Not everybody would check but it only takes a couple of observant voters to bring the whole election down. If that's your plan for winning the election then it's not a very good one...
Questions: How would you ensure all the emails arrive without being tampered with during transit? What about people who haven't got email? How do you know the software inside the machines is OK? Why bother with electronic exit polls, why not just ask them?
Bottom line: You can *never* do it 100% electronically. Information and software are just too easy to manipulate (and it leaves no trace).
This is true for all nerdy arguments - if something isn't 100% perfect then it's obviously completely useless.
Usually we ignore the real world practicalities (I believe there's an XKCD cartoon about breaking 4096 bit encryption with a $5 wrench which illustrates this point nicely).
OTOH the Diebold contract should have been cancelled a long time ago and the people forbidden from ever working in security. They're seriously incompetent.
Me? I think electronic voting is basically flawed because information can be tampered with and leave no trace. I want something physical that can be audited later.
My plan:
I'd have the machines print out little cards with a plain text version of the votes on one side and QR codes printed on the other. You can check your vote is correct, fold it in half (it's pre-scored and has glue dots) so that only the QR codes are visible then drop it in the ballot box. The votes can be counted electronically and you have something physical which can be randomly sampled and/or audited later. Best of both worlds!
Is anybody even slightly surprised. Oracle is a company which prides itself on gouging enterprise customers for huge amounts of money. The CEO owns one of the worlds largest yachts, etc., etc.
But I have wondered what physics would say would happen if the object were an ideal incompressible solid strong enough to withstand the amount of force required to overcome its inertia.
I'm guessing it would say that there's no such thing as an incompressible solid. Atoms don't touch each other. You can always move atoms a bit closer to each other if you push them hard enough.
(and you'd have to push very hard indeed to move an object as heavy as a stick that's a light-year long...)
If that's true, and even if it only works out to six times in production then it almost solves the car battery problem. We can get about 100 miles with existing batteries and 600 miles is about as far as a normal person would want to drive in a day (ie. average 60mph for ten hours).
(I say "almost" because of the following posts...)
If the phone is supplied for duress and is set up in a way that ONLY the duress call can be made the kid won't be texting in class as they can't. The phone will likely stay in the bag, if not for anything but shame
Much easier: Get an old, black-and-white-text-only phone. That will definitely stay hidden in the bag except for emergencies. Won't run out of battery, either.
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Encryption and a two-factor authentication system should allow you to do this.
Sure, so long as you can trust the software inside the machines...
Put a sign up - "Check your card!"
Not everybody would check but it only takes a couple of observant voters to bring the whole election down. If that's your plan for winning the election then it's not a very good one...
Questions: How would you ensure all the emails arrive without being tampered with during transit? What about people who haven't got email? How do you know the software inside the machines is OK? Why bother with electronic exit polls, why not just ask them?
Bottom line: You can *never* do it 100% electronically. Information and software are just too easy to manipulate (and it leaves no trace).
So....what we need is e-counting?
See my plan a bit further up ^^
This is true for all nerdy arguments - if something isn't 100% perfect then it's obviously completely useless.
Usually we ignore the real world practicalities (I believe there's an XKCD cartoon about breaking 4096 bit encryption with a $5 wrench which illustrates this point nicely).
OTOH the Diebold contract should have been cancelled a long time ago and the people forbidden from ever working in security. They're seriously incompetent.
Me? I think electronic voting is basically flawed because information can be tampered with and leave no trace. I want something physical that can be audited later.
My plan:
I'd have the machines print out little cards with a plain text version of the votes on one side and QR codes printed on the other. You can check your vote is correct, fold it in half (it's pre-scored and has glue dots) so that only the QR codes are visible then drop it in the ballot box. The votes can be counted electronically and you have something physical which can be randomly sampled and/or audited later. Best of both worlds!
Is anybody even slightly surprised. Oracle is a company which prides itself on gouging enterprise customers for huge amounts of money. The CEO owns one of the worlds largest yachts, etc., etc.
Me? This doesn't even warrant an eyebrow raise.
Then I spotted it's only a trademark, not a patent.
I did a double take then I read that. They actually rejected a patent???
... a 380 which uses some carbon-fiber in certain areas.
Certain areas like the central wing box, the tail, the leading edges, the central fuselage, etc?
There's not much there that would need a "different architecture", right...? You talk like they just changed a couple of doors or something.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Airbus_A380#Advanced_materials
It makes no difference. All Americans block the A380 from their minds when discussing aircraft. Same thing with Concord, etc.
The A380 has a reality distortion field around it. To residents of the USA it simply doesn't exist, they subconsciously block it from their thoughts.
But I have wondered what physics would say would happen if the object were an ideal incompressible solid strong enough to withstand the amount of force required to overcome its inertia.
I'm guessing it would say that there's no such thing as an incompressible solid. Atoms don't touch each other. You can always move atoms a bit closer to each other if you push them hard enough.
(and you'd have to push very hard indeed to move an object as heavy as a stick that's a light-year long...)
Never mind that, did anybody post the XKCD link yet...?
No, it solves *half* of the car battery problem. It doesn't address the long charge times,
People sleep...
I don't think anybody's saying it's an unexplained paranormal event, they're just saying this is what happened to him.
(At least that's the way I read it)
I'd guess about 8 times.
If that's true, and even if it only works out to six times in production then it almost solves the car battery problem. We can get about 100 miles with existing batteries and 600 miles is about as far as a normal person would want to drive in a day (ie. average 60mph for ten hours).
(I say "almost" because of the following posts...)
I couldn't see the main article because it requires subscription but how much extra capacity does this actually translate into? (Assuming it works...)
Game characters can have an awful lot of time and real money invested in them (buying special items with real $$$).
If somebody hacks your account you can lose all that. ...or many other scenarios. Sorry to break the news but you don't have much imagination.
I would have thought 'vision' would be part of the standard medical exam when they return from space.
My phone cost me 27 Euros new. It's lasted for over two years and the battery easily goes for a week or more.
(Nokia 1200 if you must know...)
If the phone is supplied for duress and is set up in a way that ONLY the duress call can be made the kid won't be texting in class as they can't. The phone will likely stay in the bag, if not for anything but shame
Much easier: Get an old, black-and-white-text-only phone. That will definitely stay hidden in the bag except for emergencies. Won't run out of battery, either.
What about the government officials who set up the insecure website? Aren't they a threat to national security, too?
Yep. The child doesn't need it. The parent does - so they can hover over them 24/7...
Clock speeds haven't grown any more, we just keep throwing more cores on.
AND they do more per clock cycle...
Or maybe it's just that nobody's figured out how to make a profit from it yet.
I remember people selling "Skylab Helmets" on the streets of New York back in the 70's...maybe something similar?