Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 11:34, Jack Lloyd wrote: Hmmm... that's a thought. Tim May as president. Election slogan: You're *all* going up the chimneys. I voted for Cthulhu -- why vote for the lesser of two evils? http://www.cthulhu.org/
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
Jack Lloyd wrote: Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these days, it seems like. What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya?
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote: Jack Lloyd wrote: Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these days, it seems like. What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya? AFAIK most local/state elections have even lower turnout than the recent ones for the prez. Anyway, you could always have voted for Nader/Brown/Tim May/etc. Hmmm... that's a thought. Tim May as president. Election slogan: You're *all* going up the chimneys.
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
Thus spake sunder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26/04/04 11:31]: : What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I : Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya? Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through various mis-wordings and lax fact-checkings, the Mass Media came to represent what he said through that phrase. What he /actually/ claimed (and what he /actually/ did) was recognize its importance, and then push for funding, in the 1980's. So he didn't 'invent' the Internet, he helped provide the funding for its inventors.
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
Damian Gerow wrote: Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through various mis-wordings and lax fact-checkings, the Mass Media came to represent what he said through that phrase. What he /actually/ claimed (and what he /actually/ did) was recognize its importance, and then push for funding, in the 1980's. So he didn't 'invent' the Internet, he helped provide the funding for its inventors. Yeah so what? I still wouldn't want to vote for him (except as a vote against Shrubbya) Al's prise pig of a wife, Tipper, helped found the PMRC against lyrics in songs. See Megadeth's Hook in Mouth for details on this censorious organization: http://www.songlyrics4u.com/megadeth/hook-in-mouth.html and http://www.geocities.com/fireace_00/pmrc.html for details about the PMRC.
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
Hmmm... that's a thought. Tim May as president. Election slogan: You're *all* going up the chimneys. Wasn't there something close a few years ago? I remember a write-in campaign to get Unabomber Ted Kascinsky elected as President. -TD From: Jack Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:34:39 -0400 On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote: Jack Lloyd wrote: Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these days, it seems like. What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya? AFAIK most local/state elections have even lower turnout than the recent ones for the prez. Anyway, you could always have voted for Nader/Brown/Tim May/etc. Hmmm... that's a thought. Tim May as president. Election slogan: You're *all* going up the chimneys. _ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 12:58, sunder wrote: Al's prise pig of a wife, Tipper, helped found the PMRC against lyrics in songs. And, like all statists, they went widely astray of their goals. Frank Zappa's _Jazz from Hell_ got a Tipper Sticker, indicating obscene lyrics. They didn't notice that _JfH_ was an instrumental album.
Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:28:07PM +0100, Graham Lally wrote: Current report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3641419.stm The tech: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3493474.stm Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine (/system) is fully tamper-proof? The system they are using has been proven tamper-proof by strong assertion. This method of security proof is used around the world for protecting all kinds of systems. Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these days, it seems like. -Jack
