Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-27 Thread Roy M. Silvernail
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 18:39, Steve Furlong wrote: > 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 "Tippe

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-27 Thread Steve Furlong
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

2004-04-26 Thread Steve Furlong
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

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Tyler Durden
om: 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 lik

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread sunder
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 pu

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Damian Gerow
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-ch

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Jack Lloyd
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 whe

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread sunder
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, an

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-20 Thread Jack Lloyd
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:28:07PM +0100, Graham Lally wrote: > Current report: > > > > The tech: > > > > Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine >