Re:Old Methods Not At Fault
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eLection '04
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Quote: "Given the aging population in Florida, it strikes me that a gratuitously tech solution would only serve to disenfranchise some of the wisest people in the community"
How can you possibly claim they are the wisest people in the community, if they were too stupid to figure out the ballot paper? It seems to me a computer screen with the candiates names and pictures on them would be less confusing, even to the older generation.
The frightening question to me is just how much information are these logs handing out? I mean of course they're supplying all URL's etc accessed, but how about other items such as e-mail? The same arguments that were used to justify giving out the current logs (right to know act, knowing their usage is being monitored) could be used to give a copy of every email ever sent to Anyone who feels they have a 'right to know'.
And if they can get the emails, they have the email addresses, which lands you on every spam mailing list in the world. Hrm, maybe I'm just overly paranoid.
"I have been invloved in studies done at Yale University which show that people who spend more than 20 hours a week online comit less crimes and are more likely to be honest decent human beings"
I see a valid link between these myself. People who spend a lot of time online have found a way to vent their frustrations without resorting to crime. What better place exists to confess all the garbage in your life than to an anonymous stranger?
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Quote: "Given the aging population in Florida, it strikes me that a gratuitously tech solution would only serve to disenfranchise some of the wisest people in the community"
How can you possibly claim they are the wisest people in the community, if they were too stupid to figure out the ballot paper? It seems to me a computer screen with the candiates names and pictures on them would be less confusing, even to the older generation.
The frightening question to me is just how much information are these logs handing out? I mean of course they're supplying all URL's etc accessed, but how about other items such as e-mail? The same arguments that were used to justify giving out the current logs (right to know act, knowing their usage is being monitored) could be used to give a copy of every email ever sent to Anyone who feels they have a 'right to know'.
And if they can get the emails, they have the email addresses, which lands you on every spam mailing list in the world. Hrm, maybe I'm just overly paranoid.
"I have been invloved in studies done at Yale University which show that people who spend more than 20 hours a week online comit less crimes and are more likely to be honest decent human beings" I see a valid link between these myself. People who spend a lot of time online have found a way to vent their frustrations without resorting to crime. What better place exists to confess all the garbage in your life than to an anonymous stranger?