HOW F*CKING HARD is it to make a secure voting machine?
Impossible. Simply because the definition of _secure_ in a democratic voting context means that the electorate is able to verify the process of voting. Since voters at large aren't generally known to possess a computer science and electrical/computer engineering degree, access to the voting machines and the source code for them is not available and also no cryptography is in place so that the voters can verify that the machine they assessed is the same one that was in place during an election, then I have to conclude that building a voting machine that is verifiable by the owners of the machines ("The People") is not possible, thus those machines are not TRUSTWORTHY by definition.
In the age where the constitution was drafted corporations were like little fluffy chivavas compared to the mountainlike power of the government. In today's age megacorporations bear a lot of power. Technically it is not a violation of the constitution* if a corporation picks and chooses content and exercises censorship, but it is censorship nonetheless, just _legal_ one.
*Didn't want an argument sidetracked by a lengthy definition, by violation of the constitution I mean the US constitution, and similar democratically funded nations'.
That unfortunately doesn't stand for the Hungarian government. They keep giving Microsoft millions of dollars for the so called "Campus" contract, which supplies the whole of hungarian education and universities with "free" Microsoft software, so that the students and professors can use them. Too bad that this is the case, as in my opinion Microsoft should pay for the priviledge instead, since basically they are getting mindshare from young developers etc.
Should the populace expect, even cynically, such behaviour from their politicians the shady machinations shall become all the more easier to execute. Anything less than outrage and strong disapproval of these states of affairs mean silent, obedient consent for these machinations, even if a cynical worldview would happen to be realistic.
-- Thomas Jefferson^W^WMyself (What, you only listen to quotes if the person has long since passed away?)
That's like choosing to live in a mental asylum instead of a normal home. Yeah, those padded walls are really safe, but man, anyone who exercises a little caution doesn't need that kind of thing.
(Yes, it is a part flame in reply to another flamebait)
Paul Bremer already misappropriated the iraqi oil funds, now Bush is there to get the rest?
Another country ruined for and by the interests of a small group of extremely greedy people, hundreds of thousands of lives lost. Some people might think that I'm feeling passionately about it. Given the number of people that died and continue to die, can you forgive yourself not to think about it passionately? The things that go on in Iraq for greed are despicable and the weak arguments that it is the right thing to do fall flat in the face of reality when you realise that the token help the american troops give to the natives by building a house or something like that worths much less for someone than the life of their children.
The situation in Iraq is what you get when you do not plan ahead, when you are motivated by greed and selfish interests. People die. Not 2600 people, which seems to be some national fucking tragedy for a country of 330+ million, but 650,000+ people in a country of 28 million. THAT is a tragedy. (On a related note, I couldn't give a flying fuck about the dead american soldiers. They deserve no note in comparison to the dead civilians.)
I've actually found out more about it, so thanks for inspiring me to go on a bit of research. Apparently, it is called Libet's delay. A quick google search shows a couple of interesting results, although unfortunately no Wikipedia article exists. Maybe this is the opportunity to start one?
There was a Stuart Hameroff talk at Beyond Belief 2006 (the conference videos are available online - highly recommended btw!) where he gave a lecture. Although I didn't buy his Quantum consciousness theory, the human sensory research part was more of an introduction to his theory and he did present the classical explanation beside his theory for the phenomena that was the topic of his lecture.
I'm sure it's possibly to find more sources somewhere, but this is the place where I've heard about this the first time.
Gut response is fast. Thinking is slow. When you're dead to react rationally, it doesn't help much. Yeah, it might misfire 9 times out of 10. That one occasion saves your life when it is not a misfire.
The "breakthrough" is about blocking fear not about replacing it with another mechanism.
On a related did you know that we live around half a second in the PAST? That is the delay of the mind. Our brain fakes the memories so we don't notice it practically, but there is a reason why subconscious or gut responses exist.
What do you mean cure? Fear is not a sickness!
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MIT Finds Cure For Fear
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Fear is a useful mechanism in preventing humans from doing things that have potentially bad consequences for the person.
According to some large site's owners/administrators (in the top25 traffic-wise in the country) that I was talking to, they're actively supporting web browsers that pass 5% marketshare in their logs. I guess it is just sound business sense.
Slashdot Mirror
Thanks for astroturfing though...
but but but....it's a wheel, connected to a computer! Why are you telling me this great new invention isn't patentable? :)
The spies are at slashdot too!!111
In the age where the constitution was drafted corporations were like little fluffy chivavas compared to the mountainlike power of the government. In today's age megacorporations bear a lot of power. Technically it is not a violation of the constitution* if a corporation picks and chooses content and exercises censorship, but it is censorship nonetheless, just _legal_ one.
*Didn't want an argument sidetracked by a lengthy definition, by violation of the constitution I mean the US constitution, and similar democratically funded nations'.
That unfortunately doesn't stand for the Hungarian government. They keep giving Microsoft millions of dollars for the so called "Campus" contract, which supplies the whole of hungarian education and universities with "free" Microsoft software, so that the students and professors can use them. Too bad that this is the case, as in my opinion Microsoft should pay for the priviledge instead, since basically they are getting mindshare from young developers etc.
Should the populace expect, even cynically, such behaviour from their politicians the shady machinations shall become all the more easier to execute. Anything less than outrage and strong disapproval of these states of affairs mean silent, obedient consent for these machinations, even if a cynical worldview would happen to be realistic.
-- Thomas Jefferson^W^WMyself (What, you only listen to quotes if the person has long since passed away?)
That's like choosing to live in a mental asylum instead of a normal home. Yeah, those padded walls are really safe, but man, anyone who exercises a little caution doesn't need that kind of thing.
(Yes, it is a part flame in reply to another flamebait)
OMG!! PONIES!!!!! <3!!11
Paul Bremer already misappropriated the iraqi oil funds, now Bush is there to get the rest?
Another country ruined for and by the interests of a small group of extremely greedy people, hundreds of thousands of lives lost. Some people might think that I'm feeling passionately about it. Given the number of people that died and continue to die, can you forgive yourself not to think about it passionately? The things that go on in Iraq for greed are despicable and the weak arguments that it is the right thing to do fall flat in the face of reality when you realise that the token help the american troops give to the natives by building a house or something like that worths much less for someone than the life of their children.
The situation in Iraq is what you get when you do not plan ahead, when you are motivated by greed and selfish interests. People die. Not 2600 people, which seems to be some national fucking tragedy for a country of 330+ million, but 650,000+ people in a country of 28 million. THAT is a tragedy. (On a related note, I couldn't give a flying fuck about the dead american soldiers. They deserve no note in comparison to the dead civilians.)
Also, this technology might be able to do hardware based antialiasing!
(yes, I'm kidding.)
I've actually found out more about it, so thanks for inspiring me to go on a bit of research. Apparently, it is called Libet's delay. A quick google search shows a couple of interesting results, although unfortunately no Wikipedia article exists. Maybe this is the opportunity to start one?
Good reflexes, unconscious responses. The half a second delay is known I think in driving safety circles...
There was a Stuart Hameroff talk at Beyond Belief 2006 (the conference videos are available online - highly recommended btw!) where he gave a lecture. Although I didn't buy his Quantum consciousness theory, the human sensory research part was more of an introduction to his theory and he did present the classical explanation beside his theory for the phenomena that was the topic of his lecture.
I'm sure it's possibly to find more sources somewhere, but this is the place where I've heard about this the first time.
Gut response is fast. Thinking is slow. When you're dead to react rationally, it doesn't help much. Yeah, it might misfire 9 times out of 10. That one occasion saves your life when it is not a misfire.
The "breakthrough" is about blocking fear not about replacing it with another mechanism.
On a related did you know that we live around half a second in the PAST? That is the delay of the mind. Our brain fakes the memories so we don't notice it practically, but there is a reason why subconscious or gut responses exist.
Fear is a useful mechanism in preventing humans from doing things that have potentially bad consequences for the person.
A large degree of masochism, personally. :)
It's not relevant, only for those who visit the site. I guess people are just curious, that's all.
So you're saying that your sample is indicative of the trend, while a much larger sample consisting of 90k websites - isn't?
According to some large site's owners/administrators (in the top25 traffic-wise in the country) that I was talking to, they're actively supporting web browsers that pass 5% marketshare in their logs. I guess it is just sound business sense.
Mod parent up, please share some details!
It's code is pretty good. The quality and formatting standards are pretty high for the kernel, which shows in the research about bugs/line ratios too.
Please read the FSF's explanation why voting machines can use GPLv3 software. There is no need to spread misinformation.