I had that idea too. Seems like a LOT of people do.
My machine would have a verification stage where the ballot would appear behind plexiglass. Using separate controls you would either accept or reject the ballot. Accepting would automatically deposit the ballot in a clear plexiglass box. Rejecting would shred the ballot and allow the voter to re-vote using the machine.
The machine would keep a count of all the ballots either cast or rejected. Before removing a ballot box, the machine would print a summary of all the ballots cast.
The votes themselves would be counted via optical scanners and OCR. No barcodes would be allowed since people can't READ barcodes. That makes the election non-transparent.
Oh and one more reform. November 4th should be a federal holiday. We have two holidays for veterans who fought for our freedom of democratic choice. We have ZERO days dedicated to exercising our freedom to democratic choice.
We'll have to rely on Holland researchers to produce Tomaujauna;-) Something has to convince our society that marijauna prohibition is a complete waste of time, money and lives.
Thank you for clarifying things. This doesn't really indict Bush. But I still stand by my appraisal about how the Bush administration releases NOTHING at all until it's been whitewashed and sanitized.
They're flexible. They can effectively be used as "note-taking" devices. I have seen tons of these types of devices out there. There are even pads that move paper notes into a PDA.
I seriously doubt that the handwriting recognition is a big thing for now. Just the ability to get the things into digital format.
The ability to sit back and browse is probably good as well. These devices will likely be used as portable kiosks for charting in hospitals and other similar applications.
Just give them time. The convertible notebook entails little more than a traditional notebook. They could ultimately replace the notebook as the dominant seller (as it has replaced the desktop PC).
Had the president really commited purjery, he would have been indicted by the special persecutor. It didn't happen.
He was dancing on the head of a pin. He did give testimony that wasn't 100% forthcoming. That isn't a crime.
They had some very expensive lawyers in the special prosecutors office. If they can't formulate a concrete question like... "Did Monica Lewinsky give you oral sex???? A blowjob, a hummer, etc...???? Was your penis in her mouth? Did she polish 'little bill'??? Have you had an erection in her presence????"
If you carefully read their criterea for "sexual relations" you will find a blowjob wasn't included. Nor are blowjobs normally considered sexual since you can't get pregnant by swollowing cum!!!!! I believe it's conservatives who advocate "procreation only" sex.
Why wasn't the questioning specific. Because they were still fishing. The whole effort was a fishing effort. All they caught was the president's dick. I have no idea whether it was "a whopper".
By the way, the "identifying feature" that Paula claimed to know was curvature of the penis. The president's doctors testified to the contrary. If you want to examine the issue with your own eyes, I suppose thats up to you.
I don't think he implied that Saddam Hussein doesn't exist;-)
What is funny is that the president said that This is a large administration with a LOT of top level officials. Therefore he feels they may never discover the leaker. But he does still feel strongly that we will find Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
Personally, I believe that the US Attorney general should be elected, not appointed. He shouldn't work for the president and be subordinate to the will of the president.
The president would have law enforment capabilites as well. In this way they could investigate each other and we would have little need for special prosecutors.
As everyone probably knows, freezing forms water crystals which shred molecules beyond repair.
The key is finding a way to stop crystals from forming, likely by some type of organic anti-freeze. Perhaps even external forces could be applied to keep the water from crystalizing.
In any case, pointing to other animal hybernation is relevant. It's possible to freeze certain varieties of fish SOLID then dethaw them. Wallah, they survive without a scratch.
Finding ways to transfer natures suspension technologies to humans will be the key. It's possible that such "long-range" astronauts will be bred via gene therapy rather than modified.
In any case, it's still cheaper and easier to send robots. If there is something REALLY interesting, then perhaps a colinization mission would be formed (a two way trip would be out of the question).
Of course, we still have lots of research to do in physics and propulsion to make anything of this sort feasible. Faster than light phenomenon has been discovered under laboratory conditions. Cracking the physics may yield faster than light propulsion that will make near solar missions possible.
There is a difference between being corrupted by cynical forces and being a cynical force.
But yes, I do fundamentally agree. On economic issues there is little remaining difference between Republicans and Democrats. They both know who butters their bread. The ordinary citizen cannot afford to write $1000 campaign checks.
Don't forget that companies are non-democratic. There is very little control of companies outside the inner management circle. The shareholders themselves can veto directors, but they have no power to nominate them.
The entire corporate structure is controlled by a cadre of CEOs that mutually sit on each others boards and scratch each others backs. That's neither a market force, nor a democratic force. It is a totalitarian force.
That reminds me of the patent placed on coolers WITH wheels.
I'm not sure if the prior art search ever revealed THE WAGON!!!!!!
Honestly some inventions are so old and obvious that the patent office should make lists of DUHH things (fire, wheel, lever, pendulum) that cannot be patented by simply adding them to another product.
I'm kinda cool with the Native American concept that you cannot OWN land persee. The land belongs to the earth and those who come after use.
What we call "ownership" are really indefinite rights of use. We can barter those rights with others. Those rights may be subject to regulation by common (government) authorities subject to the overall well-being of society.
Such regulation includes zoning (residential, agricultural, industrial), mining uses (including sand, peete, topsoil, water), right of way (utilities, transportation, etc...), environmental (maintaining sustainable land (you don't have the right to DESTROY land in such a way that makes it unusable for future generations)).
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I had that idea too. Seems like a LOT of people do.
My machine would have a verification stage where the ballot would appear behind plexiglass. Using separate controls you would either accept or reject the ballot. Accepting would automatically deposit the ballot in a clear plexiglass box. Rejecting would shred the ballot and allow the voter to re-vote using the machine.
The machine would keep a count of all the ballots either cast or rejected. Before removing a ballot box, the machine would print a summary of all the ballots cast.
The votes themselves would be counted via optical scanners and OCR. No barcodes would be allowed since people can't READ barcodes. That makes the election non-transparent.
Oh and one more reform. November 4th should be a federal holiday. We have two holidays for veterans who fought for our freedom of democratic choice. We have ZERO days dedicated to exercising our freedom to democratic choice.
The counting would be done using
I dunno, it's kinda tough to top the death-rate from tobacco.
We'll have to rely on Holland researchers to produce Tomaujauna ;-) Something has to convince our society that marijauna prohibition is a complete waste of time, money and lives.
Pomatoes????? Thats like mixing Irish and Italian ;-)
Caffiene is addictive but not illegal. No addictive substance should be illegal.
Thank you for clarifying things. This doesn't really indict Bush. But I still stand by my appraisal about how the Bush administration releases NOTHING at all until it's been whitewashed and sanitized.
They're flexible. They can effectively be used as "note-taking" devices. I have seen tons of these types of devices out there. There are even pads that move paper notes into a PDA.
I seriously doubt that the handwriting recognition is a big thing for now. Just the ability to get the things into digital format.
The ability to sit back and browse is probably good as well. These devices will likely be used as portable kiosks for charting in hospitals and other similar applications.
Just give them time. The convertible notebook entails little more than a traditional notebook. They could ultimately replace the notebook as the dominant seller (as it has replaced the desktop PC).
Had the president really commited purjery, he would have been indicted by the special persecutor. It didn't happen.
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He was dancing on the head of a pin. He did give testimony that wasn't 100% forthcoming. That isn't a crime.
They had some very expensive lawyers in the special prosecutors office. If they can't formulate a concrete question like
"Did Monica Lewinsky give you oral sex???? A blowjob, a hummer, etc...???? Was your penis in her mouth? Did she polish 'little bill'??? Have you had an erection in her presence????"
If you carefully read their criterea for "sexual relations" you will find a blowjob wasn't included. Nor are blowjobs normally considered sexual since you can't get pregnant by swollowing cum!!!!! I believe it's conservatives who advocate "procreation only" sex.
Why wasn't the questioning specific. Because they were still fishing. The whole effort was a fishing effort. All they caught was the president's dick. I have no idea whether it was "a whopper".
By the way, the "identifying feature" that Paula claimed to know was curvature of the penis. The president's doctors testified to the contrary. If you want to examine the issue with your own eyes, I suppose thats up to you.
George, George, george of the Midland,
Dense as he can be (boom, boom, boom)
Ahahahahahahahahahahahaaaahha
Watch out for that Dean. (boom, boom, boom)
RPAN = CNN, ABC, NBC, FOX
The media butters it's own bread. Bush has supplied the butter. Only CBS seems to have the remotest wiff of independence from the Bush spin doctors.
I don't think he implied that Saddam Hussein doesn't exist ;-)
... Saudi Arabia ;-)
What is funny is that the president said that
This is a large administration with a LOT of top level officials. Therefore he feels they may never discover the leaker. But he does still feel strongly that we will find Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
My bet
Personally, I believe that the US Attorney general should be elected, not appointed. He shouldn't work for the president and be subordinate to the will of the president.
The president would have law enforment capabilites as well. In this way they could investigate each other and we would have little need for special prosecutors.
Good point. Perhaps this was a deliberate leak. This White House is the most secretive and tight lipped in the history of our nation.
They make Richard Nixon look open and honest.
It looks like it may be on the top floor of the CS building. Thats where they keep all the systems specific to the Computer Science department.
Any reasonable regulator would stop this as an antitrust infringement. Therefore, Ashcroft and SEC chairman Donaldson will do NOTHING about this.
As everyone probably knows, freezing forms water crystals which shred molecules beyond repair.
The key is finding a way to stop crystals from forming, likely by some type of organic anti-freeze. Perhaps even external forces could be applied to keep the water from crystalizing.
In any case, pointing to other animal hybernation is relevant. It's possible to freeze certain varieties of fish SOLID then dethaw them. Wallah, they survive without a scratch.
Finding ways to transfer natures suspension technologies to humans will be the key. It's possible that such "long-range" astronauts will be bred via gene therapy rather than modified.
In any case, it's still cheaper and easier to send robots. If there is something REALLY interesting, then perhaps a colinization mission would be formed (a two way trip would be out of the question).
Of course, we still have lots of research to do in physics and propulsion to make anything of this sort feasible. Faster than light phenomenon has been discovered under laboratory conditions. Cracking the physics may yield faster than light propulsion that will make near solar missions possible.
It's a weak administration thats afraid of it's own words.
Ahh, very clever. I never took choir, only band. Though, you forgot to specify a major scale ;-)
BTW, it's nice to have excellent karma. You can afford to write the occasional message thats considered "troll".
There is a difference between being corrupted by cynical forces and being a cynical force.
But yes, I do fundamentally agree. On economic issues there is little remaining difference between Republicans and Democrats. They both know who butters their bread. The ordinary citizen cannot afford to write $1000 campaign checks.
Don't forget that companies are non-democratic. There is very little control of companies outside the inner management circle. The shareholders themselves can veto directors, but they have no power to nominate them.
The entire corporate structure is controlled by a cadre of CEOs that mutually sit on each others boards and scratch each others backs. That's neither a market force, nor a democratic force. It is a totalitarian force.
Have you never heard of a supeanea?
If something you have is relevant to a legal proceeding, a judge can order it to be brought forth. The same is true with the black box in a car.
Seriously, the thing can't be accessed remotely. If your unlawful, reckless speeding contributes to an accident, you deserve to be held responsible.
What if the students just start giving their RFID tags to each other???? Kids are nieve, not dumb!!!!!
Send robots instead.
Until a form of suspended animation is found, deep space mission are impractical and a waste of resources.
Heh,
That reminds me of the patent placed on coolers WITH wheels.
I'm not sure if the prior art search ever revealed THE WAGON!!!!!!
Honestly some inventions are so old and obvious that the patent office should make lists of DUHH things (fire, wheel, lever, pendulum) that cannot be patented by simply adding them to another product.
I'm kinda cool with the Native American concept that you cannot OWN land persee. The land belongs to the earth and those who come after use.
What we call "ownership" are really indefinite rights of use. We can barter those rights with others. Those rights may be subject to regulation by common (government) authorities subject to the overall well-being of society.
Such regulation includes zoning (residential, agricultural, industrial), mining uses (including sand, peete, topsoil, water), right of way (utilities, transportation, etc...), environmental (maintaining sustainable land (you don't have the right to DESTROY land in such a way that makes it unusable for future generations)).