on the left who can't tell the difference between the different kinds of stem cells or understand the difference between "ban" and "refuse to pay for".
Because the error rates for each style of ballot counting are fairly well established- exclusive of deliberate fraud which is easier with hand counting than machine counting.
Ultimately, it's a question of scalability. People expect to get election results the same night, and without errors. Despite the bad reputation punch cards got in Florida, they have a much lower error rate than hand counting hand written X's.
Optical readers of x-marks-the-spot ballots are possible, but would also have a higher error rate just due to the variety of ways people can write an X.
The US does not have a parlimentary system. We do not vote for parties, we vote for people. That means the typical ballot has many more than one item on it.
My ballot, for example, was several pages of names for fifteen or twenty different offices. In other years, when there were multiple proposals as well as candidates, most of the punch card was used.
Pyraminx was trivial. Rubic's Revenge, though -/that/ was a puzzle of evil. I got to the point where I could solve the Cube in under a minute, but it always took me hours to get the Revenge into a solvable configuration.
I realize this might seem weird to most slashdotters - but I moved my family to Macs precisely because there weren't many games available for it.
they wanna play games, they have a PS2 and game boys. I really don't need my 8 year old getting a language lesson from the intellects who inhabit Quake and Halo.
The BBC claims that only 2000 of the ballots were delivered - but it gives no evidence of this.
Certainly there are a lot of people complaining, so presumably some number have not been delivered. But how do we know that that's true of all of them? It's quite possible that the vast majority simply have not been returned yet and this is just another trick to cast doubt on the election process.
That it's the Democrats who control Broward county, and all its absentee ballots - so when you look around for who to blame, "Darth Rove" isn't an option.
Your idea that tech was more important than politics in the 1990s is a reflection of your own self-absorption than of politics.
Let's see, Clinton was accused of sexual harrassment, rape, corruption, firing innocent civil servants to install his own cronies and the murder of one of his own staff members - and that was during his first term in office.
But no, it's/not/ better to think you see a tiger when you don't. When that happens you get stress fatigue and, ultimately, people just stop looking for tigers.
"(Hackers) can sense totalitarianism approaching from a distance, as animals can sense an approaching thunderstorm."
that's more apt than you realize. After all, how many times have I gone jogging down the forest trail and seen every small furry critter flee in a blind panic because I happened to pass near by.
In other words - for every time a rabbit correctly "senses danger" they over-react to 99 completely benign events.
but IIRC, SmallTree wrote the software for them; all the IB vendors use Mellanox's chips for their HCAs, they differentiate themselves with the software the lay on top of them.
Voltaire's okay, but you'll notice that Small Tree isn't reselling their gear, they're reselling Infinicon's gear. ICS sells the switches and shared IO gear you need to put it all together.
As I understand it, the advantages of IB over gig-E are lower latency and scalability.
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For yet another idiot who can't be bothered to understand the difference between different types of stem cells?
on the left who can't tell the difference between the different kinds of stem cells or understand the difference between "ban" and "refuse to pay for".
You didn't read the article, did you?
Because the error rates for each style of ballot counting are fairly well established- exclusive of deliberate fraud which is easier with hand counting than machine counting.
Ultimately, it's a question of scalability. People expect to get election results the same night, and without errors. Despite the bad reputation punch cards got in Florida, they have a much lower error rate than hand counting hand written X's.
Optical readers of x-marks-the-spot ballots are possible, but would also have a higher error rate just due to the variety of ways people can write an X.
The US does not have a parlimentary system. We do not vote for parties, we vote for people. That means the typical ballot has many more than one item on it.
My ballot, for example, was several pages of names for fifteen or twenty different offices. In other years, when there were multiple proposals as well as candidates, most of the punch card was used.
Yeah, just draw an X. That'll work.
Like the word "hacker" the original meaning of "to beg the question" has been overwhelmed by the popular meaning.
Resistance is futile.
Pyraminx was trivial. Rubic's Revenge, though - /that/ was a puzzle of evil. I got to the point where I could solve the Cube in under a minute, but it always took me hours to get the Revenge into a solvable configuration.
unfortunately, my kids consider model trains and slot cars to be beneath contempt. I don't even bother setting them up any more.
I realize this might seem weird to most slashdotters - but I moved my family to Macs precisely because there weren't many games available for it.
they wanna play games, they have a PS2 and game boys. I really don't need my 8 year old getting a language lesson from the intellects who inhabit Quake and Halo.
So, what law enforcement agency do you think looks into copyright and trademark violations? Especially now that most of them are now part of the HSA?
We're only coming out with 144 node switches now. BigMac must have used a pile of 32 or 16 node switches.
I wouldn't mind seeing a bench-clearing brawl. It might help clarify things for the next election.
the article talks about "hundreds" of complaints - not 58,000 of them.
you know, I should forward all my nigerian scam mail to you. After all, I have no motive for tricking you.
Oh, out of curiousity: Are you actually claiming that no one in Europe cares if Bush is re-elected?
What does that have to do with disappearing absentee ballots?
The BBC claims that only 2000 of the ballots were delivered - but it gives no evidence of this.
Certainly there are a lot of people complaining, so presumably some number have not been delivered. But how do we know that that's true of all of them? It's quite possible that the vast majority simply have not been returned yet and this is just another trick to cast doubt on the election process.
That it's the Democrats who control Broward county, and all its absentee ballots - so when you look around for who to blame, "Darth Rove" isn't an option.
Let's see, Clinton was accused of sexual harrassment, rape, corruption, firing innocent civil servants to install his own cronies and the murder of one of his own staff members - and that was during his first term in office.
The days when Jefferson's opponents accused him of planning to undermine every form of morality?
The days when Lincoln was accused of having sired bastards?
The days when, who was it, Adams?, was accused of procuring women for the Russian Tsar?
The days when fist fights were breaking out on the floor of Congress?
The days when candidates were being accused of insanity? Senility? Stupidity?
American elections have always been nasty.
But no, it's /not/ better to think you see a tiger when you don't. When that happens you get stress fatigue and, ultimately, people just stop looking for tigers.
Please review that basic text on homeland security, "Peter and the Wolf".
"(Hackers) can sense totalitarianism approaching from a distance, as animals can sense an approaching thunderstorm."
that's more apt than you realize. After all, how many times have I gone jogging down the forest trail and seen every small furry critter flee in a blind panic because I happened to pass near by.
In other words - for every time a rabbit correctly "senses danger" they over-react to 99 completely benign events.
but IIRC, SmallTree wrote the software for them; all the IB vendors use Mellanox's chips for their HCAs, they differentiate themselves with the software the lay on top of them.
Voltaire's okay, but you'll notice that Small Tree isn't reselling their gear, they're reselling Infinicon's gear. ICS sells the switches and shared IO gear you need to put it all together.
As I understand it, the advantages of IB over gig-E are lower latency and scalability.