I don't know why there is such a huge debate about the voting machines. All we need to do is have the machine print a receipt (could be as simple as a cash register receipt of sorts), the voter takes the receipt, checks to make sure it's accurate and then places it in a box as we currently do with paper ballots. Then we randomly audit 15-20% of districts to compare the paper receipts to the computer totals and if there are anomalies a full recount can be ordered. Also, when a candidate requests a recount the paper trail is there and there can be no questioning if the machine totals are correct or not. It eliminates the "half-filled" bubbles and hanging chad problem, it speeds up counting in an election when there is no contention to the results, and it's verifiable.
This professor has actually offered a seminar class (2 credits, rather informal but very fun) on this topic for the past few years. I took it a while ago and it was so much fun. The book appears to be very similar to how the class was and most likely came about because he's been teaching the class for a while.
If there's anyone at the U of M, you definitely want to check it out. He's a great prof and the class is a lot fun.
Facebook is a social networking site intended to make connecting with people easier, but the problem with all sites like this has always been the lack of classify your level of friendship with someone. For example, my roommates and close circle of friends (who actually care what party I'm going to this weekend) would like to have me on their news-feed. However, the people I have as "friends" that I've met a couple times and we are now Facebook buddies mainly so I can easily let them know when we are having a party don't care whose wall I wrote on.
I was extremely please when Facebook came out with the limited profiles, I just wish you could have multiple limited settings and then tag friends are a certain level to determine what profile they see. This is a step in the right direction though.
While your description of bacterial spores is accurate, you missed the key word in the article. They are not talking about bacterial spores, but rather fungal spores which can be significantly different than what you described above.
You can play Halo online with the system link option if you download XBConnect. I have been using this for a while and it works for most of the big name games. Halo, Ghost Recon, THPS4, and a bunch of others.
What we really have to think about is where will this judgement lead to? Are we going to allow judges and single countries decide what the world can see? If we are going to do something like this we should have a world-wide standard. If the US Bans Porn sites, we would still be able to get there if we wanted to, just like the French. If they want Nazi stuff they will get it. I think what Yahoo! should have to do is not place these items on the front page of their website. If they do not have them in the open there should be no problem. Is this judge going to say that no French people can view Nazi stuff? Is he going to ban every Nazi page out there? To me this sounds like a joke.
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I don't know why there is such a huge debate about the voting machines. All we need to do is have the machine print a receipt (could be as simple as a cash register receipt of sorts), the voter takes the receipt, checks to make sure it's accurate and then places it in a box as we currently do with paper ballots. Then we randomly audit 15-20% of districts to compare the paper receipts to the computer totals and if there are anomalies a full recount can be ordered. Also, when a candidate requests a recount the paper trail is there and there can be no questioning if the machine totals are correct or not. It eliminates the "half-filled" bubbles and hanging chad problem, it speeds up counting in an election when there is no contention to the results, and it's verifiable.
This professor has actually offered a seminar class (2 credits, rather informal but very fun) on this topic for the past few years. I took it a while ago and it was so much fun. The book appears to be very similar to how the class was and most likely came about because he's been teaching the class for a while.
If there's anyone at the U of M, you definitely want to check it out. He's a great prof and the class is a lot fun.
Facebook is a social networking site intended to make connecting with people easier, but the problem with all sites like this has always been the lack of classify your level of friendship with someone. For example, my roommates and close circle of friends (who actually care what party I'm going to this weekend) would like to have me on their news-feed. However, the people I have as "friends" that I've met a couple times and we are now Facebook buddies mainly so I can easily let them know when we are having a party don't care whose wall I wrote on.
I was extremely please when Facebook came out with the limited profiles, I just wish you could have multiple limited settings and then tag friends are a certain level to determine what profile they see. This is a step in the right direction though.
While your description of bacterial spores is accurate, you missed the key word in the article. They are not talking about bacterial spores, but rather fungal spores which can be significantly different than what you described above.
You can play Halo online with the system link option if you download XBConnect. I have been using this for a while and it works for most of the big name games. Halo, Ghost Recon, THPS4, and a bunch of others.
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Maybe if you could have dual 1.4ghz Athlons...
What are you doing running Linux or BSD and having a Thinkpad in the first place.
What we really have to think about is where will this judgement lead to? Are we going to allow judges and single countries decide what the world can see? If we are going to do something like this we should have a world-wide standard. If the US Bans Porn sites, we would still be able to get there if we wanted to, just like the French. If they want Nazi stuff they will get it. I think what Yahoo! should have to do is not place these items on the front page of their website. If they do not have them in the open there should be no problem. Is this judge going to say that no French people can view Nazi stuff? Is he going to ban every Nazi page out there? To me this sounds like a joke.