Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? 329
ICA writes "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."
When I called for support (Score:5, Funny)
The above comment was intended for amusement purposes only and in no way reflects true events.
Re:What, a hasty switch from paper to electronic (Score:5, Funny)
And if that by itself is not a landmark event heralding the dawn of a new age, I don't know what is.
Article summary (Score:5, Funny)
According to quoted experts, Diebold might dump its poorly-rated electronic voting division. Or it might not.
Who's responsible for this?! (Score:2, Funny)
company image? (Score:3, Funny)
they should take a vote on the matter (Score:3, Funny)
Re:thats interesting (Score:3, Funny)
But, but, but, I though money = votes.
Was that a trick question?
Re:thats interesting (Score:2, Funny)
As opposed to "figuratively illegal"?
Re:When I called for support (Score:5, Funny)
Dumbold Voting Machine (Score:2, Funny)
Dumbold Voting Machine for The Sims [dumbold.com]
The Dumbold Voting Machine for The Sims enables the simulated people in your virtual dollhouse to vote!
It's an interactive "get out the vote" public service message, in the form of a free downloadable Sims object.
This Sims object is an electronic voting machine that lets your Sims vote between four candidates: Kerry, Bush, Nader and Badnarik.
I've included informative text in this Sims object, which it displays in illustrated dialogs to educate players about electronic voting machines.
A major side-show is the "Monkey" item on the pie menu, which activates all kinds of cool easter eggs, and displays lots of in-game information and news about electronic voting machines.
Please give this Dumbold Voting Machine a good pounding on, and tell me if you have any problems (besides the usual problems endemic to electronic voting machines, which I've programmed into this Sims object on purpose).
At first look, it appears to be a fully functional voting machine. But it actually has a lot of fatal bugs and hidden features, just like real electronic voting machines!
Highlights of Cheats, Bugs and Easter Eggs (Illustrations are here [dumbold.com])
The Dumbold Voting Machine is programmed with cheats, bugs and easter eggs, which you can discover and read about by playing around with it. It demonstrates and simulates some alarming problems with real world electronic voting machines, with many surprising effects and subtle interactions:
Baxter the Chimpanzee Erases the Voting Log. When you put the voting machine into debug mode and clear the votes, you will see a dialog with the hillarious picture and story of Baxter the Chimpanzee. In your web browser, you can watch the funny monkey movie showing Baxter erasing the voting log! Now your Sims can monkey around with the electronic Dumbold Voting Machines, go bananas hacking the system, fling poo and corrupt the election results just like the pros!
Vote or Die! P. Diddy, lately a.k.a. Citizen Combs, says: "'You all are the X-factor, the wild card," Combs said. "`History is being made here. Our revolution has begun." "Young voters in this country are throwing away their power to have a say about education, healthcare, and any issue that affects them." Combs explains. "These things affect your life, so - Vote or Die!" (If you select Vote, you live. If you select Die, you either get electrocuted, or burst into flames, then you die.)
You punched out the screen! Hey!!! You're supposed to touch the screen, not punch it! Next time, please don't take out your frustration with the lousy choice of candidates by punching the screen. That's not the way to get your vote counted. (Your Sim breaks the voting machine screen. You can repair it if you're skilled enough, but you might want to keep a handyman on call during the election!)
Osama Bin Laden Scares the Piss Out of You!!! Osama Bin Laden wants to scare you into voting for George W Bush, because Bin Laden is grateful to Bush for outsourcing the job of hunting him down to Osama's good friends, the Afghan warlords. Bush's policies have strengthened Bin Laden's cause, and George W Bush says he's not worried about Osama Bin Laden. Bush and Bin Laden both want you to vote in response to your of fears, not in pursuit of your hopes. "Americans all know that Osama Bin Laden doesn't pick our president. The Supreme Court does." -Bill Maher (Your Sim empties their bladder, pisses their pants, and then runs away screaming!)
Accidentally Voting for Pat Buchanan. When you select one of the four official candidates, sometimes it "accidentally" pops up an illustrated dialog asking for confirmation that you want to vote for Pat Buchanan! If you foolishly select "Yes", the voting machine breaks!
News about Black Box Voting.
News about CalTech-MIT/Voting Technology Project.
News about Diebold
Re:thats interesting (Score:3, Funny)
"Bingo!"
Re:thats interesting (Score:1, Funny)
Oh wait, this is
Perhaps such machines will no longer be needed (Score:1, Funny)
(p.s.: You hit that one out of the park, Mr. Rodriguez. I wish I had mod points...)
Re:More Latin... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good. (Score:5, Funny)
Tell me more about failed a Turing test?