Google's maps attracted 28.9 million U.S. visitors, a 28 percent increase from the same time last year [...]. Meanwhile, Yahoo's mapping traffic fell 12 percent [...]
The Copyright Royalty [...] apparently didn't understand that webcasters such as Pandora and Live365 offer thousands of streams.
Yeah, I thought that too... but I think it's more of a rhetoric trick from TFA's author to make them look Even More Evil/Stupid(TM)... I mean, it's their job, I can't believe they would write regulations about something they don't even understand!
Only problem is that your arms feel knackered after about 5 minutes of use. Pointless.
Maybe that's why soap is still in development... because it's not a standard gyroscopic mouse, but (from TFA):
[Soap is] essentially a wireless optical mouse surrounded by a fabric hull. Think of it as a beanbag with some hardware inside. As you push the fabric back and forth, across the face of the mouse, the cursor moves on your PC display.
I thnk we should give some credibility to Microsoft on this one, I find it pretty innovative.
Uh, I voted electronically but the machine wasn't this one at all. It was a Nedap machine, with big fat buttons which had the candidates' names written on them. Then you verify the name you selected on a little LCD display and confirm with another big fat blue button on the top. Moreover, there were explanations everywhere about how the machines work (yeah, I know this isn't enough for some people...) AND everyone recieved a short how-to at home, along with the candidates' programs (so much for paper economy;-)). If the machines had problems, it certainly wasn't because of their UI.
Of course, there is the problem of no paper trail and non-transparency of the vote. But honestly, the machines were so dumb simple to use, it really felt like there was no way to cheat... And the same machines are already in use in the Netherlands without problems (or so they told us). Anyway, I globally felt they were much more reliable than what I've read about Diebold machines with accessible memory cards and everything... Not that I really know how they're like, never seen one.
I think we should give these machines a try if they're as simple as those used in France last sunday. However, open-sourcing the code would be a good thing.
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Whoops, moderated you "overrated" instead of "funny". Replying to cancel mod. Sorry!
The one with the crowbar is incredibly frustrating... It would have been quite fun to at least see them try!
Come on, don't talk about that, you know it is all too easy for this stuff to trigger an unbalanced mind !
I thnk we should give some credibility to Microsoft on this one, I find it pretty innovative.
Uh, I voted electronically but the machine wasn't this one at all. It was a Nedap machine, with big fat buttons which had the candidates' names written on them. Then you verify the name you selected on a little LCD display and confirm with another big fat blue button on the top. Moreover, there were explanations everywhere about how the machines work (yeah, I know this isn't enough for some people...) AND everyone recieved a short how-to at home, along with the candidates' programs (so much for paper economy ;-)). If the machines had problems, it certainly wasn't because of their UI.
Of course, there is the problem of no paper trail and non-transparency of the vote. But honestly, the machines were so dumb simple to use, it really felt like there was no way to cheat... And the same machines are already in use in the Netherlands without problems (or so they told us). Anyway, I globally felt they were much more reliable than what I've read about Diebold machines with accessible memory cards and everything... Not that I really know how they're like, never seen one.
I think we should give these machines a try if they're as simple as those used in France last sunday. However, open-sourcing the code would be a good thing.
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