Social Engineering is the biggest problem. Just like I always say
Oh please. You have never ever said that before. Just yesterday you were saying the shrinkrap on new DVDs was the biggest problem. I can hear it now, "Damn it! I can't get open up my new Steel Magnolia Director's Cut DVD!!! This damn wrapper is the biggest problem! There should be a law!".
I know the wrath of Sims, he doesn't like my.sig so he put my entire subnet in the "timeout corner". Big man Michael is. Lover of free speech as long as he agrees with it. I am sure I will get placed in the timeout corner again for this post or just have my account deleted. We will soon see...
What would I expect? For the anti-Bush folks to come up with something new. Do you understand that perpetuating this theme you are only making yourself look dumber than a chimp? For such a "creative" bunch, you have become absolutely boring and predictable.
How does this effect Blogger's stock?
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Rumor is on Wall Street is that Blogger went from a hold to a buy on this news.
Didn't the guy steal millions upon millions of AOL Screen Names and fence them? Isn't that covered under the STEAL-SHIT Act? Can I guarantee a reservation in his court? I have my eyes on this Porsche.
I call bullshit. There two -- two -- known incidents of people being registered fraudulently, according to the Republican National Committee Vote Fraud group. (Listen to This American Life's November 1 episode, "Swing Set [thislife.org]," Act 2, which is 21:10 into the episode.) Not only were both of these committed by petty criminals paid by the registrant to sign up voters (that is, it was not systemic, just a pair of dopes), but it doesn't matter, since there is, in fact, no way for Mary Poppins to show up and vote. The other case was a Colorado man who registered 35 times. He can only vote once, as you can imagine, so, again, it doesn't matter.
I cee your bullshit and raise you a whole page full of links to reports of voter registration fraud. ACORN and ACT were notorious for submitting fraudulent registrations.
You sir, are a fucking idiot. And I mean that in the best possible way. Right now, the biggest obstacle to democracy in this election is the combined work of both the Republican "lose the tinfoil hats" Party, and the Democratic "it doesn't matter" Party.
My, my, aren't we the bitter troll today. Quit trying to hide your hate behind some altruistic concern about local elections. You couldn't give a flying fecal discharge about the results in Volusia county. Without a google search, you wouldn't even know what was on the ballot.
Even the article says the margins are larger enough that they can not claim machine errors effected the election. This makes it pretty clear that if the margin was closer they would be making that claim.
You miss the point. The only reason this is being brought up is that Bush won. If Kerry won, do you think that the NY Times would be publishing a story like this? Nope. The NY Times would be talking about the mandate delivered to Kerry by the American people if he won the most votes ever by a candidate. Bush won and the Times is trying to tarnish the victory.
I have yet to see an article about the rampant and documented voter registration fraud in the Times. Who cares if votes are being counted properly when they shouldn't be counted in the first place? I don't want every vote counted, I only want legitimate votes counted. There is a big difference and one that is being overlooked.
My parents couldn't buy a book of Amazon if their life depended on it. Why are we making this so hard.
Well I don't know if I want their vote recorded if that is the case. Buying a book on Amazon is simple, simple. Fill in a couple of blanks then its One-Click shopping from the rest of your life. If your folks can't handle one mouse click, how are they going to handle your system? I bet when it comes to government benefits or lottery tickets, they can handle anything presented to them.
The best thing for our democracy is weeding out the voters that are too lazy or stupid to follow simple instructions. Voting is a right and rights require responsibility.
It was rigged. Look at the Berkley paper backed by MIT.
Were they drunk? Who makes a list of points starting with "a" and "b" then ends it with "16". How did this get moderated as "interesting"? "funny" I could understand. How many election workers take screen shots then throw them in the trash? Look, I know it is disappointing to have your guy lose. I know, I used to be a New Orleans Saints fan. But even John Kerry has accepted his loss. You need to as well otherwise you will end up going nuts and turn into one of those guys that think the X-Files is real. Move on.
Instead of trying to find the man behind the curtain, start supporting a candidates who have more to offer than they aren't the other candidate. You might have a chance in the next election.
I know, I know. We should all want a voting system that is flawless and perfect. But you know that none of these conversations would be making it in the NY Times and Slashdot if John Kerry won the election. Folks its time to move on. George Bush did not win because of some evil Diebold exec or magical vote changing election booths. He won because over 61 million Americans pulled the lever for him. Bush is even gaining votes in the Ohio recount.
I will support voting machine reform when those same advocates support registration reform. This election was a mess not because of evil Republican voting machines but because people were paid (some in crack) to register voters which brought in fraudulent voter registrations. From illegal aliens to cartoon characters, the number of bogus registrations was staggering. Lets make sure all votes are counted, as long as those votes are from citizens of United States. I need a drivers license to rent a movie or fly to Vegas, its not too much to ask a voter for a state drivers license to vote in that state and for a drivers license that states if a person is a citizen. Its not intimidation or voter suppression. If showing your ID to a little old lady at the polling place is intimidation, then what is showing it to a pimply teenager at Blockbuster?
I use Gentoo because I believe that an OS should be loud, obnoxious and have glass packs on the exhaust. Of course my Shuttle XPC has a "Type R" sticker on it.
The USA is that repressive?
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Being 22nd in the World, I am surprised that John Ashcroft didn't invoke the Patriot Act to suppress this report! I will put the USA up against any other country in the world on the number of press outlets that are operating within our borders, print, radio, TV and internet. The Freedom of the Press is so prevalent in Bush's USA that I am almost going deaf from the cacophony of screams of people saying their right to free speech is being abridged.
1) Someone has to pay for it. It will be a freebie to certain voting blocks and a huge cost to others. If you are net tax contributor to the coffers of San Francisco, leave now!
2) This will be a freebie to the criminal elements of San Francisco and a huge cost to the law abiding, non-ubergeek. Consider yourself "pwned".
3) Expect this project to cost 10x what it is initially claimed. Gavin Newsom has a lot of paybacks for getting himself into power in San Francisco. Cost overruns will be massive.
4) This is best suited by corporation competition not government largess. Do we really want municipal Ma Bells all over the country?
If you want to do this on the cheap, make the homeless wear waypoint hats for their welfare checks. (insert joke about the waypoints keeping the government satellite signals out of their heads).
What political party benefits the most from a disputed election process? Which party is involved in the most pre-election fraud? Which candidate would Mary Poppins vote?
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I will still need subtitles to understand a damn thing the Irish are saying in their movies!
Social Engineering is the biggest problem. Just like I always say
Oh please. You have never ever said that before. Just yesterday you were saying the shrinkrap on new DVDs was the biggest problem. I can hear it now, "Damn it! I can't get open up my new Steel Magnolia Director's Cut DVD!!! This damn wrapper is the biggest problem! There should be a law!".
I'm changing my name to Holden McGroin. Let's see you try using that name in your ripoffs!
It will only, truly be a shark jumping when Michael dups the post within 24 hours and puts the posting death penalty on a few responders for noticing.
And it still would be George Bush's fault, right?
Cats of the world rejoice!
I know the wrath of Sims, he doesn't like my .sig so he put my entire subnet in the "timeout corner". Big man Michael is. Lover of free speech as long as he agrees with it. I am sure I will get placed in the timeout corner again for this post or just have my account deleted. We will soon see...
What would I expect? For the anti-Bush folks to come up with something new. Do you understand that perpetuating this theme you are only making yourself look dumber than a chimp? For such a "creative" bunch, you have become absolutely boring and predictable.
Rumor is on Wall Street is that Blogger went from a hold to a buy on this news.
Didn't the guy steal millions upon millions of AOL Screen Names and fence them? Isn't that covered under the STEAL-SHIT Act? Can I guarantee a reservation in his court? I have my eyes on this Porsche.
The only thing this article didn't discuss was it good for a woman to use a laptop? Should I encourage my wife to strap a powerbook to her punany?
I cee your bullshit and raise you a whole page full of links to reports of voter registration fraud. ACORN and ACT were notorious for submitting fraudulent registrations.
My, my, aren't we the bitter troll today. Quit trying to hide your hate behind some altruistic concern about local elections. You couldn't give a flying fecal discharge about the results in Volusia county. Without a google search, you wouldn't even know what was on the ballot.
You miss the point. The only reason this is being brought up is that Bush won. If Kerry won, do you think that the NY Times would be publishing a story like this? Nope. The NY Times would be talking about the mandate delivered to Kerry by the American people if he won the most votes ever by a candidate. Bush won and the Times is trying to tarnish the victory.
I have yet to see an article about the rampant and documented voter registration fraud in the Times. Who cares if votes are being counted properly when they shouldn't be counted in the first place? I don't want every vote counted, I only want legitimate votes counted. There is a big difference and one that is being overlooked.
Well I don't know if I want their vote recorded if that is the case. Buying a book on Amazon is simple, simple. Fill in a couple of blanks then its One-Click shopping from the rest of your life. If your folks can't handle one mouse click, how are they going to handle your system? I bet when it comes to government benefits or lottery tickets, they can handle anything presented to them.
The best thing for our democracy is weeding out the voters that are too lazy or stupid to follow simple instructions. Voting is a right and rights require responsibility.
Were they drunk? Who makes a list of points starting with "a" and "b" then ends it with "16". How did this get moderated as "interesting"? "funny" I could understand. How many election workers take screen shots then throw them in the trash? Look, I know it is disappointing to have your guy lose. I know, I used to be a New Orleans Saints fan. But even John Kerry has accepted his loss. You need to as well otherwise you will end up going nuts and turn into one of those guys that think the X-Files is real. Move on.
Instead of trying to find the man behind the curtain, start supporting a candidates who have more to offer than they aren't the other candidate. You might have a chance in the next election.
I will support voting machine reform when those same advocates support registration reform. This election was a mess not because of evil Republican voting machines but because people were paid (some in crack) to register voters which brought in fraudulent voter registrations. From illegal aliens to cartoon characters, the number of bogus registrations was staggering. Lets make sure all votes are counted, as long as those votes are from citizens of United States. I need a drivers license to rent a movie or fly to Vegas, its not too much to ask a voter for a state drivers license to vote in that state and for a drivers license that states if a person is a citizen. Its not intimidation or voter suppression. If showing your ID to a little old lady at the polling place is intimidation, then what is showing it to a pimply teenager at Blockbuster?
There are a lot of cats in China.
God, where are my mod points when I really need them! Consider this modded as +1 insightful.
I was particularly interested in the seminar discussing the photography of cats and its metaphysical and geopolitical impact on greater society.
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I use Gentoo because I believe that an OS should be loud, obnoxious and have glass packs on the exhaust. Of course my Shuttle XPC has a "Type R" sticker on it.
Being 22nd in the World, I am surprised that John Ashcroft didn't invoke the Patriot Act to suppress this report! I will put the USA up against any other country in the world on the number of press outlets that are operating within our borders, print, radio, TV and internet. The Freedom of the Press is so prevalent in Bush's USA that I am almost going deaf from the cacophony of screams of people saying their right to free speech is being abridged.
2) This will be a freebie to the criminal elements of San Francisco and a huge cost to the law abiding, non-ubergeek. Consider yourself "pwned".
3) Expect this project to cost 10x what it is initially claimed. Gavin Newsom has a lot of paybacks for getting himself into power in San Francisco. Cost overruns will be massive.
4) This is best suited by corporation competition not government largess. Do we really want municipal Ma Bells all over the country?
If you want to do this on the cheap, make the homeless wear waypoint hats for their welfare checks. (insert joke about the waypoints keeping the government satellite signals out of their heads).
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