also without a paper trail, all we really need to do is intercept the transmision to the place were it gets counted and replace it with our own results. this would be easily done if the source was avalible, all you would need to do is unplug to voting machine and plugin your laptop.
Just because the source is open, doesn't mean that you'll have the required keys to communicate with the server. For instance, undernet's irc code is open, but I can't just go and connect to their network as a server.
How about the pollworkers verify my eligibility before permitting me access to the electronic voting machine? This would be similar to the way they currently hand me a ballot after I've verified my eligibility.
I think a prohibition on any vote counting until all polling places are closed, is also important. Sure, let the individual voting machines count the votes cast on them, but don't aggregate the counts until at least the polling place is closed, or preferably until all polling places that are voting on that issue are closed.
Having even semi-official poll results may significantly influence the results, especially in the case of an error in the preliminary counts.
I personally don't see what the heck is wrong with Scantron type ballots. A few pencil are a whole lot cheaper than a fancy voting kiosk. It may be more difficult for visually impared voters to use a paper ballot, than to use a (well designed) voting kiosk, but it would be difficult for them to verify their paper receipt anyhow, so I think we can assume they'll have a trusted person assist them in filling out their absentee ballot.
I believe Diebold's products not relating to elections all have auditing capabilities, because the markets for those products demand it.
Yes, Diebold's offerings should probably be removed from elections; but I don't see why that should affect their other offerings. I don't know how many banks would want to be associated with a company that was bared from the election market, but if Diebold makes a product they want, so be it. Mistakes in financial transactions are detectable and verifyable by the customer.
I wouldn't call anybody back that often if they didn't comment their code.
On the other hand, if somebody did a very good job of making it so I could have anybody do the work, I'd probably call him back, since I don't want to get stuck with John Edwards if he gets hit by a bus.
seriously, I've played on those ArcadePC's and some of the games work alright, but a lot of them have video issues (rolling, etc)... and you don't get to see the game's attract screens, which is pretty lame
Judging from the way he wants to use the filesystem, I don't think encrypted storage would be necessary, and probably not convenient.
He's talking about using samba to export the files to windows clients anyhow, and I don't think samba does encryption on filetransfer anyhow, so I don't think the data is that sensitive. (He has mentioned the link between the two sites is encrypted though)
Well... having it patented means that researchers in countries that don't respect US patents (or other patents in countries it's been filed in), will have a nice place to start in reproducing the cure.
Well it's offtopic.. and it's annoying... If you look at my recent comment history, about half of them have been replied to by the guy complaining about my shirts. Oh, and they've pretty much all been overrated too.
First, this is really off topic, and you should probably send me email, or resolve I'm a stupid idiot and ignore me (or my sig). To this end, I have recently updated my email address and remove the spam proofing, so you should have no trouble sending me mail.
Regarding copyright infringement, you're may be right, but there may be fair use issues, and combined with the fact that there have been 3 shirts printed, i doubt the post office cares, but if they do, I'll be happy to take the shirts down. They'll probably contact cafepress first, and cafepress will take them down instead of me having to do anything.
Regarding funds. The postal service is a US government organization, that doesn't break even. Thus any funds we provide them (through stamps or otherwise) goes to offset bailout money congress will give them. To say nothing of the official mail that they deliver for the government without itemized charge.
Maybe I should revise the shirt to have an IRS 1040 form, but then I wouldn't have the cutesy Love messages or the dude with the gas mask. And I doubt I'd make any more sales.
that you could [this is the hard part] unlock through some kind of thought or muscle action that nobody could force you to perform?
As villians are so fond of saying in movies: "We have ways of making you talk."
Of course, by talk they also mean authorize credit transactions. Money isn't that important, if some asshat wants you to buy him X so he doesn't shot you with the gun in your back, I'd suggest buying him X, and then calling your bank when he's off playing with it.
The card itself (checked a mastercard and a non-credit atm card) says 'Not valid unless signed', which would lead me to believe a merchant should refuse transactions from people with Check ID written on the card, unless they happen to be named 'Check ID'
The merchants who really care about the id of their purchasers ask to see my fake id when i use a stolen card anyhow.
I think the reason to get paranoid is that the new technology may make the card issuer more reluctant to refund fradulent charges.
For instance, on verified by visa/mastercard authenticode transactions, the merchant is not liable for chargebacks if the card holder says they didn't make the purchase.
If the merchant accepts cash and credit, there is no apparent difference to me (the consumer) in regards to sticker price; unless the merchant offers a cash discount (since merchant agreements usually prohibit credit charges)
Of course, factoring in the time value of money, it's cheaper for me to buy with credit, since I don't have to actually pay for it for 30-50 days.
I know it's kinda a foreign concept in windows, but I've learned most of the keyboard shortcuts/ commands to do navigation things, and I think sometimes it's actually quicker than using the mouse.
It's not a foreign concept in windows, or the shortcuts wouldn't be there.
Windows is mouse recommended, but almost all applications work fine without one. (exceptions, ms paint is pretty well useless, apparently older versions let you move the cursor with the keyboard, but now you need mousekeys enabled for that)
I use OSS whenever possible, and I look forward to the day when I can use only OSS. I have a list of all the OSS programs I've used in starting my company and we've (me and employees) already started discussions on how to pay back those projects (would donations work better, or volunteering man hours while programmers are on my clock). We expect a major jump in income in the next year, and when that happens, we will be contributing to projects we have used, either by money or time.
I'd say probably a mix of both... to those projects that pretty well fit your needs exactly already, send money; to those that need some work, send patches.
No, you can use whatever car you want, but I'd probably teach on the generic one, since everything you learn should be applicable to a future car. Learning how to work the cruise control is kinda silly, if you're not going to drive a car with one.
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also without a paper trail, all we really need to do is intercept the transmision to the place were it gets counted and replace it with our own results. this would be easily done if the source was avalible, all you would need to do is unplug to voting machine and plugin your laptop.
Just because the source is open, doesn't mean that you'll have the required keys to communicate with the server. For instance, undernet's irc code is open, but I can't just go and connect to their network as a server.
How about the pollworkers verify my eligibility before permitting me access to the electronic voting machine? This would be similar to the way they currently hand me a ballot after I've verified my eligibility.
I think a prohibition on any vote counting until all polling places are closed, is also important. Sure, let the individual voting machines count the votes cast on them, but don't aggregate the counts until at least the polling place is closed, or preferably until all polling places that are voting on that issue are closed.
Having even semi-official poll results may significantly influence the results, especially in the case of an error in the preliminary counts.
I personally don't see what the heck is wrong with Scantron type ballots. A few pencil are a whole lot cheaper than a fancy voting kiosk. It may be more difficult for visually impared voters to use a paper ballot, than to use a (well designed) voting kiosk, but it would be difficult for them to verify their paper receipt anyhow, so I think we can assume they'll have a trusted person assist them in filling out their absentee ballot.
I believe Diebold's products not relating to elections all have auditing capabilities, because the markets for those products demand it.
Yes, Diebold's offerings should probably be removed from elections; but I don't see why that should affect their other offerings. I don't know how many banks would want to be associated with a company that was bared from the election market, but if Diebold makes a product they want, so be it. Mistakes in financial transactions are detectable and verifyable by the customer.
Works fine in all the cars I drive.
I wouldn't call anybody back that often if they didn't comment their code.
On the other hand, if somebody did a very good job of making it so I could have anybody do the work, I'd probably call him back, since I don't want to get stuck with John Edwards if he gets hit by a bus.
cause the space invaders machine works well?
seriously, I've played on those ArcadePC's and some of the games work alright, but a lot of them have video issues (rolling, etc)... and you don't get to see the game's attract screens, which is pretty lame
how about descent, I think the whole series is open source, closed data now
Judging from the way he wants to use the filesystem, I don't think encrypted storage would be necessary, and probably not convenient.
He's talking about using samba to export the files to windows clients anyhow, and I don't think samba does encryption on filetransfer anyhow, so I don't think the data is that sensitive. (He has mentioned the link between the two sites is encrypted though)
Well... having it patented means that researchers in countries that don't respect US patents (or other patents in countries it's been filed in), will have a nice place to start in reproducing the cure.
windows 2000 and xp include a firewall, that probably won't fuck up the network stack.
They can pretty much get away with anything they want short of an act of war.
I think they can get away with that too. (See, for instance, Tibet)
Well it's offtopic.. and it's annoying... If you look at my recent comment history, about half of them have been replied to by the guy complaining about my shirts. Oh, and they've pretty much all been overrated too.
What is the point of your bitching? Create an account, log in, and turn off sigs or mark me as a foe.
/. post I'm going to respond to you about my shirt on.
This is the last
I can already unlock doors by waving my ass near the sensor (assuming rfid is in pocket), waving my hand seems like more work
First, this is really off topic, and you should probably send me email, or resolve I'm a stupid idiot and ignore me (or my sig). To this end, I have recently updated my email address and remove the spam proofing, so you should have no trouble sending me mail.
Regarding copyright infringement, you're may be right, but there may be fair use issues, and combined with the fact that there have been 3 shirts printed, i doubt the post office cares, but if they do, I'll be happy to take the shirts down. They'll probably contact cafepress first, and cafepress will take them down instead of me having to do anything.
Regarding funds. The postal service is a US government organization, that doesn't break even. Thus any funds we provide them (through stamps or otherwise) goes to offset bailout money congress will give them. To say nothing of the official mail that they deliver for the government without itemized charge.
Maybe I should revise the shirt to have an IRS 1040 form, but then I wouldn't have the cutesy Love messages or the dude with the gas mask. And I doubt I'd make any more sales.
Blah... calling the credit card company doesn't preserve your billing rights. Spend the hour writing a letter to both companies, and finding stamps.
that you could [this is the hard part] unlock through some kind of thought or muscle action that nobody could force you to perform?
As villians are so fond of saying in movies: "We have ways of making you talk."
Of course, by talk they also mean authorize credit transactions. Money isn't that important, if some asshat wants you to buy him X so he doesn't shot you with the gun in your back, I'd suggest buying him X, and then calling your bank when he's off playing with it.
The card itself (checked a mastercard and a non-credit atm card) says 'Not valid unless signed', which would lead me to believe a merchant should refuse transactions from people with Check ID written on the card, unless they happen to be named 'Check ID'
The merchants who really care about the id of their purchasers ask to see my fake id when i use a stolen card anyhow.
I think the reason to get paranoid is that the new technology may make the card issuer more reluctant to refund fradulent charges.
For instance, on verified by visa/mastercard authenticode transactions, the merchant is not liable for chargebacks if the card holder says they didn't make the purchase.
If the merchant accepts cash and credit, there is no apparent difference to me (the consumer) in regards to sticker price; unless the merchant offers a cash discount (since merchant agreements usually prohibit credit charges)
Of course, factoring in the time value of money, it's cheaper for me to buy with credit, since I don't have to actually pay for it for 30-50 days.
if it works for the 1u or 2u box he has now, it should work for the next ones he gets
I know it's kinda a foreign concept in windows, but I've learned most of the keyboard shortcuts/ commands to do navigation things, and I think sometimes it's actually quicker than using the mouse.
It's not a foreign concept in windows, or the shortcuts wouldn't be there.
Windows is mouse recommended, but almost all applications work fine without one. (exceptions, ms paint is pretty well useless, apparently older versions let you move the cursor with the keyboard, but now you need mousekeys enabled for that)
I use OSS whenever possible, and I look forward to the day when I can use only OSS. I have a list of all the OSS programs I've used in starting my company and we've (me and employees) already started discussions on how to pay back those projects (would donations work better, or volunteering man hours while programmers are on my clock). We expect a major jump in income in the next year, and when that happens, we will be contributing to projects we have used, either by money or time.
I'd say probably a mix of both... to those projects that pretty well fit your needs exactly already, send money; to those that need some work, send patches.
Well... if faculty expects IT to setup the workstations and the servers, it's nice if IT lets faculty know what they're comfortable setting up.
No, you can use whatever car you want, but I'd probably teach on the generic one, since everything you learn should be applicable to a future car. Learning how to work the cruise control is kinda silly, if you're not going to drive a car with one.