Sixteen electronic computerized sensors embedded in the gun's grip distinguished known from unknown users. "We've only just begun and we're pleased to say that we're getting 90 percent reliability when scanning users," said Sebastian.
Modern pistols have failure rates measured in the single digits per 10,000 rounds (when using factory ammunition), and these are often easily cleared by simply racking the slide (tap-rack-bang). Pistols, especially defensive pistols ABSOUTELY POSITIVELY have to work every time. One nine is not good enough. Two nines is not acceptable. Three nines will get you killed or injured. Four nines? Weellll... Five to six nines is a lot better.
I'll trust this when the Secret Service agents guarding the President andthe FBI use it on all their firearms. Primary and secondary.
I'm a Unix Admin. I trust computers not on f!ing bit, and I especially trust systems designed by politically connected developers even less.
This seems fairly straightforward - what am I missing here?
Verifiability and fraud prevention.
The only one I'm going to "ding" you for is the verifiability, because it's the only one you should have been thinking of.
Verifiability as in how do I know my vote was counted, and counted properly
Here's the method:
Obtain "Voter Registration Card". This is a card with a digitally signed serial number onin the mag stripe--signed with the "Registrar of Voters" public key.
You take your card to the polling place, and demonstrate your eligibility to vote (card+other credentials if necessary)
Then vote. When you've made your choices, you are presented with a confirmation screen.
When you confirm your votes, you get 2 cards printed out, one being the official "ballot" that gets turned in, and the other being *your* record of your vote. These both have large random number printed on them, and a secure hash of the votes you make.
The first card then goes into the box, the second card.
As polls close, automated software posts the random numbers, and their matching hashes. If you suspect that something was wrong, you can then challenge the count. ANYONE who feels that their vote wasn't counted properly can challenge their vote--within a given time.
Absentee ballots must be done in the same way, with the absentee voting at a designated spot rather than going through the mail.
The idea is to have a voting system with the following characteristics:
anonymity--you do not know who voted, or how they voted.
Strong fraud resistance--make it hard for certain parties to vote the graves and lose ballot boxes, buy votes with cigerattes etc. (sorry, couldn't resist).
Verifiablity--make it possible for each citizen to make sure their vote was counted.
Anyone for setting up a project to design such a system?
But mediocre programmers are already useless. Unless maybe you are shooting for a mediocre program.
No, they aren't.
There are large sections of programs, especially large programs, that have no complicated stuff in them, no real challenges, just re-solving old problems, and if the architecture was done properly then they won't have any probelms.
Additionally, a large part of many programmers jobs is simply retrofitting old code to new hardware. A marginally complicated task, but well within the talents of a "mediocre" progammer.
Assholes, territorialism, and egoism are all drags. But so is mediocrity. At least an asshole might also be a good programmer. The mediocre programmer might be a good mascot, but not a whole lot else.
More nonsense.
There is a lot more to writing a programs than writing code, and sometimes the very things that make one a "mediocre" programmer may make one good at things like dealing with nightly builds, managing the source control system (you *do* use some sort of "version control" don't you?).
Prima Donnas (we have one in my group (System Administrator)) are a real nightmare to work with, as they are unreliable. They get bored half way through a project, they don't care enough about interfaces and product usage, etc. I'll take a group of mediocre admins who know their limits and get the job done over one who doesn't know his limits and wanders off when he gets bored.
What kind of psychological disorder do you have that makes you think *you* have the right to restrict the ability of others to earn what they wish?
Maybe *I'd* like to work for a decade at $250k a year and then take a decade or so off? Maybe I *like* well crafted material things as opposed to cheap ass shit.
Hell, maybe I'm *WORTH* over 100k a year to a company.
You're not an idiot because you're a socialist, you're just and idiot.
(And how much did Nader make back when he was claiming that the Corvair was "unsafe at any speed
? I drove on for about a year, my mother drove one for about 15 years. The only accident she had was when *she* rearended someone. The car was fine. Nader is a sanctimonious prick).
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Modern pistols have failure rates measured in the single digits per 10,000 rounds (when using factory ammunition), and these are often easily cleared by simply racking the slide (tap-rack-bang). Pistols, especially defensive pistols ABSOUTELY POSITIVELY have to work every time. One nine is not good enough. Two nines is not acceptable. Three nines will get you killed or injured. Four nines? Weellll... Five to six nines is a lot better.
I'll trust this when the Secret Service agents guarding the President andthe FBI use it on all their firearms. Primary and secondary.
I'm a Unix Admin. I trust computers not on f!ing bit, and I especially trust systems designed by politically connected developers even less.
BTW, what part of "" causes confusion?
As to A you're wrong (The Mujahadeen beat the Soviets, the Vietminh beat the French Foreign Legion, Nicaragua, etc.)
And as to B the government will exempt themselves from having to use them.
Verifiability and fraud prevention.
The only one I'm going to "ding" you for is the verifiability, because it's the only one you should have been thinking of.
Verifiability as in how do I know my vote was counted, and counted properly
Here's the method:
The idea is to have a voting system with the following characteristics:
Anyone for setting up a project to design such a system?
No, they aren't.
There are large sections of programs, especially large programs, that have no complicated stuff in them, no real challenges, just re-solving old problems, and if the architecture was done properly then they won't have any probelms.
Additionally, a large part of many programmers jobs is simply retrofitting old code to new hardware. A marginally complicated task, but well within the talents of a "mediocre" progammer.
More nonsense.
There is a lot more to writing a programs than writing code, and sometimes the very things that make one a "mediocre" programmer may make one good at things like dealing with nightly builds, managing the source control system (you *do* use some sort of "version control" don't you?).
Prima Donnas (we have one in my group (System Administrator)) are a real nightmare to work with, as they are unreliable. They get bored half way through a project, they don't care enough about interfaces and product usage, etc. I'll take a group of mediocre admins who know their limits and get the job done over one who doesn't know his limits and wanders off when he gets bored.
There is nothing secret about it.
I can see why, after all your government is so spotlessly clean, well run and aboveboard on all issues.
Yes, this is sarcasm.
Yeah, like www.anonymizer.com, .org, and .de, as well as any more that don't have anonymizer in their names won't get around that in a flash.
What kind of psychological disorder do you have that makes you think *you* have the right to restrict the ability of others to earn what they wish?
Maybe *I'd* like to work for a decade at $250k a year and then take a decade or so off? Maybe I *like* well crafted material things as opposed to cheap ass shit.
Hell, maybe I'm *WORTH* over 100k a year to a company.
You're not an idiot because you're a socialist, you're just and idiot.
(And how much did Nader make back when he was claiming that the Corvair was "unsafe at any speed
? I drove on for about a year, my mother drove one for about 15 years. The only accident she had was when *she* rearended someone. The car was fine. Nader is a sanctimonious prick).
Sounds like America to me.