catmother
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:08 PM
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you know i was thinking how easy and foolproof it is to vote on |
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the DU. wouldn't it make sense if the whole country had a similar way to vote? you wouldn't even have to understand computers. just vote and "click" to confirm.
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:09 PM
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1. I'd only try it with a printer attached... |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:11 PM
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4. okay -- the technology is out there. bill maher said one time |
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that the people who design the slot machines should design the voting machines. they never make a mistake.:think:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:12 PM
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:10 PM
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2. You and your liberal logic! Why do you hate FAILURE so much? nm |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:14 PM
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7. oh i love your picture with the coat hanger. |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:25 PM
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15. Feel free to pass it around; that's why it's there! nm |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:10 PM
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3. with paper trail only. |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:12 PM
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6. i'm sure the technology is out there -- like a receipt at an ATM. |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:20 PM
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11. Saw a Diebold van at my bank last yr, asked about paper trails |
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the person said they were trying to make less paper for everyone. I think he misunderstood me.:eyes:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:14 PM
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8. easy and foolproof....IF you trust that DU Admins |
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don't have the program set to a pre-determined "result"..
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:15 PM
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9. there's gotta be a way to keep it honest. |
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Thu Mar-16-06 10:37 PM
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IF we really WANT it "honest"--rather than "dem" "dem" "dem" "dem"...
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:18 PM
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I've been working with computers since the Eighties. Therefore I'm a firm proponent of hand-counted paper ballots. Even the best computer hardware and software can occasionally drop data. And losing even one vote is a failure to live up to the principles of our Constitution.
Although anything would be better than the closed-source, Republican-funding, coded-by-lying-scum software that Diebold and their ilk put out.
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:20 PM
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12. my husband has you beat. he's been working with computers |
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since the 60s. i'll ask him. you're probably right. :shrug:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:32 PM
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18. Your husband has my deep respect. |
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Those programmers and hardware gurus who are from the generation before me are the savviest and best computer professionals I know.
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:39 PM
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20. he's been with a major computer company for 36 years. before |
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that a year or 2 at JC Penney. right now he has skills that very few people have, but he still worries about outsourcing. it was amazing back then -- computers taking up whole rooms, tape drives, lots of noise.:eyes:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:21 PM
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It would give me a chance to vote a couple of dozen times...
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:23 PM
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14. no you can't. did you ever try on the DU? i did accidentally -- |
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Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 07:26 PM by catmother
thought i hadn't answered the poll -- it said something like "you already voted".
on edit: i just went back and tried it. said page could not be accessed "you voted already".:dilemma:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:27 PM
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16. When that happens, do you ever say "Sorry!" out loud? |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:34 PM
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19. no. but i do yell at the tv when bush speaks. |
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Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 07:36 PM by catmother
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actually i've had to stop myself from throwing the remote at the tv. :hide:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:41 PM
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21. There's a remedy for that! Just say out loud to Agent Mike: |
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"Where's bin Laden? If you had a real job, you'd go arrest Bush right now."
It makes me feel much, much better.
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:29 PM
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17. Well, if there's a problem, how do we do a recount? n/t |
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:45 PM
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22. SCOTUS might not allow a recount. look what they did in 2000. |
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what are they capable of now?:puke:
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Thu Mar-16-06 07:50 PM
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23. That's a good point. Maybe something more concrete |
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than vapor votes would be a good idea.
Then, at least they'd have to burn our ballots before they disappeared them.
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