On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:01, Tim May wrote:
> When California was considering a lottery to 'help the schools,"
..
> Oh, and the "our children benefit, too!" never materialized. The
> politicos took in the rakeoff from the deceptive odds, plus the more
> normal rakeoff, and spent it on their usua
On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 04:06 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
(I bought _one_ lottery ticket, for $1, just to see how the numbers
were
done. Lotteries are of course a tax on the gullible and stupid.)
A friend of mine likes to say that lotteries are a tax on
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>(I bought _one_ lottery ticket, for $1, just to see how the numbers were
>done. Lotteries are of course a tax on the gullible and stupid.)
A friend of mine likes to say that lotteries are a tax on stupidity: The
dumber you are, the more tax you have to pay.
P
On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 02:44 AM, ken wrote:
If we here can't agree on how to make machine voting both robust and
private, then EVEN IF A PERFECT SYSTEM COULD BE DESIGNED it is
extremely unlikely that a large number of people could be persuaded
that it /was/ perfect.
So if public con
On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 02:44 AM, ken wrote:
Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Currently voting is trusted because political adversaries supervise
the
process.
Previously the mechanics were, well, mechanical, ie, open for
inspection.
That really is worth saying more often.
If we here can't ag
18 PM
To: Major Variola (ret); [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Chaumian blinding & public voting?
On Friday 31 October 2003 12:10 pm, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> Is is possible to use blinding (or other protocols) so that all votes
> are published, you can check that your vote is in there,
Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Currently voting is trusted because political adversaries supervise the
process.
Previously the mechanics were, well, mechanical, ie, open for
inspection.
That really is worth saying more often.
If we here can't agree on how to make machine voting both robust
and priv
On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 07:17 PM, Neil Johnson wrote:
On Friday 31 October 2003 12:10 pm, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Is is possible to use blinding (or other protocols) so that all votes
are published, you can check that your vote is in there, and you
(or anyone) can run the maths and ver
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Tim May wrote:
> Or should we just add 20 of the remaining 30 list subscribers here to
> the list of 25 million in these united states who need to be sent up
> the chimneys? Works for me.
Do we actually have 30 subscribers left?
--
Yours,
J.A. Terranson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello --
David Chaum has a new system that is an optical one-time pad. It requires a
printer that prints squares on both sides of a transparent 2-layer ballot. To
the voter it looks like ordinary printing with a solid black border. Then s/he
separates the layers, hands one in for counting an
On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 09:17 PM, J.A. Terranson wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Tim May wrote:
Or should we just add 20 of the remaining 30 list subscribers here to
the list of 25 million in these united states who need to be sent up
the chimneys? Works for me.
Do we actually have 30 subscr
First, much thanks to Howie Goodell for his reply.
(Note that printing stuff on transparencies was proposed
(by Shamir?) some time ago, perhaps for quorum-required info.)
At 09:17 PM 10/31/03 -0600, Neil Johnson wrote:
>On Friday 31 October 2003 12:10 pm, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
>> Is is pos
On Friday 31 October 2003 12:10 pm, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> Is is possible to use blinding (or other protocols) so that all votes
> are published, you can check that your vote is in there, and you
> (or anyone) can run the maths and verify the vote? Without being
> able to link people to vot
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 23:55, Tim May wrote:
> Increasing voter turnout is, of course, a Bad Thing. For the reasons we
> discuss so often.
Agreed. To the extent that I want a government at all, I support a
constitutional republic, not a democracy. Legions of bleary-eyed,
TV-addled, bigoted jackass
On Friday 31 October 2003 10:55 pm, Tim May wrote:
.. (Standard Tim May "Anyone who doesn't agree with me deserves to die a
horrible death rant) ...
> --Tim May
I figured that was coming.
Chuckle.
--
Neil Johnson
http://www.njohnsn.com
PGP key available on request.
Is is possible to use blinding (or other protocols) so that all votes
are published, you can check that your vote is in there, and you
(or anyone) can run the maths and verify the vote? Without being
able to link people to votes without their consent.
Currently voting is trusted because politica
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