Of course it is a serious issue. That is why they double-check everything. I don't see anything in the article that states that the voting machines involved use off the shelf hardware and wince. Would you mind pointing it out for me?
How is that not clear? Read the article. It specifically says that the overage was a malfunction of the equipment, and upon rechecking the equipment, the number of votes was correct. Although this rechecking was done because someone noticed that there could not possibly be that many votes for Bush, as the article states, this rechecking is standard operating procedure for all equipment before an official count is determined.
I hear you're having a problem with your TPS reports. Did you get the memo?
Yes, this is the same thing. It was a glitch. The glitch was corrected. Nothing to see here. I don't care who got the extra votes. This is just an outlet for slashdotters to complain about Bush and I consider that to be flamebait.
I wouldn't be so quick to call this an inconsistency. It is simply a glitch that would have been corrected by the normal operating procedure had someone not noticed it. The count was unofficial for a reason. They verify the count for a reason - to catch mistakes like this. If every part of the system was infallible then checks would not be necessary and the preliminary count would be official. I don't care for Bush, but I'm not about to cry about every little mistake in the procedure. The system is designed to correct these mistakes.
As the article says, that's why election-night results are unofficial. They don't just count these things once and then throw them away. It's already been corrected, so it's not even a problem. blah blah blah well what if it wasn't detected blah blah blah. That is a valid concern, but posting this article on slashdot is just flaimbait.
It was actually a joke in reference to when the RIAA raided a cd copying operation and claimed that high-speed cd writers were equilalent to a number of low-speed cd writers. I'm glad that you can recognize that one file is one song, though. That'll get you far in this world.
You know, UPSes do much more than convert 12VDC to 120VAC. They allow the equipment to run on line power until it goes out, then switch almost instantaneously to battery power. You knew that, though.
They were in the middle of a fucking desert with a satellite uplink. There were no landline phones available. This is the only phone they had out there. You think they cared about some reception problems? If you had a choice between a phone with reception problems and no phone at all, which would you choose?
Could this have anything less to do with the article? Did you just see 'voip' in the title and decide to karma whore? These guys are way the fuck out in the desert. They don't have a landline phone that the phone company powers. This is more than they previously had.
I think the reason there is a ? in your subject is that you are a moron. The slashdot writeup CLEARLY stated that this is an insert in the new Linux Journal. Does that sound like a fucking billboard to you? Oh yeah, read the FIRST FUCKING WORD OF THE HEADLINE. ANOTHER. How much more clear would you like it?
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Who says these are evoting machines? I'm not finding where the article states what machines are involved.
Of course it is a serious issue. That is why they double-check everything. I don't see anything in the article that states that the voting machines involved use off the shelf hardware and wince. Would you mind pointing it out for me?
How is that not clear? Read the article. It specifically says that the overage was a malfunction of the equipment, and upon rechecking the equipment, the number of votes was correct. Although this rechecking was done because someone noticed that there could not possibly be that many votes for Bush, as the article states, this rechecking is standard operating procedure for all equipment before an official count is determined.
Who said there's no paper trail? I didn't even see any mention of what specific machines were used. How do you know?
I hear you're having a problem with your TPS reports. Did you get the memo?
Yes, this is the same thing. It was a glitch. The glitch was corrected. Nothing to see here. I don't care who got the extra votes. This is just an outlet for slashdotters to complain about Bush and I consider that to be flamebait.
I wouldn't be so quick to call this an inconsistency. It is simply a glitch that would have been corrected by the normal operating procedure had someone not noticed it. The count was unofficial for a reason. They verify the count for a reason - to catch mistakes like this. If every part of the system was infallible then checks would not be necessary and the preliminary count would be official. I don't care for Bush, but I'm not about to cry about every little mistake in the procedure. The system is designed to correct these mistakes.
As the article says, that's why election-night results are unofficial. They don't just count these things once and then throw them away. It's already been corrected, so it's not even a problem. blah blah blah well what if it wasn't detected blah blah blah. That is a valid concern, but posting this article on slashdot is just flaimbait.
What the FUCK does this have to do with my rights?
I guess you haven't heard of late voting.
It was actually a joke in reference to when the RIAA raided a cd copying operation and claimed that high-speed cd writers were equilalent to a number of low-speed cd writers. I'm glad that you can recognize that one file is one song, though. That'll get you far in this world.
Might want to rethink that. Sharing a 10 meg file is the equivilent of sharing 1000 10K files, so you still aren't safe.
A band doesn't do a concert nationwide and make 20 million dollars in a weekend.
Whereas the frequency of Linux viruses on Windows is much higher?
How does a barebones kit with a cpu not include a processor?
Athalon? I really don't understand where that extra A comes from.
He said a dirty word!
You know, UPSes do much more than convert 12VDC to 120VAC. They allow the equipment to run on line power until it goes out, then switch almost instantaneously to battery power. You knew that, though.
I'm sure there will be enough people like you who will make exceptions for this to still be profitable.
If the beam diverged that much, would the intensity even be great enough to cause damage to a person's eye?
His wife is in a coma.
Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!
My thumbdrive is UV erasable, you insensitive clod.
They were in the middle of a fucking desert with a satellite uplink. There were no landline phones available. This is the only phone they had out there. You think they cared about some reception problems? If you had a choice between a phone with reception problems and no phone at all, which would you choose?
Could this have anything less to do with the article? Did you just see 'voip' in the title and decide to karma whore? These guys are way the fuck out in the desert. They don't have a landline phone that the phone company powers. This is more than they previously had.
I think the reason there is a ? in your subject is that you are a moron. The slashdot writeup CLEARLY stated that this is an insert in the new Linux Journal. Does that sound like a fucking billboard to you? Oh yeah, read the FIRST FUCKING WORD OF THE HEADLINE. ANOTHER. How much more clear would you like it?