True, but there doesn't need to be enough fish to feed 6 billion people. There are many other food sources, and as usual, a healthy mix does the trick.
Sorry dude... we are using everything else to make ethanol. Otherwise people might start looking for "alternative" energy.
Many states have a deadline... but also let you register the day of the election.
They have a "black hole" in between so they can print up the voter rolls, etc... in preparation for the actual event. (These things do take time, you know...)
But they also have a means of dealing w/ the late comers.
That was the part where they insisted that the actual tallied vote matched what the screen said.
The bug was the part where the voter got to see how the vote was going to be "flipped" into a Republican vote. It wasn't supposed to let you know that was happening...
What I don't understand is why the voting machines have been susceptible to tampering when it is no longer common to hear about similar issues with ATMs (cash machines.)
Cash machines are much more complex, yet they're not so vulnerable.
Why?
Because the money comes out of a voting machine in a different place.
And... like every other time... I will once again go forth and vote against a shitload of people.
Not once have I actually voted for someone...
I really, really wish there was a "none of the above" option. And, if that option got the majority of votes... the election would be run again... with the parties from the previous election barred from participating in the rerun election. (Because, theoretically, they ran their "best" candidate and they were overwhelmingly voted against... so any other candidate... being less "better" would fare as badly.)
If nothing else, I would think that would kill the "party" system... which would not necessarily be a bad thing. Each party *does* have some people of merit... but they get hacked to death by the "strait ticket" voters.
but weirdly enough there have been reports of visible "vote-flipping" on touch screen machines
I would expect "vote-flipping" to change some Republican votes to Democrat. An "equal opportunity" error...
Yet, I haven't seen that reported.
*That* is what raises my suspicions.
Me thinks the bug (as in "unintended") is that the user is getting a glimpse of what is really happening behind the curtain. The flipping itself is not unintentional...
Like the other guy said, Kennedy's election was very well-known to have been possibly stolen. Republicans point to it everytime a democrat accuses the republicans of trying to steal elections.
Too bad we don't get the same results every time it happens...
Normally I'd say you have a point, because I agree that the patent system is a load of BS, but at the time in which the patent was filed, I would very much doubt that e-commerce was as "fundamental" as you make it out to be.
Name a form of communication that has NOT been used for commerce.
If it ever comes down to a serious 'war' between the civilians and military, I expect a big percentage of the soldiers to 'defect' to the other side, rather than gunning down their own family.
Hm... maybe that's why those soldiers and their equipment are no longer "in country".
They are inalienable rights, which means that they cannot be taken away.
Maybe your "rights" can't be taken away...
But, in a few more days, after they pass the new "anti-terror" legislation... you can be taken away.
I'm not sure what good your "rights" will do you when sitting in a hole all by yourself hoping you get to drink something besides your own piss for the few days it takes you to die.
Wrong. Not required to be on your person, just valid at the time of any "incident".
Cars "loaded" with cash - idiotic.
Why?
I'm not a chicken shit, and I can take care of myself. Hell, I'd actually *like* a little action seeing I live in the heart of red country and would not mind kicking a little red ass every now and then anyway... let's call it "anger management".
Besides, you never know who around here has a gun in their vehicle either... and I'm betting I can hold my own. If you know what I mean.
And since there is coffee on every corner and I drive a big assed truck that needs gas on every corner also... having money is a good thing.
Not wanting to be bothered to go home to pick up wallet so as to legally vote - lazy as all hell.
Don't need it. Registration in the truck has my name and address... that is all I need.
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Yeah, because the first thing I absolutely /must/ be able to do with a portable MUSIC PLAYER is use it as an overpriced USB harddrive ...
If I can't plug it in to my Linux box and save the mp3s directly to the hard drive... it is of no use to me.
BASH *is* my music manager...
The real happenings are on the battlegrounds, in the parliment, in the streets of Iraq.
You left out the oil fields...
True, but there doesn't need to be enough fish to feed 6 billion people. There are many other food sources, and as usual, a healthy mix does the trick.
Sorry dude... we are using everything else to make ethanol. Otherwise people might start looking for "alternative" energy.
Can't upset the apple cart, you know...
Gotta eat the fish.
Check your state laws.
Many states have a deadline... but also let you register the day of the election.
They have a "black hole" in between so they can print up the voter rolls, etc... in preparation for the actual event. (These things do take time, you know...)
But they also have a means of dealing w/ the late comers.
But, you do have to show up!
So where's the fraud?
That was the part where they insisted that the actual tallied vote matched what the screen said.
The bug was the part where the voter got to see how the vote was going to be "flipped" into a Republican vote. It wasn't supposed to let you know that was happening...
Feel better now?
What I don't understand is why the voting machines have been susceptible to tampering when it is no longer common to hear about similar issues with ATMs (cash machines.)
:-(
Cash machines are much more complex, yet they're not so vulnerable.
Why?
Because the money comes out of a voting machine in a different place.
Like D.C....
I have NOT missed any election since I was 18!
Me either.
And... like every other time... I will once again go forth and vote against a shitload of people.
Not once have I actually voted for someone...
I really, really wish there was a "none of the above" option. And, if that option got the majority of votes... the election would be run again... with the parties from the previous election barred from participating in the rerun election. (Because, theoretically, they ran their "best" candidate and they were overwhelmingly voted against... so any other candidate... being less "better" would fare as badly.)
If nothing else, I would think that would kill the "party" system... which would not necessarily be a bad thing. Each party *does* have some people of merit... but they get hacked to death by the "strait ticket" voters.
but weirdly enough there have been reports of visible "vote-flipping" on touch screen machines
I would expect "vote-flipping" to change some Republican votes to Democrat. An "equal opportunity" error...
Yet, I haven't seen that reported.
*That* is what raises my suspicions.
Me thinks the bug (as in "unintended") is that the user is getting a glimpse of what is really happening behind the curtain. The flipping itself is not unintentional...
Can someone remind me why people without tickets cannot access the terminals?
Think about how fast they would have to not provide security if they had to do it for everyone that wanted to pass.
Limiting the number of people passing thru the checkpoint lets you reduce the number of employees required to not provide secruity adequately.
I think I spotted the problem...
and anyone with even a modest level of intelligence knows this
Fraud is a crime of intent.
Unfortunately, there are enough weak brained person's around to get the guy for "intent" based on production of the code.
and won't it be great when the union boss/priest/thug looks over your shoulder to make sure you voted for the "right" candidate.
Two words:
Absentee Ballot
What kind of HOWTO is this??!
;-)
Give 'em a break... they started off with a MythTV HOWTO.
Meanwhile, GOP officials are scrambling to determine who 'leaked' their 2006 Election Strategy to the press.
Actually, they are sueing because they have a "business method" patent issued in 2000.
With respect, your paranoid delusions and violent fantasies won't do much to change the political climate.
History says otherwise.
Two words:
Grassy Knoll
I bet that would have some impact on the political climate!
(Can you say "civil war"?)
Run up the score to get a big margin of victory. You can't flip too much of the vote without looking suspicious.
Except:
1) they only show the final score
and
2) nobody knows who cast the individual votes
All that is really known (to some degree) is the total number of voters entering the booths.
That makes fudging the numbers extremely trivial.
Like the other guy said, Kennedy's election was very well-known to have been possibly stolen. Republicans point to it everytime a democrat accuses the republicans of trying to steal elections.
Too bad we don't get the same results every time it happens...
Normally I'd say you have a point, because I agree that the patent system is a load of BS, but at the time in which the patent was filed, I would very much doubt that e-commerce was as "fundamental" as you make it out to be.
Name a form of communication that has NOT been used for commerce.
If it ever comes down to a serious 'war' between the civilians and military, I expect a big percentage of the soldiers to 'defect' to the other side, rather than gunning down their own family.
Hm... maybe that's why those soldiers and their equipment are no longer "in country".
And what is left is in the worst shape ever...
They are inalienable rights, which means that they cannot be taken away.
Maybe your "rights" can't be taken away...
But, in a few more days, after they pass the new "anti-terror" legislation... you can be taken away.
I'm not sure what good your "rights" will do you when sitting in a hole all by yourself hoping you get to drink something besides your own piss for the few days it takes you to die.
Still doesn't make it right, or smart.
Hm... didn't expect the funny mod...
Maybe I should have provided a link
Notice where it says "HTTP Client"...
wget
Damn... and I thought lynx was hard core!
Operate car w/o your drivers license - illegal.
Wrong. Not required to be on your person, just valid at the time of any "incident".
Cars "loaded" with cash - idiotic.
Why?
I'm not a chicken shit, and I can take care of myself. Hell, I'd actually *like* a little action seeing I live in the heart of red country and would not mind kicking a little red ass every now and then anyway... let's call it "anger management".
Besides, you never know who around here has a gun in their vehicle either... and I'm betting I can hold my own. If you know what I mean.
And since there is coffee on every corner and I drive a big assed truck that needs gas on every corner also... having money is a good thing.
Not wanting to be bothered to go home to pick up wallet so as to legally vote - lazy as all hell.
Don't need it. Registration in the truck has my name and address... that is all I need.
You're a fucktard, dude.
I've been called worse, by better.
No worries...
So, we let how many thousands or tens of thousands of fraudulent votes be cast so you don't have to go home and retrieve your wallet?
Actually, I didn't say that at all.
I said that the reasons for not having an id don't have to be fraudelent.
Fuck you very much, sir.
Right back at you...