Yes. Comelec data on precincts, candidates in each municipality, etc will be converted to EML files and written to CF cards. Each PCOS machine will have each own CF card. The PCOS machine can read and interpret EML so that the EML data will tell which are candidates in the precinct and what is their X,Y position on the ballot face.
//PManalastas --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Brian Tan Seng <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brian Tan Seng <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Code Review & SysAdmin of Election 2010 Computers > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 2:20 PM > Hi All, > This is an interesting topic indeed. Would > anyone know if Election Markup Language (EML) version 5.0 > will be used in next year's election? > http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Schema-Descriptions-v5.0.html > > -- > Brian Tan Seng > Yahoo! Messenger ID: btanseng > Registered Linux User # 361862 > http://counter.li.org > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:28 AM, > Michael Mondragon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Very interesting topic > here. Doc Pab I would like to volunteer as a code > reviewer. Would like to know if there's any > requirements needed here. Or some sort of meeting to be > held? > > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > > From: jan > gestre <[email protected]> > To: > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List <[email protected]> > > Sent: > Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:18:21 AM > Subject: Re: > [plug] Code Review & SysAdmin of Election 2010 > Computers > > > Pardon me if I might be out of line here but is Diebold the > company that manufactures the voting machines for > Smartmatic? And if my memory serves me right, this same > company (Diebold) whose top brass' are convicted > felons because of large scale fraud, right? Are the machines > that Comelec the same controversial machines described here > --> http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=73&Itemid=162 ? Take > a look at the > findings here > --> http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2980&Itemid=51 . > Smartmatic is saying that the machine has 10% margin of > error, what happens then if margin of victory between 1st > and 2nd is 10%? Manual recount? > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:53 PM, > Miguel Paraz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 2009/7/13 Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]>: > > > I have been thinking about this for some time. > Smartmatic can not get enough routable IP addresses to > connect > > the PCOS machines at the precincts to their municipal > CCS/BOC computers. So it has to be VPN involving > > > PCOS machines and their municipal CCS/BOC computers. > One VPN per municipality. Will such arrangement have > > to be with the blessings and help of Smart, Globe, and > other cellular providers? > > They should address this question. > > > Even if Smartmatic and friends were honest, what's to > stop other third > parties now from breaking into these systems? Or even > easier, causing > a denial of service attack - and a failure of elections? > > We all know the woeful state of security of government > servers. > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > http://jangestre.blogpsot.com > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
