The biggest problem with these devices is that they remove the voter from the voting process even more. As it stands today, many people think that their vote doesn't count.
When there is no physical record of the vote, only a few bits on a card somewhere, we'll become even more removed from the process. It won't be long until no one cares anymore, and voting becomes a simple formality.
And the fact that making it verifiable is so easy makes me wonder....
It would be nice to actually have a _few_ good companies out there, but all these patent lawsuits are proving that companies just don't care.
This is, pardon the pun, patently false. There are millions of companies in the United States, many of which have patent portfolios.
You only hear about the big names and lawsuits involving them. Have you heard of lawsuits involving patent #6,111,725? How about any of the other millions of patents?
My father had a patent on "Hyperbolic Geometric Models" (4,183,153) and never sued anybody. He still has some, if people are interested.
The patent system has some issues, but mainly the issues are more with the way that corporations are abusing it.
According to Me, expert on the world, iTunes burns CDs just fine.
Though, to tell the truth, iWouldn't mind an iPod at all. But iDo mind forking out so much of my money. But if anyone wants to give me one, just let me know........
(Why oh why won't Apple give free ones to the Apple Developer subscribers?)
No, he shouldn't be "thankful". Quite to the contrary. LISP is an interactive, dynamically typed language, which makes it great for introductory CS teaching. So are Python, Basic, Logo, Ruby, and many others.
<GEEZERMODE>
Why, when I was a CS student, we had to do everything in static languages, frickin' wires! We didn't even have no stinkin' lights. Had to read the results of our programs by getting shocked with 220VAC! Stinkin' kids and there damn Dc current, wimps, I tell you....*mutter*
</GEEZERMODE>
Kitten, (N): A small homicidal muffin on legs; affects human sensibilities to the point of endowing the most wanton and ruthless acts of destruction with near-mythical overtones of cuteness. Not recommended for beginners. Get at least two.
You want to know the secret? It is appearances. If they have a boring cubicle farm and realistic goals, then no venture capitalist wants to give them BIG money.
But if they have a flashy business plan, and all sorts of things that "break the corporate model," then they can say that they're going to "create a paradigm shift" and "change the laws of business."
Otherwise, they get no more venture capital. A venture capital funded company is usually trying to get more venture capital, so all that junk is basically marketing for the moneybags.
"See! We're revitalized the employee-work relationship! Standard notions of economic production do not apply to us! We'll make it up in volume! Buy now!"
Note that the smaller venture firms are very rarely heard about, until they become big successes. They play their cards right, unlike LittleFeet (next door to us), who burnt through 25 million in just over a year. They had thousands of items of their product, but no market. So I got a laser printer, a torque wrench, and a table for pennies on the dollar at the auction.
The battle was over at Custer's last stand And taps were sounding for all the brave men While one lone survivor wounded and weak Comanche the Brave Horse lay at the General's feet Comanche you fought hard, Comanche you tried You were a good soldier so hold your head up high For even the greatest sometimes must fall Comanche the Brave Horse you gave your all
Though you are silent your deeds did speak loud If your buddies could see you I know they'd be proud The symbol of bravery at the Little Big Horn Poor old Comanche your battle scattered and torn Comanche you fought hard... Comanche you fought hard...
Basic premiss is that there is a planet in another solar system that is entirely covered with hydrocarbon gas. They use quantum black holes to pull it far enough from the sun for it to cool down, which allows them to collect the liquids in different oceans. Pretty good read.
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The biggest problem with these devices is that they remove the voter from the voting process even more. As it stands today, many people think that their vote doesn't count.
When there is no physical record of the vote, only a few bits on a card somewhere, we'll become even more removed from the process. It won't be long until no one cares anymore, and voting becomes a simple formality.
And the fact that making it verifiable is so easy makes me wonder....
Uh, your shell script has both those lines commented out.....
:D
It won't do anything.
[/sarcasm]
It would be nice to actually have a _few_ good companies out there, but all these patent lawsuits are proving that companies just don't care.
This is, pardon the pun, patently false. There are millions of companies in the United States, many of which have patent portfolios.
You only hear about the big names and lawsuits involving them. Have you heard of lawsuits involving patent #6,111,725? How about any of the other millions of patents?
My father had a patent on "Hyperbolic Geometric Models" (4,183,153) and never sued anybody. He still has some, if people are interested.
The patent system has some issues, but mainly the issues are more with the way that corporations are abusing it.
DOWN WITH CORPORATIONS!
Wheee!
IANA is subassigned from ICANN.
So that's where all these IANALs come from! I was wondering that.
Some people may not know how to cut and paste.
And that slashspace may confuse others, too.
[/sarcasm]
You've obviously never been in OUR IT lab....
Your life is in danger. I've never seen such a teetering pile of computers......
I think that's where we lost the Cisco guy.....
Haven't you ever read the BOFH? IT is a life and death job!
Those people are Amateurs.
The latest kernel is 2.0.40, as everyone should know.
[/sillyness]
I guess that's why Andrew Tridgell of Samba fame works for IBM Australia.
He must be a Sales VP.
[/sarcasm]
Does that mean "can't" can be changed to "kill?"
Why should us registered users care how much the Anonymous Cowards spend?
Why does http://www.caughron.com/ not work in Mozilla under Gentoo?
C'mon, a liberally educated graduate should be able to do better.
Oh, yeah, for +5 troll, the troll mod had to come BEFORE the last +1 mod, otherwise it would be +4.
And yes, I am a smart @$$.
heheheheheheh
According to Me, expert on the world, iTunes burns CDs just fine.
Though, to tell the truth, iWouldn't mind an iPod at all. But iDo mind forking out so much of my money. But if anyone wants to give me one, just let me know........
(Why oh why won't Apple give free ones to the Apple Developer subscribers?)
And according to Penny Arcade, you don't have to worry about yours skipping, either.
Why, when I was a CS student, we had to do everything in static languages, frickin' wires! We didn't even have no stinkin' lights. Had to read the results of our programs by getting shocked with 220VAC! Stinkin' kids and there damn Dc current, wimps, I tell you....*mutter*
</GEEZERMODE>
As per a Good Definition
Kitten, (N): A small homicidal muffin on legs; affects human sensibilities to the point of endowing the most wanton and ruthless acts of destruction with near-mythical overtones of cuteness. Not recommended for beginners. Get at least two.
You want to know the secret? It is appearances. If they have a boring cubicle farm and realistic goals, then no venture capitalist wants to give them BIG money.
But if they have a flashy business plan, and all sorts of things that "break the corporate model," then they can say that they're going to "create a paradigm shift" and "change the laws of business."
Otherwise, they get no more venture capital. A venture capital funded company is usually trying to get more venture capital, so all that junk is basically marketing for the moneybags.
"See! We're revitalized the employee-work relationship! Standard notions of economic production do not apply to us! We'll make it up in volume! Buy now!"
Note that the smaller venture firms are very rarely heard about, until they become big successes. They play their cards right, unlike LittleFeet (next door to us), who burnt through 25 million in just over a year. They had thousands of items of their product, but no market. So I got a laser printer, a torque wrench, and a table for pennies on the dollar at the auction.
Vive la vulture capital!
Just like buying Mexican property (if you are out of country), he's leasing the DVDs for 100 years.
Hehehehehe.
Try it, it might free the spindle motor.
Or try heating in an oven at about 150 degrees.
Remember, it is dead, so anything goes. I've gotten one to live a little longer by banging it.
http://angryflower.com/destro.gif
(It's all in humor!)
This will give you what you want. $0.01 a megabyte. I've used it, it is good.
Johnny Horton
Sounds like Stasheff's We Open On Venus
Basic premiss is that there is a planet in another solar system that is entirely covered with hydrocarbon gas. They use quantum black holes to pull it far enough from the sun for it to cool down, which allows them to collect the liquids in different oceans. Pretty good read.
I still think it was supposed to be "commonwealth" but the "th" got cut off.....
from the tax-dollars-want-to-benefit-the-commonweal dept.
I wanna support the commonweal too!.
Though maybe not.....
Could that explain the Las Vegas key issue? Maybe the military is gearing up to retaliate....
eheheheheheh