I am a strong supporter of paper ballots and a strong opponent of electronic voting machines. That said, there are certain people (e.g., a person who is blind) who appreciate the privacy offered by an electronic voting machine that can, for example, read the ballot to the voter.
My solution? Have an electronic voting machine that can print out a completed ballot that looks exactly like all the other ballots that were filled out by hand. Of course, if I were to use such a machine, I would like a close friend or relative who has no physical challenges to verify that my computer-printed ballot reads in the way I intended.
Then you stuff the ballot into a locked box, and later the election officials count the ballots while being observed by community members, and call in the results, overheard by community members.
I'd have to vote for John Corigliano's "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan" as both a tribute and original. But if you have no taste for modern music, you might certainly not like it.
IE can go full screen - and I mean full screen. Even the toolbars autohide up into the top of the display.
Firefox has always left the toolbars around to eat up valuble screen real estate. The application goes full screen, but not the web page.
If firefox wanted to 1-up IE, they could make the toolbars autohide, and then even make the scrollbar autohide. Then it would be true full screen. How's that for marketing speak?
But in all honesty, this is a feature I would enjoy.
I also use Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu Linux on a daily basis- desktop, laptop, and server, respectively.
There is something about Windows XP that just makes me feel efficient. I can get things done really quickly. If I need to do any sort of tedious computing task, I'd like to do it on windows.
However, sometimes I get in a "mac" mood and want to use my laptop. But as flashy and cool as it is, everything usually feels clumsy and cumbersome. Simple tasks seem to have many steps and seem to take longer. I feel like I am swimming in molassas, as opposed to water with windows. But it's a warm and comfortable molassas.
Ubuntu is bringing a very polished product to the table. If open source ever catches up with applications and drivers, Ubuntu could be a very real choice for many people. Linux was my primary OS on and off through college. Mark Shuttleworth is doing a great service to the public with Ubuntu. If I ever made it big time like he did, bringing high quality open source applications to Linux (video editing, etc.) would be high on my list. As they stand, Linux applications are simply too limited/unstable for my daily needs which include music and video production.
I still think that a mac is an excellent choice for the "casual computer user," due in no small part to the fact that you can bring it back to that Apple store and they are going to fix it. Computers are complicated machines and they have problems. The Apple Store is not going to tell you it's a hardware problem and so it's not their fault. They're not going to tell you that it's a software problem so it's not their fault. They're going to fix it, and that's what casual computer users need - service and support.
The windows desktop/mac laptop/linux server setup has been working very well for me and satisfies all of my OS moods, so I will probably continue with this for a long while.
Paper and pencil ought to be the only legal means of voting.
Ok ok well... maybe if you want to design some machines for people who have various disabilities, etc., to vote with, I would be ok with that - but their end result should to be to print out a paper ballot, which the voter then puts in a box along with everyone else's.
You should elaborate that by state law, there must be a paper trail in Minnesota elections.
As a resident of NY State, I'm jealous.
I don't normally think of federal laws as good things - but in this one instance, I dare say requiring a paper trail would be a not-so-bad federal mandate.
Should knives be banned? It's a very difficult area with no clear anwsers. Many murderers, when given access to a knife, may use it to stab someone. However, billions of people use knives safely every day to prepare food.
Should we limit everyone's ability to use a knife to avoid the few people who are on the border from going across and murdering someone?
Obviously anyone who has had a family member murdered with a knife will feel one way.
Sometimes, you need to accept that bad things will happen. Now let's move on with our knives... I mean lives.
... and then if you grew up watching only the mirror universe episodes, when you finally saw a "regular" episode, it would be like mirror universe to you! (in soviet russia, or something)
I talked to a Bush supporter yesterday
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Yesterday I had someone look me in the eyes, tell me they are proud they voted for Bush, and would vote for him again. He lives in fear of a nuclear attack by islamist extremists.
I just don't know how to deal with that. Remember those "weapons of mass destruction" supposedly located in Iraq? They never existed. And this guy is worried about a nuclear attack against the US? Delivered how, exactly?
In my thinking, if you want to go after terrorists, you investigate them, infiltrate them, and prosecute them. It's a job for investigators and police. A dangerous job, but a job none the less.
If, however, you want to make billions of dollars in defense contracts, control all of the oil in the world, gain fascist powers, and offer people "protection," then by all means, go to war against an entire country. But don't take my word for it; I'm "misguided."*
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Here's a 3D miller/scanner being used to build a model steam locomotive.
Even better than a monarchy is a "democracy" where it's not who votes that counts; but rather who counts the votes. ...electronic voting, anyone?
I am a strong supporter of paper ballots and a strong opponent of electronic voting machines. That said, there are certain people (e.g., a person who is blind) who appreciate the privacy offered by an electronic voting machine that can, for example, read the ballot to the voter.
My solution? Have an electronic voting machine that can print out a completed ballot that looks exactly like all the other ballots that were filled out by hand. Of course, if I were to use such a machine, I would like a close friend or relative who has no physical challenges to verify that my computer-printed ballot reads in the way I intended.
Then you stuff the ballot into a locked box, and later the election officials count the ballots while being observed by community members, and call in the results, overheard by community members.
Voila- magic!
I still wish I knew how to delete old messages - anyone know?
I'd have to vote for John Corigliano's "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan" as both a tribute and original. But if you have no taste for modern music, you might certainly not like it.
IE can go full screen - and I mean full screen. Even the toolbars autohide up into the top of the display.
Firefox has always left the toolbars around to eat up valuble screen real estate. The application goes full screen, but not the web page.
If firefox wanted to 1-up IE, they could make the toolbars autohide, and then even make the scrollbar autohide. Then it would be true full screen. How's that for marketing speak?
But in all honesty, this is a feature I would enjoy.
I also use Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu Linux on a daily basis- desktop, laptop, and server, respectively.
There is something about Windows XP that just makes me feel efficient. I can get things done really quickly. If I need to do any sort of tedious computing task, I'd like to do it on windows.
However, sometimes I get in a "mac" mood and want to use my laptop. But as flashy and cool as it is, everything usually feels clumsy and cumbersome. Simple tasks seem to have many steps and seem to take longer. I feel like I am swimming in molassas, as opposed to water with windows. But it's a warm and comfortable molassas.
Ubuntu is bringing a very polished product to the table. If open source ever catches up with applications and drivers, Ubuntu could be a very real choice for many people. Linux was my primary OS on and off through college. Mark Shuttleworth is doing a great service to the public with Ubuntu. If I ever made it big time like he did, bringing high quality open source applications to Linux (video editing, etc.) would be high on my list. As they stand, Linux applications are simply too limited/unstable for my daily needs which include music and video production.
I still think that a mac is an excellent choice for the "casual computer user," due in no small part to the fact that you can bring it back to that Apple store and they are going to fix it. Computers are complicated machines and they have problems. The Apple Store is not going to tell you it's a hardware problem and so it's not their fault. They're not going to tell you that it's a software problem so it's not their fault. They're going to fix it, and that's what casual computer users need - service and support.
The windows desktop/mac laptop/linux server setup has been working very well for me and satisfies all of my OS moods, so I will probably continue with this for a long while.
Paper and pencil ought to be the only legal means of voting.
Ok ok well... maybe if you want to design some machines for people who have various disabilities, etc., to vote with, I would be ok with that - but their end result should to be to print out a paper ballot, which the voter then puts in a box along with everyone else's.
I can't find mail merge.
You should elaborate that by state law, there must be a paper trail in Minnesota elections.
As a resident of NY State, I'm jealous.
I don't normally think of federal laws as good things - but in this one instance, I dare say requiring a paper trail would be a not-so-bad federal mandate.
The Army could hire coders in the US to create open source apps.
Then they will be:
* paying for the "favor"
* supporting businesses (by hiring people)
* helping businesses (by creating useful software)
Students probably pay upwards of $100/hour of classroom instruction. $2.50 is the biggest bargain on campus!
Thank you - where are my mod points when I need them?
People learn all the time in everything they do.
It saves money!? Great!
Democracy isn't worth the price of paper ballots anyway.
Should knives be banned? It's a very difficult area with no clear anwsers. Many murderers, when given access to a knife, may use it to stab someone. However, billions of people use knives safely every day to prepare food.
Should we limit everyone's ability to use a knife to avoid the few people who are on the border from going across and murdering someone?
Obviously anyone who has had a family member murdered with a knife will feel one way.
Sometimes, you need to accept that bad things will happen. Now let's move on with our knives... I mean lives.
... and then if you grew up watching only the mirror universe episodes, when you finally saw a "regular" episode, it would be like mirror universe to you! (in soviet russia, or something)
Yesterday I had someone look me in the eyes, tell me they are proud they voted for Bush, and would vote for him again. He lives in fear of a nuclear attack by islamist extremists.
I just don't know how to deal with that. Remember those "weapons of mass destruction" supposedly located in Iraq? They never existed. And this guy is worried about a nuclear attack against the US? Delivered how, exactly?
In my thinking, if you want to go after terrorists, you investigate them, infiltrate them, and prosecute them. It's a job for investigators and police. A dangerous job, but a job none the less.
If, however, you want to make billions of dollars in defense contracts, control all of the oil in the world, gain fascist powers, and offer people "protection," then by all means, go to war against an entire country. But don't take my word for it; I'm "misguided."*
* according to said Bush supporter
I'm waiting for a fantastic e-paper reader, personally.
You're looking for People Aggregator.
gem install rails --include-dependencies
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
On a large scale, this could become an anti-tsunami device. ...still no cure for cancer.
I wouldn't be surprised if everyone at the conference was arrested.
Where are my mod points when I need 'em?
Give TWIT some competition!
Best because it's an amazing tool for ensuring consitency of design, ... Worst because the standard was ... implemented differently in every browser.
These two statements do not contradict each other.
There, I fixed that for you by decree.