I can only hope that MD is next in line to dump Diebold. Don't get me wrong, I love technology, and I'd really like to see the voting system automated, but lets do it the right way.
Now if I were a true geek, I'd have a link to the John's Hopkins study on the Diebold machines.
The absolute worst thing(IMHO) is to have an mp3 player with a bad randomization algorithm. For example I had a panasonic cd/mp3 player that would play the same 5 songs over and over(out of 150 or so on the disc). That thing would drive me nuts. But then again, this could just be my neurosis.
I enjoyed the video, but it got me thinking about MS's beowulf clustering. I know they released the software for it about two years back, but I've never heard anything about it since. It obviously doesnt hold a candle to the tried-and-true options like Scyld and such, but it'd be interesting to know some specs on their performance. I doubt we'll see this anytime soon as I don't see anyone building a large cluster saying "Let's put Windows on it!"
Browsing through all of the threads of this article I have found nothing but negative replies. Obviously the idea won't work tommorow, but does that mean that it will forever be unfeasible? C'mon I thought we were supposed to be the freethinkers, the idealists right? How 'bout instead of dismissing this because of its faults, someone post an alternative, or way that we could make it work? I'll start: Use cordless phones as a starting point. Have the base station of the phone repeat the signal accross many other base stations until it finds it's destination. when no base station is available, use the mobile phone equipment. It wouldn't be an answer to the problem, but it could serve as a springboard to new ideas and working technologies. Or alternativly it could flop and be a great disappointment. Let's work on it.
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They should be fined just out of poor taste.
worked for the last two lord of the rings movies.
I can only hope that MD is next in line to dump Diebold. Don't get me wrong, I love technology, and I'd really like to see the voting system automated, but lets do it the right way. Now if I were a true geek, I'd have a link to the John's Hopkins study on the Diebold machines.
The absolute worst thing(IMHO) is to have an mp3 player with a bad randomization algorithm. For example I had a panasonic cd/mp3 player that would play the same 5 songs over and over(out of 150 or so on the disc). That thing would drive me nuts.
But then again, this could just be my neurosis.
I enjoyed the video, but it got me thinking about MS's beowulf clustering. I know they released the software for it about two years back, but I've never heard anything about it since. It obviously doesnt hold a candle to the tried-and-true options like Scyld and such, but it'd be interesting to know some specs on their performance. I doubt we'll see this anytime soon as I don't see anyone building a large cluster saying "Let's put Windows on it!"
Browsing through all of the threads of this article I have found nothing but negative replies. Obviously the idea won't work tommorow, but does that mean that it will forever be unfeasible? C'mon I thought we were supposed to be the freethinkers, the idealists right? How 'bout instead of dismissing this because of its faults, someone post an alternative, or way that we could make it work?
I'll start:
Use cordless phones as a starting point. Have the base station of the phone repeat the signal accross many other base stations until it finds it's destination. when no base station is available, use the mobile phone equipment. It wouldn't be an answer to the problem, but it could serve as a springboard to new ideas and working technologies.
Or alternativly it could flop and be a great disappointment. Let's work on it.
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