hang out at deal sites and get something from dell. here's a deal that was posted a few days ago at bensbargains.net OptiPlex GX240 1.6GHz $358 shipped from Dell Business Pentium-4 1.6GHz, 128MB SDRAM, 20GB Drive, 16MB Rage 128 Video, XP Home Integrated 10/100 3Com NIC, 48x CD-ROM, Integrated Audio, 3-yr Warranty
This was done using a 20% coupon and a $100 rebate. Dell does these things kind of regularly and if you're diligent you can jump on one of these. The Optiplex is Dell's Business line of machines and the 3 year warranty for their business machines is pretty good. even without the $100 rebate those machines will only run you about $450. Sure it's not the best marriage of all components (sdram instead of ddr, lower end video card, xp home) but for that price you get some pretty good warranty and they're decent work machines.
If you wanna go for even less money, try compgeeks.com's specials, Get a grade A celeron 700mhz with 20gb hd, 64 or 128 mb ram, cdrw, keyboard, mouse, nic, modem, and it'll probably run you $300, just recycle your old monitors.
hang out at deals sites like: http://www.bensbargains.net http://www.fat wallet.com http://www.anandtech.com
from a game theory perspective vote swapping could easily be made to collapse because it's based on the honor system and there is no verification of the votes. Bush voters could pretend to be Nader supporters and "swap" with Gore supporter. Then the Bush supporter could just vote for Bush instead.
Nader supporters who dislike Gore could trick some Gore supporters into voting for Nader to get Nader the 5%.
Unscrupulous Gore supporters who just want some more votes for Gore could promise to "swap" for a Nader vote. Then they could turn aroud without honoring the trade and vote for Gore.
The swap system depends too much on the honor system because there is no verification of identity and ultimately no verification of the promised vote. Republicans could pose as Nader supporters and send some of Gore's votes to Nader.
Some people would argue that this is dishonest. Well according to the article, the people who would be doing this type of swapping are voting strategically. They don't idealize voting as "voting from the heart". Instead it's a strategic choice. Therefore, to participate in swapping could be considered good strategy also by the other side since there's no enforcement. Nobody will know of you lied about who you are and how you'll vote.
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hang out at deal sites and get something from dell. here's a deal that was posted a few days ago at bensbargains.net
t wallet.com
OptiPlex GX240 1.6GHz $358 shipped from Dell Business
Pentium-4 1.6GHz, 128MB SDRAM, 20GB Drive, 16MB Rage 128 Video, XP Home
Integrated 10/100 3Com NIC, 48x CD-ROM, Integrated Audio, 3-yr Warranty
This was done using a 20% coupon and a $100 rebate. Dell does these things kind of regularly and if you're diligent you can jump on one of these. The Optiplex is Dell's Business line of machines and the 3 year warranty for their business machines is pretty good. even without the $100 rebate those machines will only run you about $450. Sure it's not the best marriage of all components (sdram instead of ddr, lower end video card, xp home) but for that price you get some pretty good warranty and they're decent work machines.
If you wanna go for even less money, try compgeeks.com's specials, Get a grade A celeron 700mhz with 20gb hd, 64 or 128 mb ram, cdrw, keyboard, mouse, nic, modem, and it'll probably run you $300, just recycle your old monitors.
hang out at deals sites like:
http://www.bensbargains.net
http://www.fa
http://www.anandtech.com
from a game theory perspective vote swapping could easily be made to collapse because it's based on the honor system and there is no verification of the votes. Bush voters could pretend to be Nader supporters and "swap" with Gore supporter. Then the Bush supporter could just vote for Bush instead.
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Nader supporters who dislike Gore could trick some Gore supporters into voting for Nader to get Nader the 5%.
Unscrupulous Gore supporters who just want some more votes for Gore could promise to "swap" for a Nader vote. Then they could turn aroud without honoring the trade and vote for Gore.
The swap system depends too much on the honor system because there is no verification of identity and ultimately no verification of the promised vote. Republicans could pose as Nader supporters and send some of Gore's votes to Nader.
Some people would argue that this is dishonest. Well according to the article, the people who would be doing this type of swapping are voting strategically. They don't idealize voting as "voting from the heart". Instead it's a strategic choice. Therefore, to participate in swapping could be considered good strategy also by the other side since there's no enforcement. Nobody will know of you lied about who you are and how you'll vote.
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