You forgot the last steps: the machine then prints a human-readable (optionally also machine-readable) ballot with all your votes, which you verify and drop in the ballot box before you leave.
Ok. But what happens if you vote on the screen and then don't drop the ticket in the box?
In the UK, we have the Royal Institute", which conducts a series of lectures every christmas. They use real scientists with an enthusiasm for their field, not TV frontment. It is full of fun experiments and targeted at an audience of children, but it is good science - I always learn new things when I watch.
Now that I think of it, it might even be worth having a telly in the house over Christmas just to watch them this year.
The Saudi Rial is worth about US$ 0.27. Like the dollar, it is divided into 100, but the coins are such piddling small change that no-one wants to deal with them. In McDonalds, for example, every single item on the menu is a whole number of Rials.
In a supermarket, you might end up with a total that includes some small change, but you won't see it - the cashier has a selection of sweets by the till and will, without discussion, drop a chocolate bar in with your shopping, to make the total up to a whole number.
The real question is not "Is google a verb?" but "Is google a GENERIC verb?"
The lexicon suggests that google is a verb that can apply to any search engine. I would counter that the correct and current usage is that you only google on google.com.
By way of contrast, I believe that "slashdotting" is a generic verb because for example, a listing in memepool might cause a site to be slashdotted.
ftp includes mget. So I can download all the
pictures with:
mget *.jpg
Without messing around clicking and saving lots of things. Sometimes a command line rocks.
Andrew
How to destroy a smartcard money project
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I don't need to tell slashdot that smartcard money is vulnerable. Since you can transfer money between cards without the interaction of any other party, all you need to do is:
Find the secrets on a card (possibly by detailed examination of the card in your hand or by social engineering/theft)
Build something that simulates a smartcard (it can be as ugly as you like, no-one will see it)
Transfer money from your simulated card onto a real card
???
Profit...
That's kinda hard work. But if your object is to
defend against a smartcard system, there is an easier way to destroy public trust in it:
Charge a real card with real money.
Remove the chip from the card.
Embed the genuine charged chip in a blank, white plastic card.
Go on TV and claim "Here's one I made earlier" and get them to test it.
I used to be pretty well organised with unmetered
dialup: If I realy needed something large I would schedule it to download overnight, when the time taken was irrelevant and it wouldn't disrupt my
limited interactive bandwidth.
Now with dialup, I download stuff on a whim and spend ages (aggregated) waiting for things.
Now, if they could just borrow everone's pocket change overnight while they are not using it, collect the interest, then give it back in the morning... That should solve their finance problems.
First of all, I'd like to see some proof that the alleged "kiddie porn" really involved minors.
There is an argument that this is irrelevant.
Kiddie porn is used to coach child victims:
"There is nothing wrong with doing this, little boy - look,
here's a picture of other children doing the same..."
An excellent posting. If I were getting married now, I would be looking for exactly the type of experience and forethought that you discuss and would expect to pay appropriately for the privelage. (Of course, back when I got married, the idea of spending $2000 was not even open to consideration...)
But I'd like to bring you back to the article in question: Having paid you appropriately for your time, skill, experience, consumables and equipment, would I then get the finished images in a high-res digital format to do with as I wished, or would you want to stiff me for access and use of the software that I have already paid you to create?
The researchers are trying to solve the wrong problem. The computers could cure the most common problems by simply identifying the users and automatically applying a LART as necessary.
Proposed: Add another 128k ISDN [...] and continue using the existing 128k line
In the UK, you might want to consider buying
a permenant, pure copper connection through the
exchange for a flat rate, then put your own 2Mb modems on it.
It's a while since I looked at these services, but
I think they are the ones listed here.
Slashdot Mirror
Andrew
Has someone sold the Emperor a suit made out of Silly Putty
Leave the egg in the chicken.
Andrew
Ok. But what happens if you vote on the screen and then don't drop the ticket in the box?
Does the vote count?
Does it count if there is a recount?
Now that I think of it, it might even be worth having a telly in the house over Christmas just to watch them this year.
Andrew
In response to these displays, Microsoft have announced that the GUI for Longhorn will be even more chunky than XP.
In a supermarket, you might end up with a total that includes some small change, but you won't see it - the cashier has a selection of sweets by the till and will, without discussion, drop a chocolate bar in with your shopping, to make the total up to a whole number.
Andrew
Including the Beatles as I recall...
Andrew
The lexicon suggests that google is a verb that can apply to any search engine. I would counter that the correct and current usage is that you only google on google.com.
By way of contrast, I believe that "slashdotting" is a generic verb because for example, a listing in memepool might cause a site to be slashdotted.
Andrew
ftp includes mget. So I can download all the pictures with:
mget *.jpg
Without messing around clicking and saving lots of things. Sometimes a command line rocks.
Andrew
- Find the secrets on a card (possibly by detailed examination of the card in your hand or by social engineering/theft)
- Build something that simulates a smartcard (it can be as ugly as you like, no-one will see it)
- Transfer money from your simulated card onto a real card
- ???
- Profit...
That's kinda hard work. But if your object is to defend against a smartcard system, there is an easier way to destroy public trust in it:-
Charge a real card with real money.
-
Remove the chip from the card.
-
Embed the genuine charged chip in a blank, white plastic card.
-
Go on TV and claim "Here's one I made earlier" and get them to test it.
AndrewOn the contrary, I liked it because I didn't have to look at it. It meant that I could, for example, use my palm while driving...
Now with dialup, I download stuff on a whim and spend ages (aggregated) waiting for things.
Andrew
Note that Charles Benton (The guy who runs the first site listed) is offering a particular geeky barter: exchanging photos for slide rules)
So I can still book a flight without agreeing to donate my firstborn to their catering department.
Andrew
Now, if they could just borrow everone's pocket change overnight while they are not using it, collect the interest, then give it back in the morning... That should solve their finance problems.
Which is around 6 tons. Perhaps 6.0 x 10^24 kilograms would be a little closer...
Andrew
There is an argument that this is irrelevant.
Kiddie porn is used to coach child victims: "There is nothing wrong with doing this, little boy - look, here's a picture of other children doing the same..."
But I'd like to bring you back to the article in question: Having paid you appropriately for your time, skill, experience, consumables and equipment, would I then get the finished images in a high-res digital format to do with as I wished, or would you want to stiff me for access and use of the software that I have already paid you to create?
Andrew
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(Posted anonymously because Microsoft's lawyers are more expensive than mine.)
Highly qualified, but without the competence to check the "anon" box :-)
Andrew
This seems perfectly reasonable when the bulk of the cost is met by the roaming voter who receives the call.
It would be unreasonable to expect them to know the name of the person spammed in order to attribute the "Paid for..." appropriately.
Andrew
n8y writes: All passwords for the Cisco ATA-186 with Vonage service are random 8-char numeric
ROT-13 of an 8-char numeric is spectacularly ineffective.
Andrew
In the UK, you might want to consider buying a permenant, pure copper connection through the exchange for a flat rate, then put your own 2Mb modems on it.
It's a while since I looked at these services, but I think they are the ones listed here.
Andrew
Yes Dilbert, people on cellphones do speak louder than other people in resturants
Andrew