Nah, Bush is too high strung to do that. In his eyes it would be a sign of weakness to give into the public's demand for him to step down. It would be like him "cutting and running" out of Iraq when everyone in the US started complaining telling him to come up with a new plan, his response is of course, no stay the course, that's how you win!
Funny how in a government with a GDP of $11,000,000,000,000 it takes programmers working for free to make a system that is actually secure in order to maintain democracy..
You planning on having kids when you're in your 50s and 60s?
Most people who would be using this would be 20 to 40 years old.. if there are long term side effects that turn out to be infertility... wont it happen so late in your life that it wouldn't really matter anyway.. ?
Uhh, this doesn't include plausible deniability.. if they _know_ the info is encrypted then they'll just make the judge tell you to give them the password.
you're much better off using something that cannot be identified as being encrypted.
I voted in the last federal elections and used paper ballots here in Quebec, they gave me a big permanent marker and told me to put an X in the circle next to the name of the guy i wanted to vote for..
why isn't this used everywhere? is it so damn hard for each polling station to have people count a couple thousand ballots that they HAVE to use computers? Have to have stupid ballots where you punch holes in them causing other stupid problems etc...
Wanna fix the voting problems?
-Give out big markers -Peice of paper with names on it -Tell people to put an X on the paper
problem solved. no more bad ballots or cheating (provided the polling stations have people from all parties counting)..
Uhh, you saying that it's a month of development time? I'm fairly sure they've been working on it for a while and probably have more than one team working at it..
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I'd say the more famous words are the constant "iPod killer" headlines every few weeks.
I'm using google.ca .. i got "3,450,000" results for "google censorship"........
With that many viruses, is it even possible to "clean" it?
Hell, i do a reinstall if I get even 1 bad virus..
What's all this talk about Vista being an "Upgrade" from XP.. ?
*feels back of head*
Hmmm..
Does it count if it's a self inflicted "bump"?
I don't think there was any deal for impeachment, why would they? they can easily do the impeachment thing while demanding Rumsfeld resign..
He resigned right now because there's nothing left to lose if he does.
Nah, Bush is too high strung to do that. In his eyes it would be a sign of weakness to give into the public's demand for him to step down. It would be like him "cutting and running" out of Iraq when everyone in the US started complaining telling him to come up with a new plan, his response is of course, no stay the course, that's how you win!
He can't be seen has Flip Flopping, right?
This hit the frontpage of reddit, slashdot and digg all within 20 minutes of it being announced. Fastest I've ever seen.
Eitherway, this had to happen though and probably would have happened if the Democrats hadn't won the house.
Making it harder to do means it wont happen as often. That's enough for me to favor paper ballots over voting machines like these Diebolds
which is easier?
a) formatting a few hundred memory cards with 'your' version of the voting machine software..
b) destroying hundreds of thousands of ballots and replacing them with 'your' new ballots..
yeah, i'll take paper please.
The coder managed to get around the security by using SQL injection. It boggles my mind that you can do that.
as opposed to allowing election fraud to take place, easily?
Funny how in a government with a GDP of $11,000,000,000,000 it takes programmers working for free to make a system that is actually secure in order to maintain democracy..
Shame is the only thing I feel right now.
That was the funniest and most insightful comment i've ever read on slashdot.
And the benefit to pulling out of china would be... ?
Let's see the two options:
A) Keep selling windows making money, while pirates don't pay and use they products; net gain: some sales.
B) Pull out and stop selling products, while pirates continue to pirate; net gain: loss of all sales.
I live in Quebec, we pay about $0.04/kWh ... that doesn't come out to $20/month..
I had 5 computers running for 8 months and my bill (including everything else in the apt) was $200.
Exactly..
I've even heard that in the U.K. if you don't give them your encryption password, they can lock you up for 5 years..
You planning on having kids when you're in your 50s and 60s?
Most people who would be using this would be 20 to 40 years old.. if there are long term side effects that turn out to be infertility... wont it happen so late in your life that it wouldn't really matter anyway.. ?
Uhh, this doesn't include plausible deniability.. if they _know_ the info is encrypted then they'll just make the judge tell you to give them the password.
you're much better off using something that cannot be identified as being encrypted.
illegal, maybe, criminal? no.
this is and should only be considered a civil case and jail time should NEVER have even been considered. this is beyond ridiculous.
You're not a true Quebecois unless you drink Pepsi and eat Maywest and Lays for breakfast.
I voted in the last federal elections and used paper ballots here in Quebec, they gave me a big permanent marker and told me to put an X in the circle next to the name of the guy i wanted to vote for..
why isn't this used everywhere? is it so damn hard for each polling station to have people count a couple thousand ballots that they HAVE to use computers? Have to have stupid ballots where you punch holes in them causing other stupid problems etc...
Wanna fix the voting problems?
-Give out big markers
-Peice of paper with names on it
-Tell people to put an X on the paper
problem solved. no more bad ballots or cheating (provided the polling stations have people from all parties counting)..
This criticism isn't that Bush Jr. didn't go, it's that Bush Sr. sent OTHER kids off to their death while making sure his own didn't have to die.
That's the bullshit part that pisses people off, and rightly so.
I've also been getting Invoices for $0.00 from Bell for about 8 months now. They've wasted plenty on postage, but wtv, their loss.
Uhh, you saying that it's a month of development time? I'm fairly sure they've been working on it for a while and probably have more than one team working at it..