[Am-info] Gates gets governmemnt security at tax payer expense

[felmon davis]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Mark Dodel wrote:

> In <200407302151.11285.fmiller@lightlink.com>, on 07/30/04 at 09:51 PM,
>    Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> said:
>
> >> It is time for regime change at home.
>
> >Sure, put the biggest liar and scumbag to run for the Oval Office in MANY
> > years in office, meaning Kerry. Sure, that's real
> >intelligent....NOT!!
>
>
> Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but from the performance over
> the past 3.5 years, the most telling lack of intelligence has been in the
> White House.  And the biggest bunch of liars to occupy those offices as
> well (and that is saying a lot). [...]

well, I don't have much argument here but I believe we should all hold
off debating presidential politics on this list since it unduly
divides us when we have a common interest in the machinations and fate
of Microsoft.

however,

>  My father who hasn't voted for a
> Democrat in 4 decades has already told me he won't vote for Bush.  The
> only real question isn't whether he will be voted out, its whether the
> criminals running things will steal yet another election.  Most likely
> with Mr. Gates' assistance with those funky computerized voting systems
> and this time there will be no chance for a recount, as there is no audit
> trail.  Isn't that convenient?

I thought the following bit was interesting and germane (to E-Voting,
apologies that it's still off-topic for the list):

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HACKERS CHALLENGED TO TEST E-VOTING MACHINES
Rebecca Mercuri, a research fellow affiliated with Harvard University,
challenged computer hackers attending the annual Black Hat convention
to test whether it is possible to rig an election held using paperless
electronic voting machines. Mercuri encouraged hackers to evaluate
software code posted on the Internet by VoteHere, an electronic voting
software company, and called on other voting machine companies to make
their codes and product available for scrutiny. She said her challenge
is in response to one by Michael Shamos, a Carnegie Mellon University
computer scientist and voting technology consultant. Shamos reportedly
promised $10,000 to anyone who can hack into a voting machine
undetected. Mercuri dismissed Shamos's challenge because the
electronic voting industry uses trade-secret agreements that make it a
felony to examine the equipment. A representative of Sequoia Voting
Systems, a maker of e-voting machiens, called Mercuri's challenge
irresponsible.
San Jose Mercury News, 30 July 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9278952.htm
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seems a bit of a stunt to me - was the source of E-voting fraud
through its connectivity or through suspect coding? - but it's an
interesting twist.

Felmon


Felmon Davis
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