This is very true. I would feel very unconfident about my vote just leaving the screen and getting dumped into a computer. No paper, no hard trace at all.. It just gets turned into some 1's and 0's. In a strict order at that...
NOW if there was a system that would use a computer interface to generate a hard copy ballot that could somehow be very quickly counted similar to the famous SCANTRON system.. You at least can have the option of computer count & human count. You get the great assurance of dropping that computer punched and personally approved ballot into the ballot box.
Yep I couldn't agree with you more. Sure we've got the security being encrypted on a hardware level just before the radio transmition.. but.... every lock has a keyhole doesn't it.
I think that computer museums are good. Yeah, the industry moves faster than a kid running from a spanking. But that's what's so great about it! And the museums will be that one place where time doesn't matter. With the Huge assistance that computers have given us, I say we can sacrifice some of our precious real-estate to the rememberance of the journey, because there is no "end."
> A.I. becoming a sentient entity is limited only by our efforts in time.. Let's hope that it likes us.
I'd loooOOOOooooove some Rambus action jackson in my box, but I'd have to decide whether to get some RAMBUS, or buy a LEXUS.
Hey, How about we all go and just go Get some $500 Adpaptec SCSI cards and slap in some $600 Seagate 10,200RPM SCSI HDDS! Then I'll just eat Kraft Dinner for the rest of the month. mmmm Kraft Dinner...
From my stand point, I am starting to see some surprising resemblences here between the OS's.
Computer OS & Human OS.
MS is aiming to have our world as a total 1 stop conglomerate-([n] a group of diverse companies run as a single organization). And if you think big enough, you can take that beyond the computational operating system and apply the same business practices to the Human Race operating system.
I ask you to ponder about this for 30 seconds. And in 30 seconds, can you even vaguely see it?
I sure as Hell hope that what I am seeing is not true and that I am say a full load of Sh*t.
But the problem is , that if I a, single man can vision this all by myself, What do you think the worlds richest most influential man is visioning?
Well come on folks! I'm not surprised at all.
Honestly, if it's Justin Timberlake , Beyonce and 50 cent holding up the fort then piracy isn't the only problem they have.
Good job to EMI for cutting the niche artists and leaving us with good ol' J.Woodwater.
I personally wish that the music industry would understand what type of wakeup call this actually is.
And there is a nice format called DVD-Audio or even better SACD which they could try using. Give us something technically amazing for our money since the music itself is absolute garbage.
'Szulik says he'd love it if Red Hat could become the next Microsoft. "Who wouldn't want to be Microsoft?" he asks. "I mean, come on. Honestly."'
-I wouldn't. The Linux OS is about stability and integrity. Dictionary.com defines Integrity : 'Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.'
-The companies that represent what linux is should reflect this in their business practices as well as their products.
'"This is not a religion," Carey says. "I want the most value for the dollars I spend." '
-It is not a religion. But, we do have loyalty, followers, proclaimers and believers of this technology.
-Do not overthrow microsoft and replace it with a wondersoft or megasoft. Replace it with something good.
Something good.
-Replace it with something we can respect and admire; with something that reflects the target-audience's beliefs.
It is smart to get the most value for your money.
It is not smart to support a dictatorship regime.
-We will not be enslaved as history has previously demonstrated. But we can still be enslaved through the rules of business and money in newer more creative forms.
To ponder: If someday we create AI, and it becomes self aware, and it asks us what it is..
We may not be able to say that it came from something perfect, but wouldn't it be nice if we could at least say it came from something good?
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This is very true. I would feel very unconfident about my vote just leaving the screen and getting dumped into a computer. No paper, no hard trace at all.. It just gets turned into some 1's and 0's. In a strict order at that...
NOW if there was a system that would use a computer interface to generate a hard copy ballot that could somehow be very quickly counted similar to the famous SCANTRON system.. You at least can have the option of computer count & human count. You get the great assurance of dropping that computer punched and personally approved ballot into the ballot box.
I'd walk away a happy camper.
But when we talk about a "balky power supply"... isn't Balky that crazy guy from the TV show Perfect Strangers?
Yep I couldn't agree with you more. Sure we've got the security being encrypted on a hardware level just before the radio transmition.. but .... every lock has a keyhole doesn't it.
I think that computer museums are good. Yeah, the industry moves faster than a kid running from a spanking. But that's what's so great about it! And the museums will be that one place where time doesn't matter. With the Huge assistance that computers have given us, I say we can sacrifice some of our precious real-estate to the rememberance of the journey, because there is no "end."
> A.I. becoming a sentient entity is limited only by our efforts in time.. Let's hope that it likes us.
Word to your motha!
I'd loooOOOOooooove some Rambus action jackson in my box, but I'd have to decide whether to get some RAMBUS, or buy a LEXUS.
Hey, How about we all go and just go Get some $500 Adpaptec SCSI cards and slap in some $600 Seagate 10,200RPM SCSI HDDS!
Then I'll just eat Kraft Dinner for the rest of the month. mmmm Kraft Dinner...
From my stand point, I am starting to see some surprising resemblences here between the OS's.
Computer OS & Human OS.
MS is aiming to have our world as a total 1 stop conglomerate-([n] a group of diverse companies run as a single organization). And if you think big enough, you can take that beyond the computational operating system and apply the same business practices to the Human Race operating system.
I ask you to ponder about this for 30 seconds. And in 30 seconds, can you even vaguely see it?
I sure as Hell hope that what I am seeing is not true and that I am say a full load of Sh*t.
But the problem is , that if I a, single man can vision this all by myself, What do you think the worlds richest most influential man is visioning?
DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!
Well come on folks! I'm not surprised at all.
Honestly, if it's Justin Timberlake , Beyonce and 50 cent holding up the fort then piracy isn't the only problem they have.
Good job to EMI for cutting the niche artists and leaving us with good ol' J.Woodwater.
I personally wish that the music industry would understand what type of wakeup call this actually is.
And there is a nice format called DVD-Audio or even better SACD which they could try using. Give us something technically amazing for our money since the music itself is absolute garbage.
'Szulik says he'd love it if Red Hat could become the next Microsoft. "Who wouldn't want to be Microsoft?" he asks. "I mean, come on. Honestly."'
-I wouldn't. The Linux OS is about stability and integrity. Dictionary.com defines Integrity : 'Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.'
-The companies that represent what linux is should reflect this in their business practices as well as their products.
'"This is not a religion," Carey says. "I want the most value for the dollars I spend." '
-It is not a religion. But, we do have loyalty, followers, proclaimers and believers of this technology.
-Do not overthrow microsoft and replace it with a wondersoft or megasoft. Replace it with something good.
Something good.
-Replace it with something we can respect and admire; with something that reflects the target-audience's beliefs.
It is smart to get the most value for your money.
It is not smart to support a dictatorship regime.
-We will not be enslaved as history has previously demonstrated. But we can still be enslaved through the rules of business and money in newer more creative forms.
To ponder: If someday we create AI, and it becomes self aware, and it asks us what it is.. We may not be able to say that it came from something perfect, but wouldn't it be nice if we could at least say it came from something good?