No. You should never have bad data in the database to start with.
If you manually put bad data into a DB, you are of course going
to be running into problems that should never exist.
If you have to test code for handling bad data in the DB,
then you are not testing the code that should be properly
validating the data *before* it is inserted into the DB.
Disregarding the issues with insecure electronic voting machines,
the main reason in my mind to not rely upon them is the
possibility of a power failure.
Besides the fact that voters could be disenfranchised due
to a power outage, you also have the problem of hardware
failure due to power outages or brownouts or spikes,
which could result in the loss of the voting tallys that
had been accumulated to that point.
Paper and pencil are power-failure tolerant.
For that reason alone, all voting should be paper and
pencil based.
And safer too. If you copy (and therefore backup) to another harddrive,
and *remove* the harddrive, you will be in much better position than
having to deal with a burned CD/DVD (or multiple) that *will* go bad
much sooner than the harddrive will. Likely near an order of magnitude.
First a disclaimer: I work for an American television network in the news division. You will not see my commentary on our news report because we have been pandering to this Administration (and no, we're not Fox, which does not do news).
And this is the problem. Why have the MSM (Main Stream Media) given in
to the administrations party line? The MSM is a total joke these days,
and they wonder why viewership has been declining.
It the media would get off their collective ass, and seriously start
reporting on this corrupt administration on a *DAILY* basis,
the viewers will come back.
They don't make it easy to hack the box and put fixes or enhancements of GPLed software on the box.
Tivo went overboard, and locked down the entire box when they could have done the following alternative:
Provide the source (as they do). Provide a build environment so you can make enhancements or install bug fixes to the GPLed software (they don't). Provide a method to update the box (reflash if needed) (they don't). Make sure the box will boot any kernel with GPLed userland (they don't).
Tivo could do the above, and provide their signed proprietary binaries, and everyone would be happy.
Because of Tivo, RMS has been gamed, and he and Eben have come up with a more complicated 'solution' to the problem.
All the GPLv3 has to do (with regard to DRM), is to require that distributors provide the source, provide the build environment, provide their proprietary binaries, provide a method to update the box, and make sure the box will boot even if you change the GPLed software.
Everyone will be happy, and the spirit of GPL will be preserved.
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We'll crush the evil bastards!
Will Vista be released before even one of the rovers dies?
If you have to test code for handling bad data in the DB, then you are not testing the code that should be properly validating the data *before* it is inserted into the DB.
Actually, it would be because the *lawyers* asked for more.
Besides the fact that voters could be disenfranchised due to a power outage, you also have the problem of hardware failure due to power outages or brownouts or spikes, which could result in the loss of the voting tallys that had been accumulated to that point.
Paper and pencil are power-failure tolerant.
For that reason alone, all voting should be paper and pencil based.
Link.
Something smells fishy.
Gee, what if this was an inside job, and they
were placed in the trash to be retrieved later
before making it to the dump?
redundancy is important
Nice. Thanks for the link.
ever on slashdot?
Minor mods to an existing patent.
Effectively extending an expiration date.
Hmmm, amazing diff in hit counts.
gw(ntp patents).
gn(ntp atents).
Good summary.
But how did they know he was on vacation?
Was SCOX tipped off by NSA?
Of course, now US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor is being attacked, being accused of failing to recuse herself in spite of a conflict of interest .
First a disclaimer: I work for an American television network in the news division. You will not see my commentary on our news report because we have been pandering to this Administration (and no, we're not Fox, which does not do news).
And this is the problem. Why have the MSM (Main Stream Media) given in to the administrations party line? The MSM is a total joke these days, and they wonder why viewership has been declining.
It the media would get off their collective ass, and seriously start reporting on this corrupt administration on a *DAILY* basis, the viewers will come back.
Now, get to work!
P.S. You may want to edit your profile.
Why would the USAF jam its own military signals?
To also disrupt ham shortwave. If the darkside wants to pull some serious machinations, they would not want news to leak.
No, that's not the only way.
It's also possible to detect by careful
observation of subtle behavioural changes.
Yeah, but.
They don't make it easy to hack the box and put fixes or
enhancements of GPLed software on the box.
Tivo went overboard, and locked down the entire box when
they could have done the following alternative:
Provide the source (as they do).
Provide a build environment so you can make enhancements
or install bug fixes to the GPLed software (they don't).
Provide a method to update the box (reflash if needed) (they don't).
Make sure the box will boot any kernel with GPLed userland (they don't).
Tivo could do the above, and provide their signed proprietary
binaries, and everyone would be happy.
Because of Tivo, RMS has been gamed, and he and Eben have
come up with a more complicated 'solution' to the problem.
All the GPLv3 has to do (with regard to DRM), is to require
that distributors provide the source, provide the build environment,
provide their proprietary binaries, provide a method to update
the box, and make sure the box will boot even if you change the GPLed software.
Everyone will be happy, and the spirit of GPL will be preserved.
I'll just note that DHS is a heavy windows user,
and they have a vested interest.
BSA is for proprietary violations.