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mikelewis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:04 PM
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You know, we should have hacked into the computers that tally
the Senator votes. How loud would these Senators scream if they were denied thier right to vote.

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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:05 PM
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1. Too Late
They already got Daschle probably.
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secedeeconomically Donating Member (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:08 PM
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2. It would depend on how their network it setup
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:09 PM
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3. Their network probably has appropriate firewalls - unlike our voting...
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:10 PM
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4. You say the most ridiculous things. Consistently.
eom
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:12 PM
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6. come on. It's funny
He couldn't have meant it seriously. It's funny.
By the way, what does eom mean?
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:19 PM
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12. This post, maybe, but if you watch this person's posts...
you see a pattern of bait and disappear. Ask leading question about something controversial, watch wackier posters come out of the woodwork, and never respond to them. Suggest something totally ridiculous and wait for people to agree.

I've never seen this poster post something longer than three lines that gave any relevant information about a point of view.

eom is end of message.
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:21 PM
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14. ok, gotcha
thanks for the definition of eom
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:29 PM
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17. happy to be of assistance,
Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 04:30 PM by 8643
DU has a list of abreveations somewhere, took me a while to get all the accromims.

Cheers :toast:

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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:20 PM
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13. eom means End Of Message like n/t means No Text. eom
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:22 PM
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15. gosh, seems unnecessary
to have such a term. It would seem obvious a message was over. Thanks for the clarification. Have wondered that for ages.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:23 PM
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16. eom or n/t goes in the heading so people wont open empty posts
it is pointless to put in the message box. totaly defeats the purpose.
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myschkin Donating Member (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:11 PM
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5. Yes!
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:12 PM
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7. One day this might happen
except the hackers might be terrorist -- real ones.

The world now knows how easy the vote totals in the US can be manipulated -- next time it might not be a Rove or Rove clone who does this. THEN we will hear the GOP screaming -- Oh boy -- will they scream bloody murder.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/opinion/l05vote.html

To the Editor:

I serve on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers P1583 working group that is drafting the electronic voting equipment standard. The managing director of the I.E.E.E. Standards Association says (letter, Dec. 31) that "the draft standard includes criteria for a voter-verified paper trail performance."

In fact, proposals for verifiable voting records have been rejected out of hand in this committee. As a public relations gesture, the standard includes an addendum that defines, but very specifically does not require, verifiable voting.

Current electronic voting machines cannot be proved trustworthy because they are unauditable. When totals on these machines differ from exit poll projections, we have no empirical way to determine which numbers are correct.

Concerns about voting technology are sometimes painted as sore-loser griping. But when equipment can be unauditably rigged, election results will be bought by organized criminals and terrorists, not just politicians.

Cem Kaner
Melbourne, Fla., Dec. 31, 2004

The writer is a professor of software engineering, Florida Institute of Technology.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:13 PM
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Kota Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:14 PM
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9. From Wills blog it sounded like the votes were being switched.
apparently the GOP was having trouble with the buttons.
Or they are diebold machines.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:14 PM
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10. lol! My son thought it was funny that they were electronically voting,and
wondered if they had a paper trail. He's 14.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:17 PM
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11. they would assume that it was Rove and all remain silent!
Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 04:18 PM by 8643
Here little lemmings, here little lemmings, thats not poison bait, its a tasty reward for your devotion and loyalty. Go ahead eat it, eat it all up. Oh your little lemming tummies hurt, well you should have known it was poison bait, silly little lemmings.
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:30 PM
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18. They would have screamed so loud we would be deaf. eom
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