that at the end of the article, it was going to mention how Mr. Cox has an uncle who died and left US 3.4M in a Tanzanian bank and with your help, it can be recovered?
I worked in the state of Kansas elections for the presidential election in 2000.
Our location had an electronic system to cast votes. As a person walked in, we wrote their name down next to a ticket number. That ticket was then placed in an envelope attached to the outside of the machine they would vote on. In case of any inconsistencies, we could bring those people back to revote (note that we hadd no way of knowing who they voted for).
The voter entered the machine and pressed the button next to the name of the person they wanted to select. It used what was essentially a large piece of paper over a touchscreen with the canidate's name.
At the end of the night, we printed out a receipt with the results from each machine. These were called in by the location manager for early (unofficial results). Every result was also electronically recorded into two (1 backup) cartriges. These two cartiges and the paper receipts were then hand carried by the location manager to the headquarters where they were analized and verified.
*note that there were steps taken before the machines were used to verify they were not hacked.
No networking to allow hacking and whatnot. The number of votes is verified and electronically verified. There was also the ability to have people re-vote if neccessary. After the election, of all the locations using these machines, I (and the location manager) heard of only 1 technical issue. A machine had failed to boot, and was replaced an hour before the polls even opened.
So my quesiton is, what the hell are these new machines doing that equipment has been able to do for a decade (or more)?
*GO LINUX, WOOHOO, HEHE, HOHO, WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* The sad thing is, I never meant for that comment to be moderated well, I am trying to keep all my posts at 1
...or is the acronym too close to SCSI? I read therough the article and think "that made no sense whatsoever" so I go back just to notice it sais SCIS instead of SCSI.
How much energy, compared to "normal" plastic does it take to produce a comparable ammount? If it takes more, then it is no real improvement, it merely shifts the negative efects into another area.
A few years ago when I was a sophmore in HS (3 years ago), the admin in charge of the entire high school asked me which was the one that was used now, ISA or PCI. Sadly, she passed the A+ and had MCSE.
So what is the hot new field all the idiots are going into now? Nursing?
but this is a trend in any consumer electronic device. Relatives of mine are still running IBM PS/1's, while others have gone through 4 computer systems in 5 years.
The same can be applied to almost anything-cameras, cars, etc
The kicker is he was conviced of killing someone and got a lesser sentence than someone who made copyright infringments.
oh yeah, big part of the fact that he was conviceted was that the other driver was something like the captain of Bush's fighter escort for Air Force 1.
I have a friend fo the family who just went to prison in AZ (bad place to go to prison in btw) for killing someone when driving drunk. The kicker is, the other driver was just as drunk, and driving over the speed limit in sunglasses at 2am. The kicker is, he only has a 24 month sentence...
While at first look the suggestion of tiered pricing seems great, in truth it would be as bad as the current system. Given time, companies will charge a higher and higher price for the higher tiered level of service. As everyone knows, bandwidth requirements are quickly rising for all games and oter forms of online entertainment. I doubt that companies are going to raise the tiers bandwidth allotments to stay with the trend. Therefore, in the near future people would be forces to pay for the higher tiers for the same level of entertainment the enjoy today.
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that at the end of the article, it was going to mention how Mr. Cox has an uncle who died and left US 3.4M in a Tanzanian bank and with your help, it can be recovered?
I can tell right now that you do not work on SEO very often. If you did, you would know that Google does not care.
damn, you too? Since my university puts 1gb/day limits on overall bandwidth, I couldn't do much else yesterday. Argh!
All your base are belong to us
I worked in the state of Kansas elections for the presidential election in 2000.
Our location had an electronic system to cast votes. As a person walked in, we wrote their name down next to a ticket number. That ticket was then placed in an envelope attached to the outside of the machine they would vote on. In case of any inconsistencies, we could bring those people back to revote (note that we hadd no way of knowing who they voted for).
The voter entered the machine and pressed the button next to the name of the person they wanted to select. It used what was essentially a large piece of paper over a touchscreen with the canidate's name.
At the end of the night, we printed out a receipt with the results from each machine. These were called in by the location manager for early (unofficial results). Every result was also electronically recorded into two (1 backup) cartriges. These two cartiges and the paper receipts were then hand carried by the location manager to the headquarters where they were analized and verified.
*note that there were steps taken before the machines were used to verify they were not hacked.
No networking to allow hacking and whatnot. The number of votes is verified and electronically verified. There was also the ability to have people re-vote if neccessary. After the election, of all the locations using these machines, I (and the location manager) heard of only 1 technical issue. A machine had failed to boot, and was replaced an hour before the polls even opened.
So my quesiton is, what the hell are these new machines doing that equipment has been able to do for a decade (or more)?
Of coulrse, you could just do it the easy way and check other sources like the Internet Book List previoously mentioned on Slashdot.
http://www.iblist.com
(gee, I hope nobody finds out that I run the site)
ok, that was pretty blatant spamming, but it is somewhat on topic.
"...and some constructive suggestions on..."
konstructiive?
of course it is neutral!
*GO LINUX, WOOHOO, HEHE, HOHO, WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
The sad thing is, I never meant for that comment to be moderated well, I am trying to keep all my posts at 1
damn, I have failed
...is if Slashdot has the balls to ban the RIAA.
Did anyone else notice the irony of this being in the "entertainment" section?!
"Remember the U2?"
and remember the U2's getting shot down?
Damn, yet another justification for me to go back on Ritalin
...or is the acronym too close to SCSI? I read therough the article and think "that made no sense whatsoever" so I go back just to notice it sais SCIS instead of SCSI.
How much energy, compared to "normal" plastic does it take to produce a comparable ammount? If it takes more, then it is no real improvement, it merely shifts the negative efects into another area.
A few years ago when I was a sophmore in HS (3 years ago), the admin in charge of the entire high school asked me which was the one that was used now, ISA or PCI. Sadly, she passed the A+ and had MCSE.
So what is the hot new field all the idiots are going into now? Nursing?
I thought it was already out on DVD
oh, wait, oops
but this is a trend in any consumer electronic device. Relatives of mine are still running IBM PS/1's, while others have gone through 4 computer systems in 5 years.
The same can be applied to almost anything-cameras, cars, etc
I hope they will figure out a way to get rid of all the locksmith stickers in NYC next...
I am sure there are a few of us who would like to let you let you know in a not-so-nice way exactly what we think of your poor beta testing skills.
The day sysadmins are no longer needed is the day end users learn that their CD-ROM is NOT a cup holder.
The kicker is he was conviced of killing someone and got a lesser sentence than someone who made copyright infringments.
oh yeah, big part of the fact that he was conviceted was that the other driver was something like the captain of Bush's fighter escort for Air Force 1.
I have a friend fo the family who just went to prison in AZ (bad place to go to prison in btw) for killing someone when driving drunk. The kicker is, the other driver was just as drunk, and driving over the speed limit in sunglasses at 2am. The kicker is, he only has a 24 month sentence...
While at first look the suggestion of tiered pricing seems great, in truth it would be as bad as the current system. Given time, companies will charge a higher and higher price for the higher tiered level of service. As everyone knows, bandwidth requirements are quickly rising for all games and oter forms of online entertainment. I doubt that companies are going to raise the tiers bandwidth allotments to stay with the trend. Therefore, in the near future people would be forces to pay for the higher tiers for the same level of entertainment the enjoy today.
I hope that made sense.
Now, going from my experience with AMD's PC chips, wouldn't these processors have serious heat issues?
How the hell are we supposed to moderate all this stuff?