at once. Most people leave work between 3 and 7 with a spike at 5. As long as it can handle its spike (putting the ~5:00 cars in the quicker bays) There wouldn't be a problem.
The biggest problem with upgrading from WebSphere 3.5 to anything is that it is pre J2EE 1.2 so it isn't very compliant. The deployment descriptors are not proprietary and the configuration is locked away in the Websphere Admin Database.
Upgrading from 3.5 to 4.0 is not a great process, The server config comes across okay and most of your DDs will come over, but you are required to make sure all your code is supported on the new platform. if you've got old JSPs (.91 or lower) or use EJB 1.0 you will need to hand edit them, the upgrade will fail. Also, if you are using deprecated IBM APIs you need to figure out which ones those are and stop using them. In the end when all is said and done, you are now stuck on websphere 4.0. Its fairly stable, but a beast to administer.
Upgrading to BEA is pretty good. I haven't worked with 7.0 but 6.1 works like a champ. Its really standards compliant. As long as you've got to do some rework I would reccomend this option.
Also, you may wish to check out Cacheon I saw their demo at Java One and I was pretty impressed. I don't know if they handle your particular problem, but they definitely do automated J2EE Migration.
> If I went to a bar that tried to photocopy my driver's license, I'd damn sure turn around and go elsewhere.
Lots of bars photocopy your driver license already without your knowledge. In New York after a bouncer looks at your license they put it face down on a screen before handing it back to you. Whats that screen? Its a video camera recording the licenses of their patrons. They've done the copy already all they need to do is process the data.
This tool is nothing new, just a new way to get the data.
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We use this system in San Francisco and while I couldn't imagine how you could be confused by this, I witnessed it happen.
I went to vote sometime last year (we vote a few times a year in SF) and I waited behind a guy who was having the ballot explained to him.
The poll agent asked him if he knew how to mark the ballot and he said, "Yes, you just circle the arrow." She politely told him that he needed to connect the two lines of the arrow, to which he added, "And then circle it!" She said, "No, no need to circle it. Just connect the lines." He seemed to have gotten this and took his ballot away.
I got my ballot and began voting when I heard the agent say, "Sir, you seem to still be circling. Don't show me what you've voted, but show me what you are doing in the sample area." He proudly said, "I'm circling the arrows." At this point, having already finished, I turned in my ballot and left.
Just because its idiot proof doesn't mean we don't have idiots that can't figure it out. There are no voter eligibility standards in this country other than being over 18. Remember 50% of the country is below average intelligence and some of those on the border probably couldn't figure it out either.
Many of the parking garages in NY as well as other major cities do not allow people to retrieve their own car anyway. There is a staff of people who get the cars. It can normally take 5-10 minutes to get a car from one of these garages with wait times longer during rush hour.
I imagine the designers in a high traffic area would add more elevators to compensate. Not to mention it isn't likely that all 324 would want out at once. Most people leave work between 3 and 7 with a spike at 5. As long as it can handle its spike (putting the ~5:00 cars in the quicker bays) There wouldn't be a problem.
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The biggest problem with upgrading from WebSphere 3.5 to anything is that it is pre J2EE 1.2 so it isn't very compliant. The deployment descriptors are not proprietary and the configuration is locked away in the Websphere Admin Database.
Upgrading from 3.5 to 4.0 is not a great process, The server config comes across okay and most of your DDs will come over, but you are required to make sure all your code is supported on the new platform. if you've got old JSPs (.91 or lower) or use EJB 1.0 you will need to hand edit them, the upgrade will fail. Also, if you are using deprecated IBM APIs you need to figure out which ones those are and stop using them. In the end when all is said and done, you are now stuck on websphere 4.0. Its fairly stable, but a beast to administer.
Upgrading to BEA is pretty good. I haven't worked with 7.0 but 6.1 works like a champ. Its really standards compliant. As long as you've got to do some rework I would reccomend this option.
Also, you may wish to check out Cacheon I saw their demo at Java One and I was pretty impressed. I don't know if they handle your particular problem, but they definitely do automated J2EE Migration.
> If I went to a bar that tried to photocopy my driver's license, I'd damn sure turn around and go elsewhere.
Lots of bars photocopy your driver license already without your knowledge. In New York after a bouncer looks at your license they put it face down on a screen before handing it back to you. Whats that screen? Its a video camera recording the licenses of their patrons. They've done the copy already all they need to do is process the data.
This tool is nothing new, just a new way to get the data.
-alayne