The key to the success of the Canadian system and the principle that the US needs to adopt is that the vote counting is entirely transparent and out in the open. Fraud is very difficult in that environment.
Sounds great! Now if we could just find a way to keep the candidate's brother from removing minorities from the voter rolls, we'd be all set for an honest election.
At some point in the near future, with a deteriorating economy, people will be sick of the old two parties and a third party candidate will win.
No, historically that is not what happens. Typically, the third party movement is absorbed into whichever of the two main parties has the closest, watered-down version of the third party ideology. Look at George Wallace - all the white bigots that voted for him, registered Republican and the Democratic party has a very difficult time in the south these days.
That wasn't the point. The point is that, if you insist on permitting intrusions, there will come a day when your participation will no longer be optional and your permission, or lack of, will be irrelevant.
If I was planning on doing something seriously illegal, I'd just ditch the tag first
I'm beginning to believe we will never be able to get people to understand that government snooping is worrisome even to law-abiding citizens. They came for the Jews, and I wasn't Jewish...
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the transportation authorities routinely delete their tracking info so that even a subpeona can't retrieve it.
t's got FAR less viruses and haxx0r attempts because it's less popular.
I hear this claim all the time, usually in Windows vs Linux debates. What do you base this claim on? Other people claim Windows has more viruses because it has more exploitable weaknesses rather than a larger installed user base. I say that the number of viruses is not related to the number of users. If Linux or Mac had a larger user base than Windows, Windows would still have more viruses than either other OS.
But really, if we aren't legislating morality, what's the point?
Whose morality do we legislate? When we agree on a common, moral code, we have no problems (thou shalt not kill). What do we do when the Republicans want to turn their religious dogma into legislation? (Thou shalt have no other gods before me). Now we have a problem. To the religious right, it is immoral (and therefor needs to be illegal) to worship any god but the christian god.
It most certainly IS a right. It is not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights but it is one of the most primary of the unenumerated rights as specified in the 9th Amendment.
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Would it take 13 years and 12 resolutions to kick a spammer of the internet?
Nah - President Flightsuit would claim to have evidence of WMD in Alan Ralsky's basement, have the ATF kick in his door and drag him off to Guantanamo, and pay Halliburton $500,000 to replace the broken hinges.
when really, you're making less and less, every day.
Not if you're the CEO of a large corporation. Your take home pay has increased an average of 240% adjusted for inflation. It's just the schlubs who work for a living that are being squeezed.
I don't understand what the insane rush to e-voting is all about. (not flamebait) I suspect it has something to do with the hissyfit that certian elements of the political spectrum threw when GWB "stole" the election.
Having concerns about minorities being removed from the registration lists is hardly a "hissy fit".
It's absolutely insane. They won't stop 'til they've destroyed email.
The tipping point is on the horizon. There will be a point where the ISPs that profit from spam (Verio, etc) will be so clogged and/or so widely blacklisted that spam will become unprofitable for them. When that point is reached, spam will disappear virtually overnight.
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...And as any Javits visitor can attest, an awful, low-quality lunch will cost you $10.
If you ever attend a convention that has good food*, I'd like to hear about it.
* - aside from the gournet food convention
Seriously. Between spammers and stock market flim-flammers, Spitzer is the only politician I see that is punishing real criminals.
When you're in San Francisco, the whole country is "the east bay".
This guy is basicly tapping into the anti-U.S. government setiment thats going around right now to make a quick buck.
And more power to him!
It sure beats manipulating the energy market to make a quick buck.
I was looking at the website and don't see where you get the "trust-fund Bush hater" bit. What page are you looking at?
You're the only one who saw the humor. Obviously, you are an extraordinarily perceptive person, methinks.
This could do well in association with a local User Group of some sort, methinks.
Youthinks very goodly, however, Ithinks you shouldn't have slept through English class.
The key to the success of the Canadian system and the principle that the US needs to adopt is that the vote counting is entirely transparent and out in the open. Fraud is very difficult in that environment.
Sounds great! Now if we could just find a way to keep the candidate's brother from removing minorities from the voter rolls, we'd be all set for an honest election.
$5 ?????
That's not a bet, that's a joke. Let's make it interesting - $5,000.
Yes, the point spread is the same. Mondale won MN and DC.
I'm willing to bet Howard Dean will get pounded in the next election worse than Walter Mondale in 1984,...
I'll take that bet. How much have you got? I'll cover every dime you can raise.
At some point in the near future, with a deteriorating economy, people will be sick of the old two parties and a third party candidate will win.
No, historically that is not what happens. Typically, the third party movement is absorbed into whichever of the two main parties has the closest, watered-down version of the third party ideology. Look at George Wallace - all the white bigots that voted for him, registered Republican and the Democratic party has a very difficult time in the south these days.
That wasn't the point. The point is that, if you insist on permitting intrusions, there will come a day when your participation will no longer be optional and your permission, or lack of, will be irrelevant.
If I was planning on doing something seriously illegal, I'd just ditch the tag first
I'm beginning to believe we will never be able to get people to understand that government snooping is worrisome even to law-abiding citizens. They came for the Jews, and I wasn't Jewish...
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the transportation authorities routinely delete their tracking info so that even a subpeona can't retrieve it.
t's got FAR less viruses and haxx0r attempts because it's less popular.
I hear this claim all the time, usually in Windows vs Linux debates. What do you base this claim on? Other people claim Windows has more viruses because it has more exploitable weaknesses rather than a larger installed user base.
I say that the number of viruses is not related to the number of users. If Linux or Mac had a larger user base than Windows, Windows would still have more viruses than either other OS.
Unfortunately there are no vendor patches available at the time beign.
Depends on what you're "patching" for. Less attractive women have been buying cosmetics for centuries.
But really, if we aren't legislating morality, what's the point?
Whose morality do we legislate? When we agree on a common, moral code, we have no problems (thou shalt not kill). What do we do when the Republicans want to turn their religious dogma into legislation? (Thou shalt have no other gods before me). Now we have a problem. To the religious right, it is immoral (and therefor needs to be illegal) to worship any god but the christian god.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gcal/gcal.html
Why not continue working on more effective spam traps and stop legislating morality.
Stop legislating morality? Have you not been paying attention to which party is in power? Legislating morality is what they live for.
Privacy isn't a right per-se...
It most certainly IS a right. It is not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights but it is one of the most primary of the unenumerated rights as specified in the 9th Amendment.
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Would it take 13 years and 12 resolutions to kick a spammer of the internet?
Nah - President Flightsuit would claim to have evidence of WMD in Alan Ralsky's basement, have the ATF kick in his door and drag him off to Guantanamo, and pay Halliburton $500,000 to replace the broken hinges.
when really, you're making less and less, every day.
Not if you're the CEO of a large corporation. Your take home pay has increased an average of 240% adjusted for inflation. It's just the schlubs who work for a living that are being squeezed.
Sensationalism from the corporate media?
I'm shocked, shocked I say.
I don't understand what the insane rush to e-voting is all about. (not flamebait) I suspect it has something to do with the hissyfit that certian elements of the political spectrum threw when GWB "stole" the election.
Having concerns about minorities being removed from the registration lists is hardly a "hissy fit".
It's absolutely insane. They won't stop 'til they've destroyed email.
The tipping point is on the horizon. There will be a point where the ISPs that profit from spam (Verio, etc) will be so clogged and/or so widely blacklisted that spam will become unprofitable for them. When that point is reached, spam will disappear virtually overnight.
I don't think "Luddite" is the word you wanted to use.