I've often thought about the privacy vs the accuracy debate and I'm increasingly becoming convinced that privacy in voting can no longer work in such a technologically advance country, and that the reasoning behind privacy in voting is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Until you lose your job because you voted for the hippies or the fascists.
Seriously though WTF is the problem here. You vote into the machine it takes the tally, it prints a filled out ballot and you audit/process that like you normally would. You have an accurate quick count and a normal ballot for backup. No system is perfect but at least it is not worse than what is replacing the paper.
I agree with whoever up the thread said is smells fishy. It is just a little too much to attribute to incompetence.
Seriously, though -- why do people still pirate MS products when you can have the free (better?) alternative operating system, office suite, e-mail client, yadda yadda?
This is more of a statement of MS's prevalence than the relative merits of OSS alternatives. People would switch if interoperability weren't such a (purposely obfuscated) bitch.
So they'll have a whole department sitting like hawks watching the patent office and challenging everything remotely connected to their markets,
And we will have Slashdot sitting like hawks watching the patent office. At least there is a way to pre-emtively get these dealt with. We see "MS files patent on obvios software" stories all the time here.
I don't understand why they don't tell kids that fractions and division are the same thing. I personally never even realized this and what it means until a college level number theory course.
I find it somewhat ironic that a company that makes a significant portion of it's revenue by deep-linking to sites is sending takedown notices to people who deep-link their site.
I can't help but think that, since I imagine they will re-use everything, including the memory unit, that people will find out not only how to get the data form the chip itself, but also will be able to read what was recorded on there by previous disposable camcorder owners.
Hey congratulations on the success. You guys hit my radar some time ago.
I noticed that your website only offers.m3u playlists for promos. I was wondering if you would ever consider putting up some vanilla.mp3s for demo purposes.
My project is going for a radio-esque niche and I think my users prefer discreet files for portables and whatnot. I would love to post some files...
Anyway, if there is one thing that history teaches us it is that if you are cursed to live in "exciting" times profiteering is the way to go. I am down with some of it happening in the IT sector....
the "KHTML developers" picked the license, and Apple gave back as much as they had to according to that license.
That's it, that's the whole thing; Apple never were the bad guys, because they did what they have to.
BZZT...logic error
Legality != Morality
Not necessarily saying they were bad guys just that you cannot draw that conclusion from the statement.
Not only should they have to prove that you distributed it, but they should also have to prove that you distributed it to someone who doesn't have the legal right to have it.
Why? You don't have _any_ right to re-distribute. Regardless of who you are distributing it to.
What is keeping *them* from just downloading a copy?
Nothing. The important aspect is really that they can't demand billions of dollars in damages because you have loads of files in your shared directory. They can only claim on stuff they actually downloaded from you.
I'm going to be moving my desktops/laptops to Mac/Linux soon. I don't want to be part of the problem.
An easier solution might be to just secure your existing machines. Anyone savvy enough to make the switch to Linux can probably handle securing Windows...
Just a though....not trying to talk abnyone out of switching....
Microsoft has identified that viruses, worms, spam, spyware, adware, malware, hackers, and phreakers are able to compromise Windows security because vulnerabilities in the code are known.
Damn, I knew that Hyper Terminal exploit was going to bite me in the ass!
Doing a live show can pay as little as $150! Three hours there, three hours back. An hour to set up. $150 is nothing for the time invested. But, you can get a free hotel room out of it.
Well, I don't get paid for my commute to work either (3-4 hrs a week). So that leaves $150 for 1 hr setup and 2 hr set. Thats $50/hr, which is more than I make doing something I don't profess to love.
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I've often thought about the privacy vs the accuracy debate and I'm increasingly becoming convinced that privacy in voting can no longer work in such a technologically advance country, and that the reasoning behind privacy in voting is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Until you lose your job because you voted for the hippies or the fascists.
Seriously though WTF is the problem here. You vote into the machine it takes the tally, it prints a filled out ballot and you audit/process that like you normally would. You have an accurate quick count and a normal ballot for backup. No system is perfect but at least it is not worse than what is replacing the paper.
I agree with whoever up the thread said is smells fishy. It is just a little too much to attribute to incompetence.
Seriously, though -- why do people still pirate MS products when you can have the free (better?) alternative operating system, office suite, e-mail client, yadda yadda?
This is more of a statement of MS's prevalence than the relative merits of OSS alternatives. People would switch if interoperability weren't such a (purposely obfuscated) bitch.
So they'll have a whole department sitting like hawks watching the patent office and challenging everything remotely connected to their markets,
And we will have Slashdot sitting like hawks watching the patent office. At least there is a way to pre-emtively get these dealt with. We see "MS files patent on obvios software" stories all the time here.
There is this new thing called civil-disobedience, some Indian guy invented it I think. People could concievably try that one out too...
What could you possibly need that relates to computing at all?
Money to purchase all those things. I don't think banks can handle millions of peoples transactions a day without some processing power...
I don't understand why they don't tell kids that fractions and division are the same thing. I personally never even realized this and what it means until a college level number theory course.
I find it somewhat ironic that a company that makes a significant portion of it's revenue by deep-linking to sites is sending takedown notices to people who deep-link their site.
Proprietary battery? One-way moulded case containing the media? Real crypto?
Damn, real crypto would probably actually work. I wonder if they thought of that.
I can't help but think that, since I imagine they will re-use everything, including the memory unit, that people will find out not only how to get the data form the chip itself, but also will be able to read what was recorded on there by previous disposable camcorder owners.
DMCA here we come.
Hey congratulations on the success. You guys hit my radar some time ago.
.m3u playlists for promos. I was wondering if you would ever consider putting up some vanilla .mp3s for demo purposes.
I noticed that your website only offers
My project is going for a radio-esque niche and I think my users prefer discreet files for portables and whatnot. I would love to post some files...
Google + The Federal Govt. == do no evil?
Lets not tempt fate...
Anyway, if there is one thing that history teaches us it is that if you are cursed to live in "exciting" times profiteering is the way to go. I am down with some of it happening in the IT sector....
the "KHTML developers" picked the license, and Apple gave back as much as they had to according to that license. That's it, that's the whole thing; Apple never were the bad guys, because they did what they have to.
BZZT...logic error
Legality != Morality
Not necessarily saying they were bad guys just that you cannot draw that conclusion from the statement.
Competition is good for everyone. Something else you Wintel fans seem to not care about or understand
This coming from the self-proclaimed owner of a system built by one of the most locked-down, proprietary vendors on the planet.
Remind me again how many OS'es run on PPC vs x86 then talk to me about competition...
Not only should they have to prove that you distributed it, but they should also have to prove that you distributed it to someone who doesn't have the legal right to have it.
Why? You don't have _any_ right to re-distribute. Regardless of who you are distributing it to.
What is keeping *them* from just downloading a copy?
Nothing. The important aspect is really that they can't demand billions of dollars in damages because you have loads of files in your shared directory. They can only claim on stuff they actually downloaded from you.
What I don't understand is how this is supposed to be anonymous. So instead of having your fingerprint they now have you bank info?!
Illegitimate use of computers scares away aliens?
Yes, they are afraid of getting hacked by Jeff Goldblum with a Mac.
I'm going to be moving my desktops/laptops to Mac/Linux soon. I don't want to be part of the problem.
An easier solution might be to just secure your existing machines. Anyone savvy enough to make the switch to Linux can probably handle securing Windows...
Just a though....not trying to talk abnyone out of switching....
Somebody is copying highly modded posts from other articles and posting them in unrelated articles.
....not sure why......
Trollbot strikes again!
Note to moderators: This is what the "troll" modifier is actually supposed to be used for (as opposed to modding down people you don't agree with).
What do you suggest instead of w00t?
/me (slash me?) out loud.
I like pwned because I am pretty sure there is no way you can actually say it out loud.
There is nothing worse than having a conversation with somebody and accidentally saying something like w00t or
I'm sorry, but what is the improvement in paying just 1 bill?
Maybe people are starting to realize that it is all the same thing.
Microsoft has identified that viruses, worms, spam, spyware, adware, malware, hackers, and phreakers are able to compromise Windows security because vulnerabilities in the code are known.
Damn, I knew that Hyper Terminal exploit was going to bite me in the ass!
Before the parent gets moderated the rest of the way to oblivion I just wanted to point this nugget out:
You'd have to be a pretty big Pollyanna to believe that removing all security at the airport will result in safer air travel.
This has got to be THE best example of a strawman fallacy that I have ever seen!
Doing a live show can pay as little as $150! Three hours there, three hours back. An hour to set up. $150 is nothing for the time invested. But, you can get a free hotel room out of it.
Well, I don't get paid for my commute to work either (3-4 hrs a week). So that leaves $150 for 1 hr setup and 2 hr set. Thats $50/hr, which is more than I make doing something I don't profess to love.