From the article
Buchanan backers and the company say that if there was an unusually large undervote it was likely because of bad ballot design.
It seems to me that admitting "bad ballot design" is worse than blaming the machines. Anyone who has taken statistics or marketing knows how easy it is to sway polls and sales by such methods as order in the phone book or on the ballot. IMHO bad design could just be effective design for the eventual winner.
Don't kid yourself. This software will only be in the form of license numbers, the duplication of cds will be up to the schools. As others have said, no documentation or other training. 30 Million in advertising against no cost, the only winner here is Microsoft
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Lord Acton, a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Used as the basis for Animal Farm by George Orwell
Actually there is a precident to this. Years ago Congress mandated motorcycle helmet laws, also using the highway funds as an inducement. One or more states bucked and took it to court. It was held that funds collected within a state for highways could not be with held. Several states then revoked their helmet laws. The difference is that enough people in state offices feel that the drinking laws are appropriate so that it has not been challenged.
For the small shop building custom machines it is next to impossible to get MS products at a competitive price. In order to put a legit copy on a machine you must go to a local retailer and put a full retail copy on. OEM copies/prices are not usually available.
My yahoo e-mail went to the 100mb limit the other day, but, in addition for the last few months neither the bulk mail (spam) or the trash folder have counted against the limit
for some of use the company we work for mandates the use of M$oft only products. Therefore we are FORCED to use IE. At home I use Netscape and encourage others to do so.
that Robert Heinlein predicted the current state of affairs in his story "Lifeline". I find
particularly relevant the judges response to a suit filed to stifle a new technology --
"There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or a corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit."
- The Judge, "Life-Line"
To all those who responded with the Linux 9.0
guestions -- this is a banner from/. just
a few minutes ago. It is, of course, advertising
RedHat 9.0, but the mentality is still there
Linux OS - Cheap price
Linux 9.0 $37, Pro $122, & more. Rush delivery available! Reviews
www.newegg.com
Three strikes -- you are out --
Intel first used the term microprocessor
on the 4004 and 4040 processors, both had
"computers" designed around them in the
early '70s
For those that are interested, the link in the article to find a price for the part is broken. This (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&User _ID=12265578&St=2441&St2=86138462&St3=-45726898&DS _ID=3&Product_ID=16106&DID=7)will get you to a store to sell the module at $128 ($119 qty 4).
Techwood was student housing before it was turned into public housing. I lived there for a quarter (fall '70). For the classes I had at the time it
was very convenient.
I was only able to play the original Adventure for a few minutes, but the BSD Games section of
Slackware Linux install has an Adventure game that seems remarkably similar
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Article in the Athens (home of UGa) paper -- http://onlineathens.com/stories/020310/uga_558085836.shtml.
From the article
Buchanan backers and the company say that if there was an unusually large undervote it was likely because of bad ballot design.
It seems to me that admitting "bad ballot design" is worse than blaming the machines. Anyone who has taken statistics or marketing knows how easy it is to sway polls and sales by such methods as order in the phone book or on the ballot. IMHO bad design could just be effective design for the eventual winner.
Don't kid yourself. This software will only be in the form of license numbers, the duplication of cds will be up to the schools. As others have said, no documentation or other training. 30 Million in advertising against no cost, the only winner here is Microsoft
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely Lord Acton, a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Used as the basis for Animal Farm by George Orwell
Actually there is a precident to this. Years ago Congress mandated motorcycle helmet laws, also using the highway funds as an inducement. One or more states bucked and took it to court. It was held that funds collected within a state for highways could not be with held. Several states then revoked their helmet laws. The difference is that enough people in state offices feel that the drinking laws are appropriate so that it has not been challenged.
For the small shop building custom machines it is next to impossible to get MS products at a competitive price. In order to put a legit copy on a machine you must go to a local retailer and put a full retail copy on. OEM copies/prices are not usually available.
My yahoo e-mail went to the 100mb limit the other day, but, in addition for the last few months neither the bulk mail (spam) or the trash folder have counted against the limit
for some of use the company we work for mandates the use of M$oft only products. Therefore we are FORCED to use IE. At home I use Netscape and encourage others to do so.
What happens to the CD when the next version of Windows won't run the software? Another set of CDs to buy?
I would but for some reason it is not responding!!! /.ed at 10:06 perhaps???
that Robert Heinlein predicted the current state of affairs in his story "Lifeline". I find particularly relevant the judges response to a suit filed to stifle a new technology -- "There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or a corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit." - The Judge, "Life-Line"
To all those who responded with the Linux 9.0 guestions -- this is a banner from /. just
a few minutes ago. It is, of course, advertising
RedHat 9.0, but the mentality is still there
Linux OS - Cheap price
Linux 9.0 $37, Pro $122, & more. Rush delivery available! Reviews
www.newegg.com
this one I believe was first of that group.
Three strikes -- you are out -- Intel first used the term microprocessor on the 4004 and 4040 processors, both had "computers" designed around them in the early '70s
For those that are interested, the link in the article to find a price for the part is broken. This (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&User _ID=12265578&St=2441&St2=86138462&St3=-45726898&DS _ID=3&Product_ID=16106&DID=7)will get you to a store to sell the module at $128 ($119 qty 4).
Techwood was student housing before it was turned into public housing. I lived there for a quarter (fall '70). For the classes I had at the time it was very convenient.
I was only able to play the original Adventure
for a few minutes, but the BSD Games section of
Slackware Linux install has an Adventure game
that seems remarkably similar