Sure, I've taken a tablet to dinner with me. If the wife isn't around, I'd like to catch up on TV/News/etc while eating. I go out to eat because I don't want to spend the time/effort cooking, why shouldn't I be able to take my media with me?
Bathroom or in bed? Yeah if I'm watching a movie on my tablet it'll come with me. Why not? I'll let the wife have the TV, remember happy wife, happy life.
There is no proof which way you voted, just that you did.
The voting form is kept in an inner envelope which is separated from the outer envelope specifically to keep your vote secret.
Yes, you could sell someone your ballot, just the same as you could take a picture with your camera phone of your vote. Canvasing a neighborhood trying to buy ballots will likely get you reported to the cop. The risk is far more than the reward. Voting by mail doesn't eliminate all problems, but it does significantly reduce them.
While the article specifically calls out remote voting as a possibility for not having the privacy, look at the list of examples. All require actual polling places to affect and disenfranchise a number of voters. Doing that on the same scale with vote by mail is considerably more difficult and you're likely to get reported/caught.
Yes, single cases can still occur, so perhaps I was too strong with my initial statement. Large scale voter intimidation is eliminated.
We have a different type of electronic voting. Oregon uses vote by mail, and each person fills out a scan-tron form (something a 2nd grader can do). Not only is there a paper trail, but it is proven technology.
Voting intimidation is eliminated when you vote in your own home and you don't have to deal with crowded poll places. I don't understand why more states don't do this.
You think this is less prone to voter intimidation? It seems that something like, "bring your ballot to Joe's Bar at 2:00PM on Friday. We're going to fill it out and vote for $CANDIDATE, then we're going to drop it in the mailbox. If you don't comply, I'll break your legs," would be a rather trivial exercise.
Wow, that is absurdly stupid.
Seriously, committing one crime, conspiring commit another and telling people when and where you're going to do it? With master criminals like you, we could halve the police force.
We have a different type of electronic voting. Oregon uses vote by mail, and each person fills out a scan-tron form (something a 2nd grader can do). Not only is there a paper trail, but it is proven technology.
Voting intimidation is eliminated when you vote in your own home and you don't have to deal with crowded poll places. I don't understand why more states don't do this.
And now for the tangent, more and more we are seeing the evil republican label. Similarly, it is the socialist, Marxist liberals. Both labels are hyperbole. The two parties aren't all that different really, they agree on most things. The thing that kills me is people don't realize that to make it to congress, you must be at least millionaire. You want to know why the Bush tax cuts haven't expired? Why the democrats haven't beaten the republicans over the head with it? They don't want to see their own taxes go up, just like the republicans. They just have to talk a good game to continue to be elected.
It is only when their supporters really get pissed off that they do something, because they like their cushy job and free, government run health care.
As for claims of vote hacking, neither side really wants an investigation. Think about it, right now the US is seen is fat, lazy and stupid. Do you really want to add slow to that mix? While it would make a lot of us feel good, from the outside, if a former president is put in jail, what does it look like?
Probably something like, we're stupid, fat, lazy, slow and cannot properly investigate a crime. The last thing anyone on either side wants to do is suggest that our law enforcement is somehow inadequate, it would just invite others to exploit that. It is the same security theater as TSA, just on a different stage.
I find it odd that they did a little of Southern California and Nevada and called that all Rural West. Seems like they missed a big portion of the west coast. including Silicon Forest.
Yes, and if you want to be 100% safe, you need to start building your bunker in your basement now.
Are the chances that a portable electronic will interfere with you car and cause a crash? Sure. Is the chance so low as to be acceptable to most people? Yes.
Similar analogies can be drawn with subways, buses, trains or any other travel method that relies on electronic sensors/computers.
If the hardware is faulty it is faulty. Full stop. Doesn't matter if my iPod causes it to react, because it is just as likely, the thunder cloud we just flew through caused as much if not more interference.
1. Personal electronics are safe, this is just BS.
2. Personal electronics are not safe, thus if a terrorist wants to crash a plane, all they need to do is use an iPad.
I mean TSA takes away bottled water, if the iPad was really threat, why don't they take those too? Better resale value than the bottled water.
Sit down and think of the number of sites/services/etc. that you access each week.
Pretend for a second your browser doesn't remember a single one of them.
I came up with 34 different sites. 34 different systems with their own rules, regulations and security questions. Some sites only allow alpha numeric, some require the alphabet to be limited to what shows up on a touch tone phone. Others require passwords to change every 30 days with no repeats for the last 5 passwords.
At 9 characters a piece, that would be a string of 306 characters. Hell I'm lucky if I remember my wife's birthday and our anniversary. And those are much more important to me than my slashdot password.
My point is, the current system is BS. Too many sites require logins so they can advertise to you. I don't want your ads, they go directly into the trash. I'd advocate for a single ID across these systems, but the issue is if that's violated everything goes to hell just as fast as if you had the same password for each site. So what to do? Reuse a password that is reasonably secure and risk it across multiple sites? Or do I follow perfect security and ensure no one can get in, including me?
And don't get me started on security questions. If I can't remember the damn password, what hope do I have to remember the question I used?
Actually, they did. I have one of them:
To reset your PlayStation(R)Network password, please click on the link below. This link will expire in 24 hours from the time that it was sent. The link will direct you to a PlayStation(R)Network web page and allow you to enter and confirm your new password.
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Earth Quake -> Geology -> Science -> Nerds
My point was, CO didn't make the news list, but the DC one did.
Of course you tip! You tip better than usual (20-25% rather than 15-20%) because the bill is going to be smaller.
Unless service sucks, I take off dollars sometimes.
That said, for good service, I've paid $20 for a $5 meal.
There was one last night in CO. Why is this news for nerds?
Here's the link to usgs.
Then you need bigger pockets. Fits in my jacket just fine. And I can show people where to go without bumping heads.
Ha ha, you're at a restaurant alone. Nerd!
Well it was either that or hang out with you. I think I made the right call.
More so than a newspaper? Or book?
At least I can use a disinfecting wipe on a tablet, try doing that with a newspaper.
I find playing a portable gaming unit far too taxing after the second or third beer. They may be 22 oz, but yes I'm still a light weight.
Sure, I've taken a tablet to dinner with me. If the wife isn't around, I'd like to catch up on TV/News/etc while eating. I go out to eat because I don't want to spend the time/effort cooking, why shouldn't I be able to take my media with me?
Bathroom or in bed? Yeah if I'm watching a movie on my tablet it'll come with me. Why not? I'll let the wife have the TV, remember happy wife, happy life.
It can take boiling water and liquid nitrogen, but what about that Kleenex in my pocket? That's killed more DVDs than I'd like to admit.
Damn whippersnappers. I remember when a modem was something you did to blades of grass.
Yup, I modem real good.
Getting my admin on this list.
Yup, that'll do.
The voting form is kept in an inner envelope which is separated from the outer envelope specifically to keep your vote secret.
Yes, you could sell someone your ballot, just the same as you could take a picture with your camera phone of your vote. Canvasing a neighborhood trying to buy ballots will likely get you reported to the cop. The risk is far more than the reward. Voting by mail doesn't eliminate all problems, but it does significantly reduce them.
While the article specifically calls out remote voting as a possibility for not having the privacy, look at the list of examples. All require actual polling places to affect and disenfranchise a number of voters. Doing that on the same scale with vote by mail is considerably more difficult and you're likely to get reported/caught.
Yes, single cases can still occur, so perhaps I was too strong with my initial statement. Large scale voter intimidation is eliminated.
You think this is less prone to voter intimidation? It seems that something like, "bring your ballot to Joe's Bar at 2:00PM on Friday. We're going to fill it out and vote for $CANDIDATE, then we're going to drop it in the mailbox. If you don't comply, I'll break your legs," would be a rather trivial exercise.
Wow, that is absurdly stupid.
Seriously, committing one crime, conspiring commit another and telling people when and where you're going to do it? With master criminals like you, we could halve the police force.
Voting intimidation is eliminated when you vote in your own home and you don't have to deal with crowded poll places. I don't understand why more states don't do this.
And now for the tangent, more and more we are seeing the evil republican label. Similarly, it is the socialist, Marxist liberals. Both labels are hyperbole. The two parties aren't all that different really, they agree on most things. The thing that kills me is people don't realize that to make it to congress, you must be at least millionaire. You want to know why the Bush tax cuts haven't expired? Why the democrats haven't beaten the republicans over the head with it? They don't want to see their own taxes go up, just like the republicans. They just have to talk a good game to continue to be elected.
It is only when their supporters really get pissed off that they do something, because they like their cushy job and free, government run health care.
As for claims of vote hacking, neither side really wants an investigation. Think about it, right now the US is seen is fat, lazy and stupid. Do you really want to add slow to that mix? While it would make a lot of us feel good, from the outside, if a former president is put in jail, what does it look like?
Probably something like, we're stupid, fat, lazy, slow and cannot properly investigate a crime. The last thing anyone on either side wants to do is suggest that our law enforcement is somehow inadequate, it would just invite others to exploit that. It is the same security theater as TSA, just on a different stage.
I find it odd that they did a little of Southern California and Nevada and called that all Rural West. Seems like they missed a big portion of the west coast. including Silicon Forest.
Yes, and if you want to be 100% safe, you need to start building your bunker in your basement now.
Are the chances that a portable electronic will interfere with you car and cause a crash? Sure. Is the chance so low as to be acceptable to most people? Yes.
Similar analogies can be drawn with subways, buses, trains or any other travel method that relies on electronic sensors/computers.
If the hardware is faulty it is faulty. Full stop. Doesn't matter if my iPod causes it to react, because it is just as likely, the thunder cloud we just flew through caused as much if not more interference.
1. Personal electronics are safe, this is just BS.
2. Personal electronics are not safe, thus if a terrorist wants to crash a plane, all they need to do is use an iPad.
I mean TSA takes away bottled water, if the iPad was really threat, why don't they take those too? Better resale value than the bottled water.
Sit down and think of the number of sites/services/etc. that you access each week.
Pretend for a second your browser doesn't remember a single one of them.
I came up with 34 different sites. 34 different systems with their own rules, regulations and security questions. Some sites only allow alpha numeric, some require the alphabet to be limited to what shows up on a touch tone phone. Others require passwords to change every 30 days with no repeats for the last 5 passwords.
At 9 characters a piece, that would be a string of 306 characters. Hell I'm lucky if I remember my wife's birthday and our anniversary. And those are much more important to me than my slashdot password.
My point is, the current system is BS. Too many sites require logins so they can advertise to you. I don't want your ads, they go directly into the trash. I'd advocate for a single ID across these systems, but the issue is if that's violated everything goes to hell just as fast as if you had the same password for each site. So what to do? Reuse a password that is reasonably secure and risk it across multiple sites? Or do I follow perfect security and ensure no one can get in, including me?
And don't get me started on security questions. If I can't remember the damn password, what hope do I have to remember the question I used?
I got mine on Saturday, so maybe they changed it already.
Actually, they did. I have one of them:
To reset your PlayStation(R)Network password, please click on the link below. This link will expire in 24 hours from the time that it was sent. The link will direct you to a PlayStation(R)Network web page and allow you to enter and confirm your new password.
https://store.playstation.com/accounts/security/resetPassword.action?token=--
Obviously I removed my token.
But I've heard reports that the e-mail reset page is down.
The e-mail included a key to keep this from happening, but someone must have broken that key generation scheme.
You put security theater together with stupid people.
The TSA people really believe they are keeping everyone safe while creating targets for terrorists to attack.
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be getting better.
My GPS can sometimes report the wrong speeds. Like right now it says the maximum speed I've hit is ~280 MPH.
;)
Fastest I've ever gone is 140, tops.