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DATE | 2004-12-12 |
FROM | Adam Kosmin
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Voting (was:Re: why we need Free Software voting machines)
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From owner-hangouts-destenys-at-mrbrklyn.com Sun Dec 12 10:11:19 2004 X-UIDL: #IP"!^)c"!hf5"!i;7!! Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iBCFBJvG028293 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:11:19 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id iBCFBIVF028292 for hangouts-destenys; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:11:18 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangouts-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from mail.windowsrefund.net (24-168-3-85.nyc.rr.com [24.168.3.85]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iBCFBI3u028287 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:11:18 -0500 Received: from nephilim.windowsrefund.net (nephilim.windowsrefund.net [192.168.1.100]) by mail.windowsrefund.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BCB134086; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:11:27 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:10:58 -0500 From: Adam Kosmin To: Contrarian Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [hangout] Voting (was:Re: why we need Free Software voting machines) Message-ID: <20041212151058.GD1177-at-nephilim> References: <200412120637.iBC6bf2V082297-at-bsd1.nyct.net> <20041212014300.K82657-at-bsd1.nyct.net> <20041212015028.X83264-at-bsd1.nyct.net> <20041212015845.L83660-at-bsd1.nyct.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041212015845.L83660-at-bsd1.nyct.net> X-GPG-Key: http://windowsrefund.net/akosmin-pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: 11C2 79F6 BD3D 3A86 5640 3DA0 3860 B30E 711D 3B66 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i X-windowsrefund-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-windowsrefund-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-MailScanner-From: akosmin-at-nyc.rr.com Sender: owner-hangouts-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Adam Kosmin List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-Keywords: X-UID: 38878 Status: RO Content-Length: 1918 Lines: 66
" " " " Adam, do you have an author name for the Counterpunch article?
This is the link
http://counterpunch.org/baker08192004.html
" Anyway, regarding Free Software, you are entirely right, I " just don't think that is a strong enough measure. When the " voting error issue first began to be discussed on local lists " I thought it was it was an activist side-show without any " merit. I was wrong, as a little research (on c.r. and else " where) showed me. But the remedy isn't better software I " think it's no software.
I disagree. That would be inefficiant.
" " From Mike Bacarelly on the nylug-talk list: " " :Nothing that I've seen regarding either election has " :convinced me that the issues and controversy are due to " :technical failures. Quite the opposite --they've been " :administrative failures. " " :Where I voted in New York, they had mechanical voting " :machines that did basically everything a voting machine should. " :It clearly showed the options, only allowed me to make no vote " :or a valid vote (wouldn't let me vote for more than one " :candidate per position), and had very discrete start/done " :operations. " " :As far as I'm concerned, this is the ideal. Putting a " :computer inside these machines increases their chances " :of failure and the risk of tampering by a gajillion " :bajillion percent. " " -- " Don't like Google Beta? " Write 'em at http://groups-beta.google.com/support/bin/request.py " " " ____________________________ " NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene " Fair Use - " because it's either fair use or useless.... " NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc "
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Adam Kosmin, RHCE, LPIC http://windowsrefund.net
"Don't take the name of root in vain" - /usr/src/linux/README ____________________________ NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene Fair Use - because it's either fair use or useless.... NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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