It appears that after the May 2018 news that there was consideration of selling the company, they decided to go ahead with the idea. This type of gimmick is begging to be gobbled up; probably by Samsung or Apple, who are always looking for a new feature to temporarily distinguish themselves from the competition.
South Carolina has no paper trail and votes are inputted directly into a computer. One doesn't have to mess with each individual machine either, but can go straight to tabulating machines that count not each citizen's vote, but each county's vote totals from the individual voting machines. I will say again, that one cannot say we have no evidence in situations where an election cannot be audited (no paper trail).
Of course the courts are dealing with it. But that doesn't mean it isn't election fraud and that such actions don't sway elections, unlike the voter fraud you mentioned, which as you said, has not swayed any elections. Ask Kathleen Harris if her actions in Florida didn't effect the Presidential election in 2000. Courts deal with election fraud after the fact. After the fraud has had its effect on the election, so it is not dealt with effectively, but rather posthumously. Though, it would be folly to rely on the courts alone, as a political party can stack the courts in their favor. Legislative action is another effective method.
Election fraud comes in many flavors, from gerrymandering districts, to voter suppression laws, to throwing people off the voter rolls, to not supplying enough election locations in heavily populated areas.
There is also the troubling fact that if there was actual machine vote total manipulation, many states don't have a mechanism to check the integrity of the vote tally, which would provide evidence of election fraud.
Was it North Carolina where the voting computer prints out a bar code, with no other information printed, for the voter to hand over and have scanned? Some may call that a paper trail, but I'd be hard pressed to agree. Don't get me started on digital-only voting, with no paper trail.
Those problems were not simply the result of the ballots being made of paper. The "Butterfly Ballot" layout was not clear and such a confusing layout can be recreated with non-paper voting schemes. The arguments over "hanging chads" were mostly driven by politics. A partially punched ballot near Gore would be called into question by the Bush lawyers and vice versa.
Magnavox Odyssey 2 came out in 1978 and offered computer programming modules, wiping out the Intellivision claim of "first to be a dedicated game console and home computer."
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I will have to stick with silicon based computing, if my basil and rosemary plants are any indication.
Huh? trillion dollar deficits EVERY year in office, drone "kill list", assassinated ambassador, muslim extremists taking over EVERYWHERE, extending patriot act, DOMESTIC use of surveillance drones, etc.
wake up dude...
And you think the deficits won't get larger with more tax cuts for the rich, the patriot act won't be extended again, drones won't be put into even greater use, and there won't be any more terrorist attacks in the world if Romney gets elected? The issues you pin on Obama won't get resolved with Romney. Methinks they will get worse.
There are other issues besides these, which in my mind, trump the issues mentioned above. Obama wins hands down when it comes to women's rights, religious rights, gay rights, and compassion for the elderly and less fortunate, to name a few issues.
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Not that I believe in its interest at any rate, but there is a guy that proposed this to UN in 2000, and has been announcing launch dates every two years since then...
At least he made a living out of it for himself, and seems sincere...
Ummm, the Keo guy is dead. He began his new career of pushin' up the daisies on November 12, 2008.
The store was linked on Slashdot previously.
If you go to page 4 you will see a black t-shirt with only the biohazard logo sans "Courage is Contagious". I emailed the store and requested such a T-shirt, as I noticed they had another product with just the logo. Twenty minutes later, it was online and I ordered it. The shirt arrived yesterday and it is beautiful! The drippy planet in the middle is a shiny silver, which means I get to wear a bauble. Win.
One could say "That is a good price" and mean that the item is being sold at a "bargain" rate. There is a distinction between talking about one item being sold at an affordable price versus selling hundreds of thousands/millions of that item. Thus the phrase "price point" is used.
Talking about "price" can involve buying, while the phrase "price point" lends itself to the topic of selling. Is this too subtle a distinction for you?
There is a mountain of academic studies that disagree with your statement. There is a real, honest-to-goodness link between a child's constant exposure to violence in entertainment media and violent behavior in real life. That is not to say that everyone who watches violence becomes violent, but there are enough kids who are affected by violent media to warrant concern.
DVD Jon is great. His idea of re-creating the scheme as opposed to just breaking it makes good business sense. Hopefully his past luck with the judicial system will stay with him and we'll see more creative uses of his hacking in the future.
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You say Democratic Trolls do not exist. Might I introduce you to Correct The Record?
https://www.factcheck.org/2016...
It appears that after the May 2018 news that there was consideration of selling the company, they decided to go ahead with the idea. This type of gimmick is begging to be gobbled up; probably by Samsung or Apple, who are always looking for a new feature to temporarily distinguish themselves from the competition.
That t-shirt is incentive not to submit pull requests!
Suppressing the vote was the first thing that sprang to mind.
I suppose that would fall under 1) Political bullshit, and could be accomplished via 2) Inciting mass panic.
I'm not sure what I was inventing. Rather than being a naysayer, perhaps you could elucidate.
Here's a breakdown of voting systems by state. https://ballotpedia.org/Voting...
South Carolina has no paper trail and votes are inputted directly into a computer. One doesn't have to mess with each individual machine either, but can go straight to tabulating machines that count not each citizen's vote, but each county's vote totals from the individual voting machines. I will say again, that one cannot say we have no evidence in situations where an election cannot be audited (no paper trail).
Of course the courts are dealing with it. But that doesn't mean it isn't election fraud and that such actions don't sway elections, unlike the voter fraud you mentioned, which as you said, has not swayed any elections. Ask Kathleen Harris if her actions in Florida didn't effect the Presidential election in 2000. Courts deal with election fraud after the fact. After the fraud has had its effect on the election, so it is not dealt with effectively, but rather posthumously. Though, it would be folly to rely on the courts alone, as a political party can stack the courts in their favor. Legislative action is another effective method.
Election fraud comes in many flavors, from gerrymandering districts, to voter suppression laws, to throwing people off the voter rolls, to not supplying enough election locations in heavily populated areas. There is also the troubling fact that if there was actual machine vote total manipulation, many states don't have a mechanism to check the integrity of the vote tally, which would provide evidence of election fraud. Was it North Carolina where the voting computer prints out a bar code, with no other information printed, for the voter to hand over and have scanned? Some may call that a paper trail, but I'd be hard pressed to agree. Don't get me started on digital-only voting, with no paper trail.
Those problems were not simply the result of the ballots being made of paper. The "Butterfly Ballot" layout was not clear and such a confusing layout can be recreated with non-paper voting schemes. The arguments over "hanging chads" were mostly driven by politics. A partially punched ballot near Gore would be called into question by the Bush lawyers and vice versa.
Voter fraud is but a drop in the bucket. I'm more concerned with election fraud, which would be akin to taking away the bucket.
Magnavox Odyssey 2 came out in 1978 and offered computer programming modules, wiping out the Intellivision claim of "first to be a dedicated game console and home computer."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (LEMMIE!)
I cannot agree more. It is baffling to me that they would do such a thing.
Linking to the washington times is like linking to an onion article.
You meant, throwing a bucket of liquid nitrogen over your head and then posting it on Facebook, right?
The people I know living in Egypt would beg to differ with you, especially your comment regarding blondes in Cairo.
--- Have a Green Thumb? You too can have the latest in organic computing! --- I will have to stick with silicon based computing, if my basil and rosemary plants are any indication.
Huh? trillion dollar deficits EVERY year in office, drone "kill list", assassinated ambassador, muslim extremists taking over EVERYWHERE, extending patriot act, DOMESTIC use of surveillance drones, etc.
wake up dude...
And you think the deficits won't get larger with more tax cuts for the rich, the patriot act won't be extended again, drones won't be put into even greater use, and there won't be any more terrorist attacks in the world if Romney gets elected? The issues you pin on Obama won't get resolved with Romney. Methinks they will get worse. There are other issues besides these, which in my mind, trump the issues mentioned above. Obama wins hands down when it comes to women's rights, religious rights, gay rights, and compassion for the elderly and less fortunate, to name a few issues. vV
http://www.keo.org/
Not that I believe in its interest at any rate, but there is a guy that proposed this to UN in 2000, and has been announcing launch dates every two years since then...
At least he made a living out of it for himself, and seems sincere...
Ummm, the Keo guy is dead. He began his new career of pushin' up the daisies on November 12, 2008.
The store was linked on Slashdot previously. If you go to page 4 you will see a black t-shirt with only the biohazard logo sans "Courage is Contagious". I emailed the store and requested such a T-shirt, as I noticed they had another product with just the logo. Twenty minutes later, it was online and I ordered it. The shirt arrived yesterday and it is beautiful! The drippy planet in the middle is a shiny silver, which means I get to wear a bauble. Win.
"Obama may have some "appease the masses" opinions, but at least he has a solid head on his shoulder."
Wait a minute!!! Obama only has one shoulder? He's a shoe in for the cripple vote, too! dp
Simple enough to rectify. Put a *@yourcompany.com filter in that will make it relevant. vV
One could say "That is a good price" and mean that the item is being sold at a "bargain" rate. There is a distinction between talking about one item being sold at an affordable price versus selling hundreds of thousands/millions of that item. Thus the phrase "price point" is used.
Talking about "price" can involve buying, while the phrase "price point" lends itself to the topic of selling. Is this too subtle a distinction for you?
vV
There is a mountain of academic studies that disagree with your statement. There is a real, honest-to-goodness link between a child's constant exposure to violence in entertainment media and violent behavior in real life. That is not to say that everyone who watches violence becomes violent, but there are enough kids who are affected by violent media to warrant concern.
Exactly!
DVD Jon is great. His idea of re-creating the scheme as opposed to just breaking it makes good business sense. Hopefully his past luck with the judicial system will stay with him and we'll see more creative uses of his hacking in the future.