Can you say doublethink? I knew you could. They're in favor of states' rights, as long as the states agree with them.
There might be differences between the neo-conservative agenda and fascism, but I sure haven't found very many. I hate the way they've perverted the term "conservative".
Yeah, all those Founding Fathers who opposed political parties were just idealistic hacks. Good thing we've got just two parties to make picking our leaders nice and simple. God bless the two-party system, for it is holy and beyond reproach.
"These are minor technical hiccups that happen," said Hood spokeswoman Nicole DeLara. "No votes are lost, or could be lost."
They aren't lost, they just can't be counted. Way to split hairs, Ms. DeLara. You've got a big future in politics. Wait...that couldn't be why you're encouraging the use of these machines, could it? Oh my!
If I don't know what I'm missing, it seems to me like (since I don't really want to re-purchase my music collection) it would be a good idea for me to not go to the local audiophile shop and find out what I'm missing.
So, when somebody gives you a comprehensive list of useful functions his PDA accomplishes, you pick one of them and say "I don't like that, so PDAs are useless. Boy, I am just as smart as I thought I was!"
Don't want a PDA? Please don't buy one. Feel free to not buy one ever, under any circumstances. Really! I don't want you to. Proceed from your assumption that they are useless and a waste of money.
What happens when you lose your pad? You lose all the information in it.
What happens when I lose my Palm? I buy another one at Fry's for $50 and bring it home, push the button on the cradle, and it's indistinguishable from my old one.
The data is valuable. The device is not.
So shove your condescending "Why don't you use a pencil?" attitude up your ass. With your pencil.
OK, call me crazy, but maybe an application designed for a computer with a big keyboard, mouse, and monitor won't work quite so well on a computer with a teeny keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
If the UI isn't fast and easy to use, it's useless. And if I have to boot a PC in order to get a phone number, it's useless.
1) Learn how to work with people more gifted than yourself. 2) Learn how to work with people less gifted than yourself. 3) Learn that however gifted you are, you're very rarely the smartest person in the room. You're almost never the most interesting. 4) Learn to communicate. If it's in your head, and you can't get it out, it's useless. 5) Learn humility. There's always somebody better at whatever it is you do. If you're the best in the world at any given activity, rely on the fact that you're the worst in the world at others. 6) Laugh. Frequently. At yourself.
How can my vote serve better than to express MY preference for who should lead us?
Your notion of "wasting votes" is the most destructive opponent to equitable political discourse in America. My vote is MINE. I will cast it for the person I want to lead. "strategic voting" is the same thing as group-think.
So you're right, making it impossible to observe and reverse engineer my vote will make it more secure.
Er?
With the paperless system as it stands, they don't have to do anything even remotely clever to hack the vote. Just log in with MS Access and mix up the numbers.
Is it possible to design a 100% fraud-proof system? Absolutely not. Is it possible to design a system that is more fraud-proof than our current system? Yes. Is it possible to design a system that's more fraud-proof than a paperless Diebold machine? Yes. A good place to start in the design of that system would be to use techniques that we know are pretty good now.
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Can you say doublethink? I knew you could. They're in favor of states' rights, as long as the states agree with them.
There might be differences between the neo-conservative agenda and fascism, but I sure haven't found very many. I hate the way they've perverted the term "conservative".
Yeah, all those Founding Fathers who opposed political parties were just idealistic hacks. Good thing we've got just two parties to make picking our leaders nice and simple. God bless the two-party system, for it is holy and beyond reproach.
I think it is inappropriate for ANYBODY to promise to "deliver" any states to any camp for any reason.
I think it would be appropriate for anybody to promise to campaign for or support or give money to or argue in favor of any politician for any reason.
The CEO of an election hardware company has no business promising any votes to anybody.
Exactly.
If I want my music to sound better than it does on my mid-range stereo, I'll perform it.
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Who exactly are these supporters of states' rights? Last time we had those guys, we had a war and the states' rights guys lost.
The Confederacy was wrong about several things, but they had the states' rights thing right on.
They aren't lost, they just can't be counted. Way to split hairs, Ms. DeLara. You've got a big future in politics. Wait...that couldn't be why you're encouraging the use of these machines, could it? Oh my!
It's simple. "then it'll be useful to me." Nobody cares if it's useful to you. If you don't think it's useful to you, don't buy one.
Try this on: There exist people on Earth who buy PDAs because they're useful, not just because they're gadget-obsessed freaks.
Again: I encourage you to not buy a PDA. Please don't. I'm sure it won't fit your needs, and I'm certain you'll only validate your preconceptions.
Yes. But Apple Lossless Codec is, well, lossless. AAC is not Apple Lossless.
If I don't know what I'm missing, it seems to me like (since I don't really want to re-purchase my music collection) it would be a good idea for me to not go to the local audiophile shop and find out what I'm missing.
Yeah, nobody bought that Treo 600. What a POS.
Uh, right. I wish I could fail like that.
So, when somebody gives you a comprehensive list of useful functions his PDA accomplishes, you pick one of them and say "I don't like that, so PDAs are useless. Boy, I am just as smart as I thought I was!"
Don't want a PDA? Please don't buy one. Feel free to not buy one ever, under any circumstances. Really! I don't want you to. Proceed from your assumption that they are useless and a waste of money.
Nobody else cares.
Uh huh.
What happens when you lose your pad? You lose all the information in it.
What happens when I lose my Palm? I buy another one at Fry's for $50 and bring it home, push the button on the cradle, and it's indistinguishable from my old one.
The data is valuable. The device is not.
So shove your condescending "Why don't you use a pencil?" attitude up your ass. With your pencil.
OK, call me crazy, but maybe an application designed for a computer with a big keyboard, mouse, and monitor won't work quite so well on a computer with a teeny keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
If the UI isn't fast and easy to use, it's useless. And if I have to boot a PC in order to get a phone number, it's useless.
Thanks, I'll keep my Palm III.
Spoken like a true non-PDA user.
Some people find PDAs useful. These people are not stupid. You are entitled to your opinion, but others do not share it.
Uh huh. And how do you input a new phone number when you're away from your computer?
You can't. Hence the problem.
1) Learn how to work with people more gifted than yourself.
2) Learn how to work with people less gifted than yourself.
3) Learn that however gifted you are, you're very rarely the smartest person in the room. You're almost never the most interesting.
4) Learn to communicate. If it's in your head, and you can't get it out, it's useless.
5) Learn humility. There's always somebody better at whatever it is you do. If you're the best in the world at any given activity, rely on the fact that you're the worst in the world at others.
6) Laugh. Frequently. At yourself.
What in the hell are you talking about?
How can my vote serve better than to express MY preference for who should lead us?
Your notion of "wasting votes" is the most destructive opponent to equitable political discourse in America. My vote is MINE. I will cast it for the person I want to lead. "strategic voting" is the same thing as group-think.
Because it's totally logical to favor a voting system that NOBODY can verify, rather than one that only the Sighted Hegemony can verify.
Just because it's their sticking point doesn't mean it's not a stupid one.
They're probably ignoring you because you have a penis.
Smart chicks are hot.
So you're right, making it impossible to observe and reverse engineer my vote will make it more secure.
Er?
With the paperless system as it stands, they don't have to do anything even remotely clever to hack the vote. Just log in with MS Access and mix up the numbers.
Is it possible to design a 100% fraud-proof system? Absolutely not. Is it possible to design a system that is more fraud-proof than our current system? Yes. Is it possible to design a system that's more fraud-proof than a paperless Diebold machine? Yes. A good place to start in the design of that system would be to use techniques that we know are pretty good now.
...which is the real reason the iPod is the benchmark.
Because there's a law that says they can't.
Except that the airwaves are a public resource, ceded to radio stations under certain conditions (called laws).
So, when there's a law that says the radio stations can't accept money for playing a song, they should be punished when they break that law.