truseek Posted September 25, 2004 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 344 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/29/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/20/1982 Share Posted September 25, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133214,00.html Critics of the Diebold (search) touch-screen voting machines turned their attention Wednesday from the machines themselves to the computers that will tally the final vote, saying the outcome is so easy to manipulate that even a monkey could do it. And they showed video of a monkey hacking the system to prove it. In the minute-long video produced by Black Box Voting (search), Baxter the chimp is shown deleting the audit log that is supposed to keep track of changes in the Diebold central tabulator, the computer and program that keeps track of county vote totals. Black Box Voting founder Bev Harris said the demonstration shows that the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Darner Posted September 26, 2004 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 144 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/05/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted September 26, 2004 (edited) I think this article is a good example of your clarification of the word "hacker": I'm really touchy about this, and maybe it's stupid to you guys, but it is important to me. A hacker is not someone who does these sorts of things, it is merely someone who "tinkers" with their comp in different ways. The word you are looking for here is attacker. Again, I know its prolly dumb to you, but hackers get a ton of bad press and it is really unjustified. If it weren't for hackers, we wouldn't have a huge portion of the technology we have today. Edited September 26, 2004 by Green Darner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truseek Posted September 26, 2004 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 344 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/29/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/20/1982 Author Share Posted September 26, 2004 Oh certainly, I canot, however, alter na article to suit any of my opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Darner Posted September 26, 2004 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 144 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/05/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted September 26, 2004 Oh certainly, I canot, however, alter na article to suit any of my opinions. I didn't mean to imply that you did (or would). I was just appreciating a good concrete example of the fine points of the connotations of our language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted September 26, 2004 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,227 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,948 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted September 26, 2004 I think it ws Stalin that said it matters not who votes, it's who counts tha votes that matters........ No paper trail seems to me to be very very dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmh Posted September 27, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/15/1968 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Oh great. Does this mean the county I live in here in Florida is going to mess things up again? grrrrrrrrrrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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