#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Court Says Military Cannot Hold 'Enemy Combatant'
posted by seti at 2007-06-11 20:54

seti: In a stinging rejection of one of the Bush administration?s central assertions about the scope of executive authority to combat terrorism, a federal appeals court ordered the Pentagon to release a man being held as an enemy combatant.
seti: Score another for habeas corpus against pure evil.

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates interview highlights
posted by seti at 2007-06-11 19:35

http://www.beaidesign.com/ha_ha.jpg
posted by rik at 2007-06-11 18:25

Where To Watch For Live WWDC 2007 Updates
posted by seti at 2007-06-11 15:59

Population density (persons per square km) for several countries
posted by seti at 2007-06-11 14:14

Video of Nedap electronic voting machine (as used in the Netherlands and Germany) having its ROMs replaced in 60 seconds
posted by seti at 2007-06-11 14:05

anonion: is that easier or harder than replacing a bunch of ballot papers in a locked box with a hole in the top?
anonion: Governments (TM) - defrauding elections since year .
anonion: definitely more expensive than a box with a hole in the top -- both for making and rooting
anonion: hmm .. ever seen ballot papers with any form of forgery-prevention measure like the scribbles you see on bank-notes? and what's to say any ballot paper cannot be marked in a way that official observers wouldn't notice, in order to claim payment for votes ..
anonion: but yeah, it would be nice if the extra capital investment and technology of e-voting would improve things
seti: it won't, electronic voting is flawed by definition
anonion: something to be said for the commune model .. seems likely more reliable than either paper or e-voting representational .. where commune is small enough that each voter knows the representatives and other voters personally and has a good chance of detecting and amending local exploits, then same strategy is repeated at each layer of govt upwards
seti: something more is to be said for anonymous voting, though

http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/
posted by seti at 2007-06-11 13:04

London sux now
posted by anonion at 2007-06-11 07:31

anonion:
anonion: (from On The Buses title sequence;)