Think of the average internet user. I'm surprised that 77% are actually looking at more than just the content. It's probably because the media has made a big thing about it (as they should).
I don't think it's just a matter of "logging in." The third party could have opened up the machine, allowing for other kinds of tampering, both hardware and software. A lot of products void the warranty if you open them up because at that point you can't guarantee the quality of the product since it could be tampered with.
The picture you paint would not be the same if:
3rd party gets called in to inspect machines. 3rd party opens machines. 3rd party modifies machines to skew votes. Diebold gets blamed for inaccuracy or votes are skewed.
Who verified what the 3rd party was doing? Did anyone document the tests? Did anyone supervise the tests? A 3rd party can have a hidden agenda and use such a situation to their advantage. Diebold is correct here. They cannot guarantee their machine after someone has opened it up and could have modified things.
In this particular case, it wouldn't matter. For all Diebold knows, even if they had the hardwired circuit you recommend, the third party could have completely removed it and put in one of their own. Basically there was no supervision/documentation of the testing and anything could have been changed. Diebold should not be held responsible for that, and are right to no longer guarantee accuracy.
With the amount of money the films made, can you really blame them? Sure they may upset any real fans, but there could be a large money-making opportunity here.
"The fact that this deal was approved is a loud signal that major changes are needed at ICANN. If we don't take this opportunity and step up and replace the incredibly inept leadership at ICANN, it will go a long way in providing the United Nations with the ammunition it needs to begin taking control of the Internet."
I agree completely. They've just been making good (and recently very sleek-looking) products. When I first realized I couldn't get the Motorola Razr since I am on Sprint, I was disappointed and figured I would have to settle for the Samsung version: the A900 "Blade". Turns out I couldn't be happier. When comparing with the features of the Razr, the Samsung phone excels all over the place. They let you customize everything, have sweet graphics, a cool rotating camera, and a much better resolution ( 176x220 for Razr vs 240x320 for Blade). And their plasma TVs look amazing. So go ahead and label me a Samsung fanboy as well:)
Agreed...if the study is not based on numerous samples, this is garbage. And even then it can still be skewed. This is no way to measure the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of iTunes sales. You'd be just as accurate flipping a coin to tell you whether it impedes sales or not.
Well, it actually was something like the 6th time we did a drop, so it wasn't really easy to get caught. Also, I would hope the skydivers backpacks launch the parachute upwards, but they could at least roll around and use their hands to move it around. An egg, on the other hand...
I had the same experience. We had several people use parachutes. But ours had the right combination of a parachute and padding under the egg. The only problem came after we won and decided to try a 3-story drop. The parachute got caught under the egg and that was the end of that egg.
Maybe the people you know would lump it all together. The people I know (including people like psych majors, education majors, etc.) would not consider graphic artists to be I.T., nor would they blindly associate other careers relating computers to automatically imply I.T. I don't think the general (average person's) view of I.T. is what you're making it out to be. You could start arguing that software developer is too broad a term and lumps a bunch of people together. But you have to create a generalization somewhere.
Opera Mini(TM) is a fast and easy alternative to Opera's mobile browser, allowing users to access the Web on mobile phones that would normally be incapable of running a Web browser. This includes the vast majority of today's WAP-enabled phones.
Instead of requiring the phone to process Web pages, it uses a remote server to pre-process the page before sending it to the phone. This makes Opera Mini(TM) perfect for phones with very low resources, or low bandwidth connections.
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Yes, this is further described in the page I linked (I was avoiding pasting a huge block of text).
"Whenever close work is done without the protection of reading glasses, it is important to:
1. Hold the work as far away as possible.
2. Use as much light as possible in order to reduce the size of the pupil and, consequently, the accommodation. 3. Look into the distance frequently to relax the accommodation."
"Usually, eye doctors will prescribe distance glasses for correcting blurred distance vision. Unfortunately, distance glasses actually make nearsightedness worse and irreversible. This is because they force the focusing muscles to stay locked up. This in turn forces the eyes to further elongate, resulting in the need for stronger distance glasses as time goes by. The child is thus doomed to a lifetime of total reliance on distance glasses to see distant objects clearly and progressively worsening nearsightedness. Distance glasses are a false friend.
There is an alternative - reading glasses. If a child starts wearing reading glasses for prolonged periods of reading and other close work at the first sign of any difficulty with distance vision, the focusing muscles will relax and cannot lock up. Reading glasses relax the eyes. There should be no further elongation of the eye. Distant objects can be seen without the need for any glasses. It is important to note that the child will not be reliant on reading glasses. They are simply a protective tool that should be used during long periods of close work. If strong enough reading glasses are used, nearsightedness should be prevented."
Would your eyes (or brain) adapt to that making your vision much worse when you're not wearing these "enhanced" glasses? (In much the same way as increasing eyeglass prescriptions cause your eyesight to deteriorate further and increase your prescription again.)
I suppose it's only a matter of time before they make it so the thing is in your eye all the time (in contacts or implant form - I wonder if it could emit a red light to those looking at you?:)
There's a bigger bonus. Google's doing this in a web interface will bring this to *all* platforms, which is key as you can go from one platform to another and still have all your friends and all the functionality whether you went from a mac to linux to windows depending on where you're at (work, library, etc.).
Slashdot Mirror
Think of the average internet user. I'm surprised that 77% are actually looking at more than just the content. It's probably because the media has made a big thing about it (as they should).
I think they're taking search pretty seriously and have made some interesting improvements recently.
I particularly enjoyed this Ask.com blog entry.
I don't think it's just a matter of "logging in." The third party could have opened up the machine, allowing for other kinds of tampering, both hardware and software. A lot of products void the warranty if you open them up because at that point you can't guarantee the quality of the product since it could be tampered with.
The picture you paint would not be the same if: 3rd party gets called in to inspect machines. 3rd party opens machines. 3rd party modifies machines to skew votes. Diebold gets blamed for inaccuracy or votes are skewed. Who verified what the 3rd party was doing? Did anyone document the tests? Did anyone supervise the tests? A 3rd party can have a hidden agenda and use such a situation to their advantage. Diebold is correct here. They cannot guarantee their machine after someone has opened it up and could have modified things.
In this particular case, it wouldn't matter. For all Diebold knows, even if they had the hardwired circuit you recommend, the third party could have completely removed it and put in one of their own. Basically there was no supervision/documentation of the testing and anything could have been changed. Diebold should not be held responsible for that, and are right to no longer guarantee accuracy.
I'm tagging it "biased"...hopefully others will do the same.
There's an option on GPC (I believe in the bottom left) to edit the HTML directly. You can edit it online.
With the amount of money the films made, can you really blame them? Sure they may upset any real fans, but there could be a large money-making opportunity here.
Sounds like Writely resolves all your gripes.
...time to put on my tinfoil suit!
The President and Founder of GoDaddy blogged about this a few days ago.
"The fact that this deal was approved is a loud signal that major changes are needed at ICANN. If we don't take this opportunity and step up and replace the incredibly inept leadership at ICANN, it will go a long way in providing the United Nations with the ammunition it needs to begin taking control of the Internet."
...or maybe an arm-mounted chastity belt.
And somehow creates an identical effect!
I agree completely. They've just been making good (and recently very sleek-looking) products. When I first realized I couldn't get the Motorola Razr since I am on Sprint, I was disappointed and figured I would have to settle for the Samsung version: the A900 "Blade". Turns out I couldn't be happier. When comparing with the features of the Razr, the Samsung phone excels all over the place. They let you customize everything, have sweet graphics, a cool rotating camera, and a much better resolution ( 176x220 for Razr vs 240x320 for Blade). And their plasma TVs look amazing. So go ahead and label me a Samsung fanboy as well :)
Can we get enough people to tag this "bogus study"? Or even just "lame".
Agreed...if the study is not based on numerous samples, this is garbage. And even then it can still be skewed. This is no way to measure the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of iTunes sales. You'd be just as accurate flipping a coin to tell you whether it impedes sales or not.
And then they jack up ticket prices to $15 to cover the cost of the pagers on top of already ridiculous (with a few exceptions) prices.
Well, it actually was something like the 6th time we did a drop, so it wasn't really easy to get caught. Also, I would hope the skydivers backpacks launch the parachute upwards, but they could at least roll around and use their hands to move it around. An egg, on the other hand...
I had the same experience. We had several people use parachutes. But ours had the right combination of a parachute and padding under the egg. The only problem came after we won and decided to try a 3-story drop. The parachute got caught under the egg and that was the end of that egg.
Maybe the people you know would lump it all together. The people I know (including people like psych majors, education majors, etc.) would not consider graphic artists to be I.T., nor would they blindly associate other careers relating computers to automatically imply I.T. I don't think the general (average person's) view of I.T. is what you're making it out to be. You could start arguing that software developer is too broad a term and lumps a bunch of people together. But you have to create a generalization somewhere.
Or even Opera Mini.
Opera Mini(TM) is a fast and easy alternative to Opera's mobile browser, allowing users to access the Web on mobile phones that would normally be incapable of running a Web browser. This includes the vast majority of today's WAP-enabled phones.
Instead of requiring the phone to process Web pages, it uses a remote server to pre-process the page before sending it to the phone. This makes Opera Mini(TM) perfect for phones with very low resources, or low bandwidth connections.
Opera Mini(TM) offers the same speed and usability as the renowned Opera mobile browser, and uses Opera's Small Screen Rendering(TM) technology to provide access to the Web. It has all the features expected of a browser, and more, such as bookmarks, browsing history, and ability to split large pages into smaller sections for faster browsing.
I suggest reading this validation page, particularly numbers 8 and 9.
http://www.preventmyopia.org/validation.html
Yes, this is further described in the page I linked (I was avoiding pasting a huge block of text).
"Whenever close work is done without the protection of reading glasses, it is important to:
1. Hold the work as far away as possible.
2. Use as much light as possible in order to reduce the size of the pupil and, consequently, the accommodation.
3. Look into the distance frequently to relax the accommodation."
From here:
"Usually, eye doctors will prescribe distance glasses for correcting blurred distance vision. Unfortunately, distance glasses actually make nearsightedness worse and irreversible. This is because they force the focusing muscles to stay locked up. This in turn forces the eyes to further elongate, resulting in the need for stronger distance glasses as time goes by. The child is thus doomed to a lifetime of total reliance on distance glasses to see distant objects clearly and progressively worsening nearsightedness. Distance glasses are a false friend.
There is an alternative - reading glasses. If a child starts wearing reading glasses for prolonged periods of reading and other close work at the first sign of any difficulty with distance vision, the focusing muscles will relax and cannot lock up. Reading glasses relax the eyes. There should be no further elongation of the eye. Distant objects can be seen without the need for any glasses. It is important to note that the child will not be reliant on reading glasses. They are simply a protective tool that should be used during long periods of close work. If strong enough reading glasses are used, nearsightedness should be prevented."
Would your eyes (or brain) adapt to that making your vision much worse when you're not wearing these "enhanced" glasses? (In much the same way as increasing eyeglass prescriptions cause your eyesight to deteriorate further and increase your prescription again.)
:)
I suppose it's only a matter of time before they make it so the thing is in your eye all the time (in contacts or implant form - I wonder if it could emit a red light to those looking at you?
There's a bigger bonus. Google's doing this in a web interface will bring this to *all* platforms, which is key as you can go from one platform to another and still have all your friends and all the functionality whether you went from a mac to linux to windows depending on where you're at (work, library, etc.).