Computer Trouble in the Voting Booth

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Touch Screen Voting Trouble in Florida

Touch Screen Voting Trouble in Florida 01/09/2004 09:50 PM

Computer trouble affected blackout

Computer trouble affected blackout 11/19/2003 10:28 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Nov 19 2003 9:45PM ET

Trouble switching on a computer or using
a mouse? Help is here

Trouble switching on a computer or using
a mouse? Help is here 05/21/2004 11:26 AM
BBC May 21 2004 3:49PM GMT

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t 07/28/2004 07:38 AM

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Considering Computer Voting

Considering Computer Voting 12/15/2003 02:25 AM
New York Times Dec 15 2003 1:55AM ET

Concerns over US computer voting

Concerns over US computer voting 02/15/2004 11:56 AM
Two leading US experts on computer voting warn that the forthcoming presidential election could be more chaotic than the last.

Computer glitches lost voting data

Computer glitches lost voting data 07/28/2004 02:36 AM
Miami Herald Jul 28 2004 7:30AM GMT

Computer expert: E-voting systems flawed

Computer expert: E-voting systems flawed 05/05/2004 12:51 PM
CNN May 5 2004 5:16PM GMT

Panel recommends ban on computer voting
system

Panel recommends ban on computer voting
system 04/22/2004 09:25 PM
SiliconValley.com Apr 23 2004 0:37AM GMT

E-voting firm reports computer break-in

E-voting firm reports computer break-in 12/29/2003 01:42 PM
MSNBC Dec 29 2003 12:48PM ET

California puts the brakes on unreliable
computer voting

California puts the brakes on unreliable
computer voting 04/30/2004 07:09 PM
Independent Apr 30 2004 11:06PM GMT

Hall of Fame Voting For Computer Museum
of America

Hall of Fame Voting For Computer Museum
of America 05/10/2004 02:42 PM

Computer scientist defends security
community stance on e-voting

Computer scientist defends security
community stance on e-voting 07/21/2004 04:52 PM
Allowing e-voting to take place this fall without addressing related security concerns would be "irresponsible," Aviel Rubin, the computer scientist who first raised questions about e-voting system security, told a House subcommittee.

Internet Voting System Set For Upcoming
Elections Not Secure, Computer Experts
Say

Internet Voting System Set For Upcoming
Elections Not Secure, Computer Experts
Say 01/23/2004 08:49 PM
Science Daily Jan 24 2004 0:41AM GMT

League of Women Voters Is Split on
Paperless Computer Voting Systems

League of Women Voters Is Split on
Paperless Computer Voting Systems 06/10/2004 11:47 PM
New York Times Jun 11 2004 3:15AM GMT

Looking for trouble: Using trouble
tickets as development feedback

Looking for trouble: Using trouble
tickets as development feedback 07/14/2002 11:29 PM
CNET Jul 14 2002 10:13PM ET

Booth boyz of E3

Booth boyz of E3 05/15/2004 04:28 AM
All over the net, we're getting treated to galleries of the booth-babes at E3, the big gaming conference in LA. Alice Taylor, the Quake player who posted the devastating report on a panel of four men saying unbelievably stupid things about why women don't play games, decided to prove her point by going around E3, shooting the Booth Boyz on offer. It's a pretty sad lot. Link

Osama in the booth

Osama in the booth 08/13/2004 12:11 AM
Over on the right side of the fence, we're hearing plenty of voices arguing that al-Qaida wants to see George Bush defeated. From where I sit, it seems equally or more likely that bin Laden and company would love to see Bush re-elected (he's been their best recruiting agent, in Iraq and elsewhere).

But really, to speculate on this subject either way is to go down a rathole. Who cares which candidate al-Qaida might favor? Osama doesn't vote. All that matters is, which candidate will best protect the American people, bolster the American economy, and help build a safer and more peaceful world for our kids?

But the prospect of an October surprise now looms scarily over the electoral landscape. And the most important thing we can do is to inoculate ourselves in advance against it.

The nightmare scenario goes something like this: Sometime in October, al-Qaida strikes inside the U.S. Either (a) Americans rally behind the president, even though the occasion of a second attack might cause us to feel the administration had failed us; or (b) though there might well have been little any president could do to stop the attack, many Americans blame Bush -- and that evokes a patriotic chorus of rally-round-the-prez from our leaders and our media, with sanctimonious cries of "Remember Madrid!"

It barely matters, then, whether the reaction goes for or against Bush. Either way -- if we accept, as U.S. intelligence reports, that "influencing the elections" is an al-Qaida goal -- the result will be an al-Qaida success. Unless we're somehow able, ahead of the fact, to draw some lines in the rhetorical sand.

The "influencing elections" debate began in earnest in March, when the Madrid attacks and subsequent fall of Bush ally Jose Maria Aznar's government led American conservatives to complain that Spain's voters had capitulated to al-Qaida in a shameful act of cowardice. Never mind that the overwhelming majority of Spanish voters had long opposed their government's policy of supporting the Iraq war; never mind that the last-minute swing against the incumbent government was sparked by disgust at the spin games it played in the immediate aftermath of the attack (when it tried to pin the blame on Basque terrorists). Details, details!

There was and is a blunt agenda at work in this gross distortion of the record: the party of Cheney and Rove is laying the groundwork to argue that, in the wake of an al-Qaida attack, it is our patriotic duty to vote for Bush. Otherwise, you know, the terrorists have won.

In a better world, the right thing to do here would be for Republicans and Democrats to agree, in advance, that neither side will attempt to make political hay out of circumstances surrounding another terrorist attack on the U.S. before the election.

I can't help thinking, though, that such a move would really be unilateral disarmament on the Democratic side -- because the Bush administration has broken every promise it has ever made about not turning terrorism into a political football. Since the war on terror is the only issue on which polls show Bush with any remaining appeal to the American public, it has become the administration's political cornerstone. And it is being micromanaged for Bush's personal political advantage.

Here's Tom Ridge, touting the glories of the president's policies out of one side of his mouth and insisting that his Homeland Security Department "doesn't do politics" out of the other! When all accounts suggest that it was an oversensitivity to political winds that led our intelligence astray in the Iraqi weapons-of-mass-destruction fiasco, here's the new choice to head the CIA -- a partisan GOP bulldog! And don't you Democrats dare oppose him, or we'll hang you by your obstructionist thumbs!

No, I don't think it's possible, given these players, to steer the debate onto the high road and keep it there. Instead, we'd all better keep on high alert between now and Nov. 2 -- not only for possible attacks, which remain a true danger, but for the outrageous distortions of the American political process that could result from them.

Of course, we can be thankful for little things: At least the trial balloon of p ostponing elections in the event of a terror attack seems to have been definitively exploded.

Booth Bots?

Booth Bots? 07/26/2004 11:08 PM
Instead of booth babes, geeks at the 2004 AAAI National Conference may be seeing booth bots. Robots particpating in the annual Robot Competition and Exhibition will be required to work in the vendor booths at the convention as part of the contest. The robots will have to register themselves for the conference, find their assigned booth, and interact with human particpants doing things such as escorting them to destinations within meeting hall. Each robot will also have to arrive at a pre-scheduled time and location to present a talk to the humans. A CMU press release says that Grace and George, a pair of social robots developed by researchers at CMU and two other labs, will be working the show.

New: Viewing Booth Pro 1.0

New: Viewing Booth Pro 1.0 01/22/2004 11:35 AM
Viewing Booth Pro is a basic image editor that can acquire images from any TWAIN scanner.

"The portable cellphone booth."

"The portable cellphone booth." 01/04/2005 11:28 AM

Microsoft's CES Booth a Sardine Can

Microsoft's CES Booth a Sardine Can 01/09/2004 09:54 PM
Microsoft's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show is packed to the gills. The company is showing off a bunch of new wares here.

Cell Phone Booth

Cell Phone Booth 01/03/2005 10:33 AM

Another day, another artist complaining about the lack of respect/personal interaction from those pesky cell phone users. At least Nick Rodrigues bothered to wear a suit as he showed off his personal cell phone booth, designed to illustrate how disrespectful people are when they dare call their friends and family in public.

Remember the good ol' days, when people would go into Conversation Booths before speaking, preserving the sanctity of the commons' silence? No, I really don't either.

Performa nce Sculpture [SensoryImpact]

The Portable Cellphone Booth

The Portable Cellphone Booth 01/03/2005 12:29 PM
The Portable Cellphone Booth (imbedded .mov)

Volunteers needed for OSCON TPF booth

Volunteers needed for OSCON TPF booth 07/25/2004 04:27 AM
Bill Odom writes "TPF needs your help! The Perl Foundation will have a booth at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention again this year, and we need volunteers to staff the booth. No special experience or abilities are needed, other than a willingness to talk ...

E3: Floor Team: Booth Babes

E3: Floor Team: Booth Babes 05/12/2004 09:32 PM
Our E3 floor team is packing it up for the day, getting ready to do the real dirty work of E3: watching drunk developers dance at faux-raves thrown by game companies' marketing teams. And since I had to put that image into your mind, let me try to make up...

"booth babes and the geeks that get
their photo taken with them"

"booth babes and the geeks that get
their photo taken with them" 07/03/2004 02:10 AM

Automatic Blood Donation Booth

Automatic Blood Donation Booth 07/09/2004 10:22 AM

We don't have a ton of information about this Automatic Blood Donation machine, but how much information do you really need? I do wonder, though, if this isn't perhaps a blood donation machine, but instead some sort of fancy blood testing machine, given that Japanese preoccupation with blood types and what have you. Either way, goodbye nurse.
Read - Automatic Blood Donation Machine [TechNovelgy]

The Mobile Phone Is Killing The Red
Telephone Booth In The UK

The Mobile Phone Is Killing The Red
Telephone Booth In The UK 06/22/2004 02:02 PM
While there have been plenty of stories about how mobile phones are killing off payphones, nowhere is such a story as upsetting to people as in the UK, where the distinctive red telephone booths are quickly disappearing, making it more and more difficult for tourists to get a picture in front of one. While there are a variety of reasons for the removal of such phone booths, including accessibility problems for the disabled, the main reason is simply that they're increasingly obsolete when everyone has a mobile phone. Of course, this is leading to a brisk business in reselling the phone booths for collectors who are turning them into lawn ornaments, conversation pieces, or even as part of a home bar.

'Silence' Mobile Phone Privacy Booth

'Silence' Mobile Phone Privacy Booth 06/16/2004 08:34 AM

Maybe I'm given to pessimism, but I have a feeling this 'Silence' mobile phone box -- designed to provide a bit of privacy to people who are talking on their cell phones -- probably won't end up being a big success, even if it is slated to appear in an upcoming James Bond movie (in a scene where Bond has phone sex with a T-Mobile customer service agent while trying to switch to a worldwide roaming plan). It does make me wistful for phone booths, though.
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Microsoft Booth at CES to Feature Game
Service

Microsoft Booth at CES to Feature Game
Service 12/28/2004 03:41 PM
WebProNews Dec 28 2004 8:19PM GMT

A Wi-Fi/VoIP Phone Booth In the Burning
Man Desert

A Wi-Fi/VoIP Phone Booth In the Burning
Man Desert 09/20/2004 11:21 PM

Microsoft's E3 Booth Showcases Vitality
of Games for Windows

Microsoft's E3 Booth Showcases Vitality
of Games for Windows 05/06/2004 12:00 AM
Microsoft Corp. will continue breaking ground in the computer gaming arena next week, as Games for Windows® establishes its presence at the interactive entertainment industry's largest trade show, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The new Games for Windows booth will showcase platform-defining titles for Windows and make Microsoft the first company to host two booths in the South Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center. The booth (No. 968) will feature 20 games from the hottest publishers in the industry, including Electronic Arts Inc., Atari Inc. and Sony Online Entertainment Inc. "By concentrating all these great games in a single location, you can get an immediate sense of the excitement happening on Windows," said Dean Lester, general manager of Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies at Microsoft. "These titles represent just a small sample of the incredible innovation developers are bringing to the Windows platform -- a platform that delivers deep, detailed experiences."

ITU Telecom Asia 2004: Pantech & Curitel
Booth

ITU Telecom Asia 2004: Pantech & Curitel
Booth 09/10/2004 09:26 AM

LIAM "INTERN CAMP" MCNULTY --It's always good to see innovation brought to the market, even if the innovation doesn't necessarily do well. Or at least I think so. Take a look at the N-Gage - it's almost unanimously disliked, and has basically proved that "side-talking" is worthless.

Taking another stab at the game/phone hybrid device is Korean "Pantech & Curitel." I had more or less forgotten about this company since the Gizmodo article a couple months ago. Keitai Watch has renewed my interest in what they have to offer, though, through their coverage of the company's booth at ITU Telecom Asia 2004.

Hybrid game/phone devices aren't the only suprises Pantech & Curitel had up their proverbial sleeve. There were also two phones with 3.1MP cameras and detachable TV antennas, one that looks like it was runover by an ice cream truck (intended for the American market), and some other assorted innovations. More information after the jump.

E3 2004 Report: Booth Babe Dialogues -
GameCritics.com

E3 2004 Report: Booth Babe Dialogues -
GameCritics.com 07/07/2004 04:43 AM
"It's funny when guys come up to me and tell me that it's their first time touching a girl." .. Gamecritics interviews E3 "booth babes" .. Booth Babe Dialogues

gamecritics.com/feature/report/e3expo2004_babes/page01.php
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Melvin D. Booth and Dean L. Hubbard,
Ph.D. Join Ventria’s Board of Directors

Melvin D. Booth and Dean L. Hubbard,
Ph.D. Join Ventria’s Board of Directors 02/01/2005 09:20 PM
Ventria Bioscience, a privately held biopharmaceutical company that is leading the development of plant-made pharmaceuticals, announced today that Melvin D. Booth, former President of MedImmune, and Dean L. Hubbard, Ph.D., President of Northwest Missouri State University, have joined the company’s Board of Directors. [PRWEB Jan 28, 2005]

Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines

Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines 08/13/2004 03:15 AM
New research on the political campaign contributions made to Democrats and Republicans by voting maching companies. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]

Reg reader tackles Kodak
digital print booth

Reg reader tackles Kodak
digital print booth 08/03/2004 07:28 AM
Letter Blow-by-blow account of man/machine interface

example.com vs. www.example.com...
trouble!

example.com vs. www.example.com...
trouble! 06/17/2005 07:22 PM

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