I'm not so sure about Nader wanting to use modern computers at all.
Those new hardrives could be "Unsafe at Any Speed"
He's probably running that Commodore 64 that was recently updated with ethernet capability:o)
If the government did listen to every whim of the people, then our government would ultimately fail.
The role of government is to protect and serve its people, sometimes to do this, it must go against what the people think they want.
Its like parenting, a parent must do whats right for the child, even against the childs wishes. Giving in always to childrens folly would be the downfall of both parent and child in the long run.
Considering the topic at hand, I think this technology is good, but with any technology, it has potential for abuse. The modified Murphy's Law would be " If it can be abused, at some point it will be." I would advise caution with such technology. Therefore placement on vehicles would be ok, as long as it is reversible (so that if it happens in error, it can be reversed fairly easily by trained individuals) While this indeed would allow criminals to override it, it would buy authorities time to get there and end the situation at hand.
Neutron bombs are what France used against Springfield when Quimby "stuck by his ethic slurr"
"All the coatings of lead paint in this house made it the perfect bomb shelter."
I'm not so sure I like computer machines at all. People have been saying, well, if we have a paper reciept printed that can be counted by hand, then its ok, however... what happens when the computer, through some type of rigging software, also prints out a reciept that presents the faulty votes... I guarantee people probably wouldnt catch it... and therefore it does nothing to solve the problem I prefer optical scanning machines... the voting is still done by hand and can be counted by hand
One of my professors once said(well, this is a summary):
If we knew back in 1781 what we know now about the truly harmful effects alcohol and tobacco have had on the people of our great nation and its far reaching social problems that have arisen from them, alcohol nor tobacco would never have been legalized.
The fact is this: people rationalizing the legalization of marijuana by comparing its effects to already legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco is just simply false. It was a mistake that alcohol and tobacco were legalized in the first place. Lets not further that mistake legalizing marijuana and adding to social ills.
"would you jump off a bridge just because everyone else is doing it?" is easily modified to: "should you legalize something just because something else is legal thats just about as bad?"
its just not right
Let me put this in perspective. We are a small company. Profit margins are VERY thin. A few years ago Monsanto offered Roundup Ready, which is better for farmers especially in soybeans due to superior weed control (as Roundup is a nonselective herbicide). We did NOT offer Roundup Ready right away, and got burned for it. Farmers went else where, as RR ends up cheaper and more effective than conventional Non-GMO soybeans and herbicides. We had to offer Roundup Ready to stay afloat. Its not that we want to sell RR, its that we have to.
I am actually a seed producer here in the US. On Monsanto's Roundup-Ready Soybeans, we, as a producer, must pay royalties to get into RR's in the first place. Then prices are higher for them to the seed customer (around $20/50 lb.) due to about $10 in tech fees (about $7 goes to Monsanto per 50/lb.) which we send to them. Every customer must sign an agreement (essentially EULA) which establishes that they will not reclaim GMO seeds for planting, farmers must instead go through a seed company, like us, so they pay the royalties. For signing the agreement, every farmer gets a Monsanto #, which keeps track of purchases year to year.
We, as a seed processing company (a small one at that), get audited by Monsanto every so often. They check our farm records, and make sure RR seed we sold to farmers was in fact sprayed with Round-up and not a generic brand. They will also take samples of our seed to determine its generation in its genetics, so they check that we are not pirating their seed. If we were, they threaten fines of over $500/acre of produced soybeans (which is enough to bankrupt most farms).
If M$ w1Nd0ws was like my cat, all i would have to do is go to the vet, get some wormer, wrap it in some bacon and poof-->worms would be gone.
Mmmmmmm....bacon....(drools)
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yea, trust the consumer... i liken that to trusting that delightful leprechan with my lucky charms
I'm not so sure about Nader wanting to use modern computers at all. Those new hardrives could be "Unsafe at Any Speed" He's probably running that Commodore 64 that was recently updated with ethernet capability :o)
The role of government is to protect and serve its people, sometimes to do this, it must go against what the people think they want.
Its like parenting, a parent must do whats right for the child, even against the childs wishes. Giving in always to childrens folly would be the downfall of both parent and child in the long run.
Considering the topic at hand, I think this technology is good, but with any technology, it has potential for abuse. The modified Murphy's Law would be
" If it can be abused, at some point it will be."
I would advise caution with such technology. Therefore placement on vehicles would be ok, as long as it is reversible (so that if it happens in error, it can be reversed fairly easily by trained individuals) While this indeed would allow criminals to override it, it would buy authorities time to get there and end the situation at hand.
well, at least we know that the starship enterprise will withstand mach 5 speeds
Neutron bombs are what France used against Springfield when Quimby "stuck by his ethic slurr" "All the coatings of lead paint in this house made it the perfect bomb shelter."
I'm not so sure I like computer machines at all. People have been saying, well, if we have a paper reciept printed that can be counted by hand, then its ok, however... what happens when the computer, through some type of rigging software, also prints out a reciept that presents the faulty votes... I guarantee people probably wouldnt catch it... and therefore it does nothing to solve the problem
I prefer optical scanning machines... the voting is still done by hand and can be counted by hand
One of my professors once said(well, this is a summary): If we knew back in 1781 what we know now about the truly harmful effects alcohol and tobacco have had on the people of our great nation and its far reaching social problems that have arisen from them, alcohol nor tobacco would never have been legalized. The fact is this: people rationalizing the legalization of marijuana by comparing its effects to already legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco is just simply false. It was a mistake that alcohol and tobacco were legalized in the first place. Lets not further that mistake legalizing marijuana and adding to social ills. "would you jump off a bridge just because everyone else is doing it?" is easily modified to: "should you legalize something just because something else is legal thats just about as bad?" its just not right
Let me put this in perspective. We are a small company. Profit margins are VERY thin. A few years ago Monsanto offered Roundup Ready, which is better for farmers especially in soybeans due to superior weed control (as Roundup is a nonselective herbicide). We did NOT offer Roundup Ready right away, and got burned for it. Farmers went else where, as RR ends up cheaper and more effective than conventional Non-GMO soybeans and herbicides. We had to offer Roundup Ready to stay afloat. Its not that we want to sell RR, its that we have to.
I am actually a seed producer here in the US. On Monsanto's Roundup-Ready Soybeans, we, as a producer, must pay royalties to get into RR's in the first place. Then prices are higher for them to the seed customer (around $20/50 lb.) due to about $10 in tech fees (about $7 goes to Monsanto per 50/lb.) which we send to them. Every customer must sign an agreement (essentially EULA) which establishes that they will not reclaim GMO seeds for planting, farmers must instead go through a seed company, like us, so they pay the royalties. For signing the agreement, every farmer gets a Monsanto #, which keeps track of purchases year to year. We, as a seed processing company (a small one at that), get audited by Monsanto every so often. They check our farm records, and make sure RR seed we sold to farmers was in fact sprayed with Round-up and not a generic brand. They will also take samples of our seed to determine its generation in its genetics, so they check that we are not pirating their seed. If we were, they threaten fines of over $500/acre of produced soybeans (which is enough to bankrupt most farms).
If M$ w1Nd0ws was like my cat, all i would have to do is go to the vet, get some wormer, wrap it in some bacon and poof-->worms would be gone. Mmmmmmm....bacon....(drools)