True, but first of all: screw black-box test. Have the source released and the equipment makers certified. Think it's hard? I'm sure the CIA does it all the time. Sure IBM could sneak if(suspect == IBM) { suspect = SCO; } into the code but with enough resources that can be discouraged. Also, have two separate systems (designed by different parties) work in parallel. It would be much harder for them to collaborate and make a joint vulnerability. The problem here is that we're not willing to spend money to make this work.
these poll machines are woefully inadequate and crap is flying
Exactly. One of the great potential benefits of e-voting is that you can completely remove the user error component. Theoretically you shouldn't be able to vote for multiple people, you can get a warning about positions you haven't voted for, get confirmation about your choices before submission, dynamic help screens, etc, etc. The only problem here is that the system was designed by idiots (aka the lowest bidder).
I have a feeling that Apple's always had much bigger plans for the iPod than just music. I mean, they called it the iPod, not the iMP3 or iMusic, etc. I'll welcome an iPod with audio, video, contact, and phone capabilities in the future. Just think, a phone designed by apple would be the coolest thing ever.
That's like saying you can't directly die from liver failure. You're really dying from all the toxins that your liver is no longer removing from your bloodstream. If HIV destroys all your cells that are necessary for life under normal conditions, then it killed you.
I wouldn't put it past the FCC to try controlling content on any open broadcast medium. I agree with you on the point that the FCC shouldn't really be in charge of decency. However, the job of the FCC commissioner IS glamorous when he is raking in BILLIONS from spectrum auctions. The petty six figure decency fines are chump change in comparison.
You've illustrated an important point that I was just beginning to realize. Marketing FAQ aren't really that bad if you are only thinking about BUYING the product. Support FAQ are what you want once you've got it. Honestly, when buying a phone I'd love to see buzzword compliance in a FAQ.
This is hardly insightful. Satellite radio? FCC controlled. Internet? WIFI/Fixed Wireless/Bluetooth/Allsortsofgoodies FCC Controlled. If anything we as a society are moving towards MORE dependence on very tightly regulated radio spectrum. Just ask anyone with a cellphone.
Obviously anyone you can convince to vote feels confident enough in their decisions to cast the ballot. We're not talking about literally forcing people to vote against their will. We're talking about convincing them to vote by impressing upon them the importance of that vote. Maybe they think about it once they see the names for the first time in the booth. Is that enough thought for you? mcmonkey is completely right -- you haven't offered anything near a reasonable method for determining who should and shouldn't vote. Using the IQ-time argument, what IQ-time product (IQ*time) is nessesary to vote? Maybe the relationship isn't linear, so throw a constant in there. Give us details.
The act may be on it's way out, but damage has definitely been done. On another note, I'm surprised the FBI didn't just come "confiscate" the ruling. No, I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I often get this feeling in my gut that our so-called checks and balances are either counterproductive, useless, or both.
Except you have to participate in 1 online offer. That online offer is what keeps me from trying at least. I'd hate to give any of those companies my CC#.
The thing is that it CAN collapse because the bottom rung gets screwed when they run out of people to refer. And it looks like the bottom rung will always be bigger than all the rungs above combined.
That's the beauty of the "other" category. I think everyone should refuse to be categorized and put "other" on the next form they fill out. Even if they are the very definition of white. I realize that the "other" category is still a category but... well I'm choosing to ignore that fact right now.
I was going to mention radio but decided that during it's heyday you couldn't really say "I'm not going to go to college today, I'm going to listen to the radio all day". Same with dance halls. Dime novels maybe.
So just what do you think is going to happen, and on what timescale? Why would total globalization cause worldwide recession? Also, why is recession bad? Doesn't recession really mean that demand is going down? Lower demand means raw resources will last longer. I'm seriously asking, not trying to make a point.
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Whenever I'm watching and I don't know the answer, I say "who is your mom" and "why does your mom like giving me head". Ken should totally do that.... uhhh Beavis.
I did not adequately convey my meaning. When I said we "should not have broken the laws in 2000" I didn't mean to imply that we did break the laws. I meant that there were advocates for making Gore president regardless of the law, and I think it's right that we didn't.
Well, I agree that the republican party is massively right wing compared to ME. But I was trying to normalize the scale of this hypothetical graph. Are you saying that the republican party is massively right wing compared to the "average US citizen"? Compared to the average world citizen? I was trying to characterize official republican policy in relation to your everyday joe.
And I've never contemplated the authoritarian/libertarian axis... I'll have to investigate some more. Thanks for providing rigor to my half-considered comment about an imaginary axis.
It does matter. It's a perfect example of why we should get rid of the electoral college. I'm not saying that we should have broken our laws in 2000, but the events of 2000 are a great reason to change them.
Exactly! It's honestly beyond my comprehension as to why people think that the citizens of those states should get a more heavily weighted vote than I do. These are usually the same people who have epileptic fits at the mention of affirmative action.
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True, but first of all: screw black-box test. Have the source released and the equipment makers certified. Think it's hard? I'm sure the CIA does it all the time. Sure IBM could sneak if(suspect == IBM) { suspect = SCO; } into the code but with enough resources that can be discouraged. Also, have two separate systems (designed by different parties) work in parallel. It would be much harder for them to collaborate and make a joint vulnerability. The problem here is that we're not willing to spend money to make this work.
Exactly. One of the great potential benefits of e-voting is that you can completely remove the user error component. Theoretically you shouldn't be able to vote for multiple people, you can get a warning about positions you haven't voted for, get confirmation about your choices before submission, dynamic help screens, etc, etc. The only problem here is that the system was designed by idiots (aka the lowest bidder).
You mean it too you that long to figure out that I'm a genius? You, sir are an idiot.
I have a feeling that Apple's always had much bigger plans for the iPod than just music. I mean, they called it the iPod, not the iMP3 or iMusic, etc. I'll welcome an iPod with audio, video, contact, and phone capabilities in the future. Just think, a phone designed by apple would be the coolest thing ever.
That's like saying you can't directly die from liver failure. You're really dying from all the toxins that your liver is no longer removing from your bloodstream. If HIV destroys all your cells that are necessary for life under normal conditions, then it killed you.
I wouldn't put it past the FCC to try controlling content on any open broadcast medium. I agree with you on the point that the FCC shouldn't really be in charge of decency. However, the job of the FCC commissioner IS glamorous when he is raking in BILLIONS from spectrum auctions. The petty six figure decency fines are chump change in comparison.
You've illustrated an important point that I was just beginning to realize. Marketing FAQ aren't really that bad if you are only thinking about BUYING the product. Support FAQ are what you want once you've got it. Honestly, when buying a phone I'd love to see buzzword compliance in a FAQ.
It's not too big to be a supergiant planet. It's the same size as jupiter.
This is hardly insightful. Satellite radio? FCC controlled. Internet? WIFI/Fixed Wireless/Bluetooth/Allsortsofgoodies FCC Controlled. If anything we as a society are moving towards MORE dependence on very tightly regulated radio spectrum. Just ask anyone with a cellphone.
Obviously anyone you can convince to vote feels confident enough in their decisions to cast the ballot. We're not talking about literally forcing people to vote against their will. We're talking about convincing them to vote by impressing upon them the importance of that vote. Maybe they think about it once they see the names for the first time in the booth. Is that enough thought for you? mcmonkey is completely right -- you haven't offered anything near a reasonable method for determining who should and shouldn't vote. Using the IQ-time argument, what IQ-time product (IQ*time) is nessesary to vote? Maybe the relationship isn't linear, so throw a constant in there. Give us details.
The act may be on it's way out, but damage has definitely been done. On another note, I'm surprised the FBI didn't just come "confiscate" the ruling. No, I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I often get this feeling in my gut that our so-called checks and balances are either counterproductive, useless, or both.
Except you have to participate in 1 online offer. That online offer is what keeps me from trying at least. I'd hate to give any of those companies my CC#.
The thing is that it CAN collapse because the bottom rung gets screwed when they run out of people to refer. And it looks like the bottom rung will always be bigger than all the rungs above combined.
That's the beauty of the "other" category. I think everyone should refuse to be categorized and put "other" on the next form they fill out. Even if they are the very definition of white. I realize that the "other" category is still a category but... well I'm choosing to ignore that fact right now.
If a group comprises more than 51% of the population then is is, by definition, not a minority of that population.
Of course this whole discussion assumes that professors give grades with a normal distribution, which is actually pretty rare (in my experience).
I was going to mention radio but decided that during it's heyday you couldn't really say "I'm not going to go to college today, I'm going to listen to the radio all day". Same with dance halls. Dime novels maybe.
Replace computer with TV and you may just have something.
So just what do you think is going to happen, and on what timescale? Why would total globalization cause worldwide recession? Also, why is recession bad? Doesn't recession really mean that demand is going down? Lower demand means raw resources will last longer. I'm seriously asking, not trying to make a point.
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Whenever I'm watching and I don't know the answer, I say "who is your mom" and "why does your mom like giving me head". Ken should totally do that.... uhhh Beavis.
I did not adequately convey my meaning. When I said we "should not have broken the laws in 2000" I didn't mean to imply that we did break the laws. I meant that there were advocates for making Gore president regardless of the law, and I think it's right that we didn't.
And I've never contemplated the authoritarian/libertarian axis... I'll have to investigate some more. Thanks for providing rigor to my half-considered comment about an imaginary axis.
It does matter. It's a perfect example of why we should get rid of the electoral college. I'm not saying that we should have broken our laws in 2000, but the events of 2000 are a great reason to change them.
Exactly! It's honestly beyond my comprehension as to why people think that the citizens of those states should get a more heavily weighted vote than I do. These are usually the same people who have epileptic fits at the mention of affirmative action.