arstechnica.com — A new e-voting bill promises to address the most serious security problems with computerized voting machines. The proposal would require a voter-verified paper trail, regular audits, and disclosure of voting machine source code.
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tecuervoApr 2, 2007
Doesn't have to be GPLd! As long as people can scrutinize the source code.
ericsemailApr 2, 2007
wth is this crap? ^---------
fuzzmeisterApr 2, 2007
From anarchy comes totalitarianism, almost without fail. A power vacuum is just waiting to be taken advantage of.
roskmachineApr 2, 2007
If we must put it in physical terms, power is more like a tower than a vacuum, since it must be built up before it can be seriously used. Thus, while people may inhabit towers continuously, moving in quite naturally when others move out, when the tower itself is not there it cannot simply be taken.Of course, the nature of the reactions to my post is how we know that all of this talk about "power vacuums" is just propaganda: people spout it out without thinking in one liners (most often quite condescendingly). @ knomevolPlease educate yourself on anarchist theory before you dismiss it out of hand. Your unthinking, kneejerk reaction serves only those in power, not your own mind, which I assure you when you tap into it will be quite powerful and exhilerating.
fratermApr 3, 2007
I almost think that Corporations should as a condition of their corporate status (if they have gone that route) as pseudo-persons be required to lobby according to the democratic will of their employees, or not at all.
knomevolApr 5, 2007
oh! you mean "anarchy" like occurred during katrina in the dome.yeah... that's reasonable.
sarahmaddelsonMay 11, 2007
So... sweet!
cayennenatorMay 17, 2007
Not so useful, but... I've always liked posts like that. Dugg.