I saw a bunch of these butterfly guys rollerblading in seattle about two years ago. I just thought it was some sort of cult thing. It wasn't until days later that I realized it was failed guerilla marketing.
The biggest problem with these machines is that unlike most software it appeals to an extremely small market AND one where there are very low margins.
It is hard to attract top software talent to write good code for these machines.
Given the scenerio above, open source actually does make sense because it is the only way you'll be able to get solid talent for nothing!
security is certainly an issue, but with any electronic means there isn't a way to physically audit the election. if the computer's bits say that x votes were for someone, there isn't anyway to really say, "are you sure?" as you can do with a manual recount of paper ballots.
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I saw a bunch of these butterfly guys rollerblading in seattle about two years ago. I just thought it was some sort of cult thing. It wasn't until days later that I realized it was failed guerilla marketing.
The biggest problem with these machines is that unlike most software it appeals to an extremely small market AND one where there are very low margins. It is hard to attract top software talent to write good code for these machines. Given the scenerio above, open source actually does make sense because it is the only way you'll be able to get solid talent for nothing!
Is this an attempt to be funny or a real post? if the later I would love some references to the Swedish Public Health research you mention.
security is certainly an issue, but with any electronic means there isn't a way to physically audit the election. if the computer's bits say that x votes were for someone, there isn't anyway to really say, "are you sure?" as you can do with a manual recount of paper ballots.