The source *is* open. Anyone from any political party or organized entity can request and have access to all source and follow all the procedures. The final binaries are signed by all interested parties as well and the system can be audited at any time. I know no system is fail proof but I believe they covered as much as they can and honestly, the paper system is also week to social pressures and bribing as well. That's the week link: people, not technology.
I used to have a powerfull laptop to do development but I figured that, at least on my case, I rather have a powerful desktop and a netbook. I dont need to carry a heavy machine with me and I can always access my desktop via NX when I'm away.
If I were you, at first I would try to avoid the conflict: go to your new employer and be honest, explain the situation and try to get a later date to start. If it's not possible, I would go to the HR, make a formal complain *and* I would try to make your current boss say the threat aloud and record it. There are very small digital recorders easily available.
In BRIC countries at least they do have the facilities and technology as they do have their own local drug production. BTW, I wonder why I was modded flamebait, I really think like that and that was not my intention at all:/
Of course they are not doing it from the kindness of their hearts. It's a matter of damage control. A country (any country) can break the patents and start producing any drug in case of need if a commercial arrangement can't be reached with the patent holder so, if they don't provide cheaper drugs, they will lose the whole deal.
Sorry, for some reason my post was totally messed. Instead of messing around with well established classics like Blade Runner, why not to try and create another one? Stranger in a Strange Land would be good bet IMHO.
Re:It should not work but it does, now what?
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I've suffered years with allergies and to make a long story short, homeopathy cured me.
Allergies are often quite responsive to biofeedback effects. Not placebo, exactly, but serf-induced healing.
Before someone call "placebo effect", let's say that if placebo effect did the trick, why it didn't with all the previous treatments I tried before taking homeopathy?
Because you clearly have a bias against scientific medicine, and a placebo effect only works if you expect it to.
Believe me, I've hade this conversation several times and I'm just tired of arguing about this whole stuff.
If that's the case, why'd you post about it?
I forgot to add that I do *not* have any bias against any form of medicine, traditional or otherwise as long as it works. I've used homeopathy because nothing else was working, that's my whole point, I tried other more traditional methods before, expected them to work and it didn't in the case of my allergies. About the arguing, I wasn't clear, I'm tired of arguing about it before, didn't mean that I don't want to talk about my experience and discuss it. And, BTW, here in Brazil, homeopathy is a recognized medicine branch, supported by government and private health insurance.
Homeopathy also work in animals. People says it's placebo effect by proxy but as I already said: before going for homeopathy, people tries conventional medicine why the placebo effect don't work there as well if the medicine itself did not?
It should not work but it does, now what?
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I've suffered years with allergies and to make a long story short, homeopathy cured me. Before someone call "placebo effect", let's say that if placebo effect did the trick, why it didn't with all the previous treatments I tried before taking homeopathy? Believe me, I've hade this conversation several times and I'm just tired of arguing about this whole stuff. People who don't agree never will so I stopped trying. The only advice I can do is this: it worked for me and as it's just water without any chemical effect, try anyway. Won't harm you.
1) Give them tasks and get out of the way. 2) Don't micromanage. 3) Tell them to come to you if there's a problem. If not, go to 1. 4) Pay well, with bonus for tasks or projects completed in time and with quality. 5) Be flexible regarding times and work hours. 6) Try to keep the paperwork out of their way. 7) Always have someone else to do documentation. Same for QA. 8) Be open to feedback.
No, he's not. As a vulcan, he ages much slower than humans, so, he would look about the same as when he was at the enterprise, considering that he was at the academy at the same time as Kirk which, for starters, I find weird.
I already made a long post about this a few days ago so I won't post it again but, in short: 1) The source is available to any parties interested. 2) There is a paper trail. 3) The software is signed by all parties and can be audited at any time. 4) The hardware is Diebold because this company bought the brazilian one that created and manufactured the machines. The hardware is custom-made not of-the-shelf Diebold stuff. 5) Yes, the wikipedia article is not totally correct. 6) I know the system is not perfect but we believe it's the best we can do and the peer review from several different opposing parties and different segments of the constituted powers provides adequate insurance against fraud.
There's no need to be sarcastic, I'm trying to explain the process the best as I can but looks like I'm not being successful. What I'm saying is that the system is sealed as soon as the signed binary is installed and there's no external access ports. There's a paper trail and any ballot can be requested to be audited at election day if necessary by any party. I suggest you try to dig more information by yourself, I already said all I could.
Indeed. Unfortunately you seem to be ignoring all the scientific issues with electronic voting.
I never said that I know everything. My sig just says that knowledge is power and my idea here was to have a useful and civilized discussion about the issue. I'm more than willing to change my opinion if you prove me I'm wrong but as you already for sure know what I know and what I don't, I don't see a reason to continue this discussion. You win. Be proud.
The binary is signed and any party can ask to check any ballot station. Anyway, I'm not exactly the best person to talk about the system, I'm just stating the information I was able to find and of course you can find several week points that way. Perhaps the admins can setup an interview with someone that can actually talk about the details.
I agree that more openness will be great but it's a great improvement from what it used to be and I think it's much better than anything else available.
As I said before any interested political party can check the source code, compilation, signing, etc. If *you* want to do it as an individual, you can't but you can do it as a party representative. In this terms, I think the general society is well served in this matter.
I was talking about the printing of the individual votes. In this case only a percentage of the machines have it but you are right. The summary of the ballots are done automatically once the closing time is achieved.
Maybe I wasn't clear but the source code is available to the Ministerio Publico (judiciary), OAB (lawyers) and all political parties *before* and *after* the elections. They also supervise the compilation and digital signing process to be sure that the final binary came from the source they audited. The hardware is there for quite some time and, IIRC, is audited independently by the same interested parties and universities.
I suggest you check your facts a little more carefully. 1) Yes, Diebold provides the hardware but just because Diebold bought Procomp. The hardware was developed here and also can be audited. 2) The machines are running linux now. 3) There's no paper trail for all the machines but a percentage of them have it and they are randomly distributed. 4) I don't like that either but anyway you have to identify yourself when you are going to vote so you are already identified anyway. 5) Yes, it's a weeker point indeed but, as I said, all the process is auditable. Again, I not saying it's perfect but I'm confident that all the process is open enough and there are safeguards enough to be considered fair.
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So Microsoft found a security problem in another company's software? Damn... maybe 2012 *is* real! The end is nigh!
The source *is* open. Anyone from any political party or organized entity can request and have access to all source and follow all the procedures. The final binaries are signed by all interested parties as well and the system can be audited at any time. I know no system is fail proof but I believe they covered as much as they can and honestly, the paper system is also week to social pressures and bribing as well. That's the week link: people, not technology.
Yes, you can.
Check on the new Ubuntu Server 9.10. It does have all the tools you need to create a private cloud.
One of the best games available for Linux out there.
I used to have a powerfull laptop to do development but I figured that, at least on my case, I rather have a powerful desktop and a netbook. I dont need to carry a heavy machine with me and I can always access my desktop via NX when I'm away.
... with dignity and respect.
Just like Steve Jobs does!
If I were you, at first I would try to avoid the conflict: go to your new employer and be honest, explain the situation and try to get a later date to start.
If it's not possible, I would go to the HR, make a formal complain *and* I would try to make your current boss say the threat aloud and record it. There are very small digital recorders easily available.
In BRIC countries at least they do have the facilities and technology as they do have their own local drug production. :/
BTW, I wonder why I was modded flamebait, I really think like that and that was not my intention at all
Of course they are not doing it from the kindness of their hearts. It's a matter of damage control. A country (any country) can break the patents and start producing any drug in case of need if a commercial arrangement can't be reached with the patent holder so, if they don't provide cheaper drugs, they will lose the whole deal.
Sorry, for some reason my post was totally messed.
Instead of messing around with well established classics like Blade Runner, why not to try and create another one? Stranger in a Strange Land would be good bet IMHO.
Stranger in a Strage Land
I've suffered years with allergies and to make a long story short, homeopathy cured me.
Allergies are often quite responsive to biofeedback effects. Not placebo, exactly, but serf-induced healing.
Before someone call "placebo effect", let's say that if placebo effect did the trick, why it didn't with all the previous treatments I tried before taking homeopathy?
Because you clearly have a bias against scientific medicine, and a placebo effect only works if you expect it to.
Believe me, I've hade this conversation several times and I'm just tired of arguing about this whole stuff.
If that's the case, why'd you post about it?
I forgot to add that I do *not* have any bias against any form of medicine, traditional or otherwise as long as it works. I've used homeopathy because nothing else was working, that's my whole point, I tried other more traditional methods before, expected them to work and it didn't in the case of my allergies.
About the arguing, I wasn't clear, I'm tired of arguing about it before, didn't mean that I don't want to talk about my experience and discuss it.
And, BTW, here in Brazil, homeopathy is a recognized medicine branch, supported by government and private health insurance.
Homeopathy also work in animals. People says it's placebo effect by proxy but as I already said: before going for homeopathy, people tries conventional medicine why the placebo effect don't work there as well if the medicine itself did not?
I've suffered years with allergies and to make a long story short, homeopathy cured me.
Before someone call "placebo effect", let's say that if placebo effect did the trick, why it didn't with all the previous treatments I tried before taking homeopathy?
Believe me, I've hade this conversation several times and I'm just tired of arguing about this whole stuff. People who don't agree never will so I stopped trying. The only advice I can do is this: it worked for me and as it's just water without any chemical effect, try anyway. Won't harm you.
1) Give them tasks and get out of the way.
2) Don't micromanage.
3) Tell them to come to you if there's a problem. If not, go to 1.
4) Pay well, with bonus for tasks or projects completed in time and with quality.
5) Be flexible regarding times and work hours.
6) Try to keep the paperwork out of their way.
7) Always have someone else to do documentation. Same for QA.
8) Be open to feedback.
No, he's not. As a vulcan, he ages much slower than humans, so, he would look about the same as when he was at the enterprise, considering that he was at the academy at the same time as Kirk which, for starters, I find weird.
I already made a long post about this a few days ago so I won't post it again but, in short:
1) The source is available to any parties interested.
2) There is a paper trail.
3) The software is signed by all parties and can be audited at any time.
4) The hardware is Diebold because this company bought the brazilian one that created and manufactured the machines. The hardware is custom-made not of-the-shelf Diebold stuff.
5) Yes, the wikipedia article is not totally correct.
6) I know the system is not perfect but we believe it's the best we can do and the peer review from several different opposing parties and different segments of the constituted powers provides adequate insurance against fraud.
There's no need to be sarcastic, I'm trying to explain the process the best as I can but looks like I'm not being successful.
What I'm saying is that the system is sealed as soon as the signed binary is installed and there's no external access ports. There's a paper trail and any ballot can be requested to be audited at election day if necessary by any party.
I suggest you try to dig more information by yourself, I already said all I could.
Scientia est Potentia
Indeed. Unfortunately you seem to be ignoring all the scientific issues with electronic voting.
I never said that I know everything. My sig just says that knowledge is power and my idea here was to have a useful and civilized discussion about the issue. I'm more than willing to change my opinion if you prove me I'm wrong but as you already for sure know what I know and what I don't, I don't see a reason to continue this discussion. You win. Be proud.
The binary is signed and any party can ask to check any ballot station.
Anyway, I'm not exactly the best person to talk about the system, I'm just stating the information I was able to find and of course you can find several week points that way. Perhaps the admins can setup an interview with someone that can actually talk about the details.
I agree that more openness will be great but it's a great improvement from what it used to be and I think it's much better than anything else available.
As I said before any interested political party can check the source code, compilation, signing, etc. If *you* want to do it as an individual, you can't but you can do it as a party representative. In this terms, I think the general society is well served in this matter.
I was talking about the printing of the individual votes. In this case only a percentage of the machines have it but you are right. The summary of the ballots are done automatically once the closing time is achieved.
Maybe I wasn't clear but the source code is available to the Ministerio Publico (judiciary), OAB (lawyers) and all political parties *before* and *after* the elections. They also supervise the compilation and digital signing process to be sure that the final binary came from the source they audited.
The hardware is there for quite some time and, IIRC, is audited independently by the same interested parties and universities.
I suggest you check your facts a little more carefully.
1) Yes, Diebold provides the hardware but just because Diebold bought Procomp. The hardware was developed here and also can be audited.
2) The machines are running linux now.
3) There's no paper trail for all the machines but a percentage of them have it and they are randomly distributed.
4) I don't like that either but anyway you have to identify yourself when you are going to vote so you are already identified anyway.
5) Yes, it's a weeker point indeed but, as I said, all the process is auditable.
Again, I not saying it's perfect but I'm confident that all the process is open enough and there are safeguards enough to be considered fair.