Comments on: You’re Doing It Wrong http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/15/youre-doing-it-wrong/ TechCrunching the Enterprise Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:04:28 -0700 hourly 1 By: Phreakonomist http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/15/youre-doing-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3437 Phreakonomist Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:42:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=319#comment-3437 Clearly the paper trail route is superior due to people's inherent aptitude for counting votes re: Florida. Clearly the paper trail route is superior due to people’s inherent aptitude for counting votes re: Florida.

]]> By: Victor http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/15/youre-doing-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3426 Victor Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:51:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=319#comment-3426 We need a paper trail on these things, dammit! We need a paper trail on these things, dammit!

]]> By: Basil http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/15/youre-doing-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3420 Basil Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:36:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=319#comment-3420 I believe that the issue is that a voting machine should not be worries about the ambient viruses you see on the net, but instead the security holes that would allow a partisan hacker to walk into the booth, do something fiddley with a memory key, and then singlehandedly choose the result of the election. I believe that the issue is that a voting machine should not be worries about the ambient viruses you see on the net, but instead the security holes that would allow a partisan hacker to walk into the booth, do something fiddley with a memory key, and then singlehandedly choose the result of the election.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/15/youre-doing-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3413 Nathan Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:28:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=319#comment-3413 there's absolutely nothing wrong with using windows for the base of a voting machine. it makes the app development incredibly simple. what i don't understand is the need for anti-virus. are these machines hooked into the internet? why is it possible for anybody to install application on these things? i windows box on a lan with lowered permissions really doesn't need av. there’s absolutely nothing wrong with using windows for the base of a voting machine. it makes the app development incredibly simple.

what i don’t understand is the need for anti-virus. are these machines hooked into the internet? why is it possible for anybody to install application on these things? i windows box on a lan with lowered permissions really doesn’t need av.

]]> By: Victor Agreda Jr http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/15/youre-doing-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3410 Victor Agreda Jr Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:14:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=319#comment-3410 Well, yes. I think what you're saying is that you don't need to build a planet when you only need a seed. The problem is that in the marketplace there's this rush to make cheap stuff quickly. That is simply begging for stupid mistakes to creep in at every turn. "Build our own OS? Poppycock! My computer runs Windows, Bill Gates is rich, ergo, Windows must be the best solution." In fact, it'd probably take a couple of smart, dedicated guys about a month to make a simple, secure, portable machine capable of doing the simplest thing imaginable: tallying entries in a very flat database. That is, if they did it *right.* Well, yes. I think what you’re saying is that you don’t need to build a planet when you only need a seed.

The problem is that in the marketplace there’s this rush to make cheap stuff quickly. That is simply begging for stupid mistakes to creep in at every turn. “Build our own OS? Poppycock! My computer runs Windows, Bill Gates is rich, ergo, Windows must be the best solution.”

In fact, it’d probably take a couple of smart, dedicated guys about a month to make a simple, secure, portable machine capable of doing the simplest thing imaginable: tallying entries in a very flat database. That is, if they did it *right.*

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