Having "call intercept" seems to help alot. Any call originating from a phone with a blocked caller id goes to a telco system that tells the caller the customer is not accepting caller id blocked calls and they can have their name phoned to the customer who can decide if they want the call. Many telemarketers block their caller id, and disconnect when they get the telco message. This plus the do not call list has eliminated most unwanted calls for me.
How about using the computer to mark the paper ballot? Use a touch screen computer, similar to the Diebold setup to allow the voter to vote. Then the machine prints out a human readable, but scanable ballot that the voter checks, and deposits in a ballot box. You can use the scanner to count votes, and humans can also count them if needed.
The gomment should be renting spectrum, not selling it outright. That way we would have an income stream , not just one payment to squander.
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If I thought my friends knew the answer to my question I would have already emailed/phoned them directly. I don't think I need a third party to yelp at them, and otherwise annoy them.
First. we are getting BPL because the power companies are too cheap, or stupid to start installing power lines that contain fiber optic strands. These are non conductors so they can share space with the electric distribution system.
Second, this is a 2 way street. The BPL can cause interference in the HF spectrum, but it can also be interfered with by HF. And one way for hams to overcome interference and bad conditions is to up their power output. Its amaizing what can be done with only 5 watts under good conditions. But we can go as high as 1500 watts, which may be needed to get a signal through the BPL interference.
So far only a few people have signed up for the Congress Call In Day. Come on Slashdotters, shouldn't you all be protecting your right to own a computer? Where is the Slashdot effect on this one?
And how long will it take them to invoke the DMCA on this? Which is interesting, because last time I looked, YOU own the copywright to your photos until you sign them away.
And before the World Trade Center was built, there was Courtland Street and environs. New and surplus electronics, and nearby other assorted interesting things at places like Job Lot Trading which had neat tools and hardware.
They also covered it last fall, around the time of the primary and general elections in Maryland.
I wrote them, and pointed out the lack of an audit trail in the Maryland system, including the names and contact info for several computer scientists who were studying computerized voting.
When I was in high school, many decades ago, a friend of mine aquired a large quantity of sodium in a rather ilicit way. He cut it up into several gram lumps, and sold them to our fellow students, who would then get the restroom pass, and throw the lump into the toilet, with predictable results.
One fool bought several lumps, and managed to destroy a toilet!
By the way, this was one of our nation's leading science high schools, again proving that smart does not insure common sense.
Having something human readable in the chain is important. Either as a backup, or use the voter console to print out a machine and human readable paper ballot, which is then machine counted.
so let's see here... these people are willing to have a large, noise, huge moving metal mass move through their property at any time of night,
They, or more likely a previous owner of the property was in fact compensated for this when the railroads bought the surface rights to the property.
but they think they should be compensated just to run a cable that does not move, does not look any worse than the tracks, does not make noise, does not stop traffic, and does not pollute?
I don't think they are objecting to the fibre optic cable, its just that they want to be compensated for a new and different use of their property. Isn't that the American way? When someone uses something we own we get paid?
I was one of Verio's first DSL customers in the Washington, DC area. I first found out about this mess from Slashdot (Thank you Slashdot!) last Friday. Multiple calls to Verio resulted in long hold times, people who knew nothing, and finally Verio's official policy:
Go to dialup.
Go to a T1 (at 5 times the cost)
Go to hell! (or at least away)
I chose the last, and signed up with Speakeasy.net via Covad, and I have my fingers crossed. At the least, the folks at Speakeasy appear to have a clue, and they also seem to care.
BTW-- I think AT&T is bullshitting on this one. They could have immediately cut off all the non-paying ISPs, and kept the others up a few weeks while things get sorted out. I know it will be a very cold day hell, and pigs will have to become airborne, before I do ANY business with AT&T, and I was considering switching to them for celular phone service. Maybe its this additude that sent their stock down the toilet in the last couple of years.
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So, what will be the next thing to take eBay's place?
I remember other auction sites years ago, that were put out of business when eBay came along and did it better.
Actually, Castro wants us to use sugar cane to make the ethanol, as they do in Brazil. Guess what is a major crop in Cuba?
1. Can the Diebold machines run operating systems/software other than what Diebold provides?
2. If the answer to the above is yes; Can the machines be outfitted with a printer that could print out a machine and human readable ballot?
In other words, could we repurpose the Diebold machines to print unambiguous paper ballots?
Having "call intercept" seems to help alot. Any call originating from a phone with a blocked caller id goes to a telco system that tells the caller the customer is not accepting caller id blocked calls and they can have their name phoned to the customer who can decide if they want the call. Many telemarketers block their caller id, and disconnect when they get the telco message. This plus the do not call list has eliminated most unwanted calls for me.
So, which was the first print newspaper to have a website? A dialup bulletin board type thing (digital ink) doesn't count.
How about using the computer to mark the paper ballot? Use a touch screen computer, similar to the Diebold setup to allow the voter to vote. Then the machine prints out a human readable, but scanable ballot that the voter checks, and deposits in a ballot box. You can use the scanner to count votes, and humans can also count them if needed.
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The gomment should be renting spectrum, not selling it outright. That way we would have an income stream , not just one payment to squander.
If I thought my friends knew the answer to my question I would have already emailed/phoned them directly. I don't think I need a third party to yelp at them, and otherwise annoy them.
Two points:
First. we are getting BPL because the power companies are too cheap, or stupid to start installing power lines that contain fiber optic strands. These are non conductors so they can share space with the electric distribution system.
Second, this is a 2 way street. The BPL can cause interference in the HF spectrum, but it can also be interfered with by HF. And one way for hams to overcome interference and bad conditions is to up their power output. Its amaizing what can be done with only 5 watts under good conditions. But we can go as high as 1500 watts, which may be needed to get a signal through the BPL interference.
So far only a few people have signed up for the Congress Call In Day. Come on Slashdotters, shouldn't you all be protecting your right to own a computer? Where is the Slashdot effect on this one?
Well, hotsyncincing without having to boot a computer when you are trying to get out the door in the morning is a plus.
Also you can use free wireless hotspots to update things like Avantgo when you are traveling.
I bought a Sony Clie for just this reason.
I remember a demo of a neural network that wrote songs from the very early 90's. You gave it a song, and it copied the style.
And how long will it take them to invoke the DMCA on this? Which is interesting, because last time I looked, YOU own the copywright to your photos until you sign them away.
And before the World Trade Center was built, there was Courtland Street and environs. New and surplus electronics, and nearby other assorted interesting things at places like Job Lot Trading which had neat tools and hardware.
They also covered it last fall, around the time of the primary and general elections in Maryland.
I wrote them, and pointed out the lack of an audit trail in the Maryland system, including the names and contact info for several computer scientists who were studying computerized voting.
NPR ignored the whole thing.
Just tried Chevy Chase Bank, Mozilla 1.1 on SuSE Linux 7.3. No problems.
When I was in high school, many decades ago, a friend of mine aquired a large quantity of sodium in a rather ilicit way. He cut it up into several gram lumps, and sold them to our fellow students, who would then get the restroom pass, and throw the lump into the toilet, with predictable results.
One fool bought several lumps, and managed to destroy a toilet!
By the way, this was one of our nation's leading science high schools, again proving that smart does not insure common sense.
Having something human readable in the chain is important. Either as a backup, or use the voter console to print out a machine and human readable paper ballot, which is then machine counted.
What about doing a building like this to replace the WTC?
It would make a statement for energy efficiency, reducing dependence on foreign energy, and reducing global warming.
the same.. I suggest Ben Franklin's Birthday
as a day of protest (not sure when it is, anyone know?), as he as a politician who understood
Ben Frankin was born on Jan. 17, 1706
Good article! But then again, Dave Wilson is one of the few tech reporters in posession of a clue.
If I remember the story correctly Mrs. Lacks was a black woman, in Baltimore. Hey this was the very early fifties. what did you expect!
so let's see here... these people are willing to have a large, noise, huge moving metal mass move through their property at any time of night,
They, or more likely a previous owner of the property was in fact compensated for this when the railroads bought the surface rights to the property.
but they think they should be compensated just to run a cable that does not move, does not look any worse than the tracks, does not make noise, does not stop traffic, and does not pollute?
I don't think they are objecting to the fibre optic cable, its just that they want to be compensated for a new and different use of their property. Isn't that the American way? When someone uses something we own we get paid?
Prior to today, how much coverage has there been?
Damn little. Slashdot had a piece on Friday. Then nothing until Wednsday when the L.A. Times did an article.
Mike Swaine picked up on a Register article, also on Wednsday.
That was it, near as I can tell until today when everyone is covering it after the fact.
I chose the last, and signed up with Speakeasy.net via Covad, and I have my fingers crossed. At the least, the folks at Speakeasy appear to have a clue, and they also seem to care.
BTW-- I think AT&T is bullshitting on this one. They could have immediately cut off all the non-paying ISPs, and kept the others up a few weeks while things get sorted out. I know it will be a very cold day hell, and pigs will have to become airborne, before I do ANY business with AT&T, and I was considering switching to them for celular phone service. Maybe its this additude that sent their stock down the toilet in the last couple of years.