The truth is ego is most important than the truth.

Is that the truth?

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Oscar Plameras
<[email protected]> wrote:
> If that's an insult, you need to be more specific than that.
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Oscar Plameras
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I don't know what you mean.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Paolo Falcone <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Shows well the intellectual maturity, reasoning skill, as well as the
>>> real competence of the person. Wasn't the first time this happened in
>>> the list, and it won't be the last.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Edel SM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> hay naku.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Oscar Plameras <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> And the earth is flat.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Paolo Falcone <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Source code review will never be tolerated.Not as a method for 
>>>>>>> acceptance
>>>>>>> testing in Software Engineering.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peddle that myth to the makers of Crucible + Fisheye, Bazaar, Google,
>>>>>> etc. And watch the sky go crashing that you're plainly, misguidedly,
>>>>>> wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where in the world is that happening when you simply want to know that 
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> you entered is religously recorded and is not corrupted?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only in Pinas, I guess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And a host of other countries too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Paolo Falcone <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Comelec can't release the source code. They don't have the source 
>>>>>>>>> codes.
>>>>>>>>> That's clear enough.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But they're the only ones that can instruct Smartmatic to release the
>>>>>>>> source code. To be fair, there are fellow PLUGgers in Smartmatic. Even
>>>>>>>> if we exercise our connections there, we cannot legally do it since
>>>>>>>> that is just against the rules.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Heck, will you just believe us if we ask our Smartmatic counterparts
>>>>>>>> and they say there are no backdoors? Trust yet verify. This is a
>>>>>>>> procedure that we must adhere to.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Even if Comelec can't release the source code, it does not mean the 
>>>>>>>>> end of
>>>>>>>>> the Auteomatic Election System. A portion of the contract may be 
>>>>>>>>> invalid
>>>>>>>>> in view of the law, but the entire contract covering the business 
>>>>>>>>> transactions
>>>>>>>>> between Comelec and Smatmatic may not be invalidated. That's how this
>>>>>>>>> contract are done. A single provision that's not complied with is not 
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> justification to invalidate a contract. And that's true in this 
>>>>>>>>> situation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> True. No one is calling for the death of the automated election
>>>>>>>> system. The death referred to here is the death of the source code
>>>>>>>> review (read the subject please!). That death is something that we
>>>>>>>> DONT want to happen.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But we are "forking" away from the substance of our discussion, 
>>>>>>>>> namely,
>>>>>>>>> that people in this group are keen to see source code review. The 
>>>>>>>>> point
>>>>>>>>> is that it is not the efficient way to do acceptance testing of the 
>>>>>>>>> system.
>>>>>>>>> In fact, it is the most difficult way and is not the way we do it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That is the kool-aid that COMELEC wants to sell to everyone that the
>>>>>>>> more learned people here do not buy a rat's ass out of. So you mean to
>>>>>>>> tell us that government should just violate the law because their
>>>>>>>> oh-so-wonderful wisdom tells us it's difficult?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since when is NOT doing a source code review EQUAL to doing a source
>>>>>>>> code review? The fallacies are showing in your arguments man.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> COMELEC need not spend a single centavo just to release the source 
>>>>>>>> code.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Paolo Falcone 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> The contract isn't being discussed here.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The question is about the provision of the law that is BEING violated
>>>>>>>>>> by COMELEC. To wit, the thread started with this proviso:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "On SysTest Labs: It will do a testing of the binary executable.  The
>>>>>>>>>> testing will be more scientific than the testing done by the Special
>>>>>>>>>> Bids and Awards Committee (that awarded the contract to Smartmatic)
>>>>>>>>>> but will cost COMELEC more than PHP70 Million. Note that this is
>>>>>>>>>> software testing of the binary executable, not a review of the source
>>>>>>>>>> code, and the two are totally different "animals".
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, October 5, 2009, CenPEG filed with the Supreme Court a
>>>>>>>>>> petition for mandamus, asking the Supreme Court to force COMELEC to
>>>>>>>>>> release the source code of the election programs that will be used in
>>>>>>>>>> May, 2010 to CenPEG and to all interested political parties and
>>>>>>>>>> groups, as provided for by law (RA-9369)."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> All it takes for COMELEC to comply is just release the source code 
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> review! Doesn't need a lawyer to interpret source, in fact, lawyers
>>>>>>>>>> will just get in the way unless they know how to read programming
>>>>>>>>>> source code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, what I mean is that a portion of the contract maybe invalid 
>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>> it does not
>>>>>>>>>>> invalidate the entire contract?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Oscar Plameras
>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I read this law. But do you know that a portion of the law may be 
>>>>>>>>>>>> invalid but
>>>>>>>>>>>> it does not invalidate the entire contract?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Paolo Falcone 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good grief! Have you been living under a rock?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> RA-9369 Sec 12 mandates these provisions, to wit:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> “Once an AES technology is selected for implementation, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Commission
>>>>>>>>>>>>> shall promptly make the source code of that technology available 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> open to any interested political party or groups which may conduct
>>>>>>>>>>>>> their own review thereof."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What COMELEC is doing is ILLEGAL. Plain and simple. Welcome to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reality that even constitutional bodies can do wrong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Go carry your trolling and one-liners elsewhere boy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you mean by law?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The problem is we are too pedantic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If only we are a little bit practical, pragmatic, and sensible.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then, change will come.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Oscar Plameras
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're right.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You get what you deserve, as they say.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Paolo Falcone 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So we're just gonna trade quips and one liners eh? Any two 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> monkeys can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> play that game.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then again, you still haven't proven that a blackbox test WILL 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and SATISFY the requirement (BY LAW!) for the source code 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> review. Or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are you claiming invincible ignorance here? This ain't the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> forum for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's why we are in a mess.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There's a saying when you are in a hole, you stop digging.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Oscar Plameras
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's really up to you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Paolo Falcone 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Duh?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are conveniently forgetting that the PCOS is not just 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Count and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tabulate". It also has features to ensure that the system 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is NOT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tampered, whether during count or transmission, and that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> requires
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> crypto.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Horses for courses my ass.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it were just simple to simply trust governments and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people, there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't be a need for a military, or for crypto at all. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But you're in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the real world, and not all can be trusted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paolo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Horses for courses. Military security is not comparable to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a system that is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Count and Tabulate.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Paolo Falcone 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The system is indeed not designed to detect corruption, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and neither
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> does a source code review indicate that with all degrees 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of certainty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the presence of a backdoor indicates corruption.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then again, only a source code review satisfies the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> requirement that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there will be no backdoors in the inspected application, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be it put by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a corrupt programmer or a programmer in a hurry to get 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> office. A blackbox testing with the specifications can 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only get you so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> far - that the system is compliant as per specification. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Whether it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exceeds or subverts the specification outside the test 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conditions is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something that you can only get with a code review.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Has anyone even wondered why the military is so anal 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about source code
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and algorithm review when designing military ciphers? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> underlying mantra (Kerckhoff's principle) is thoroughly 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> understood
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then one will understand why a blackbox testing SIMPLY 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DOES NOT DO THE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JOB.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It amazes me that there are still some segments in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> society that won't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extend the same level of scrutiny to the system that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> determines who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will run their government. And would rather outsource the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scrutinizing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eyes to some non-stakeholder corporation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When it comes to reviewing software, you can automate all 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the tests,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but at the end of the day, NEVER TRUST A MACHINE TO DO A 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HUMAN'S JOB.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You should know that the system is not meant to detect 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> corruption.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Danny Ching 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps I should qualify that. Lest the prorammers in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the list believe
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you. Hehehe
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think we should at least be realistic enough to note 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> corrupt officials are completely willing to corrupting 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> including programmers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do I trust pogrammers? Not all. Do you? Btw. Let's keep 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the discussion
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to technical stuff and let us not question each other's 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> technical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> capabilities. Peace.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Danny Ching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you don't trust programmers, you are in the wrong 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> profession.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Danny Ching 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't trust programmers who hide their code. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Although not all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reviewers are honest, all it takes to expose 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anomalies in open source
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is one honest reviewer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However in a close source system all it takes to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> corrupt the system
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one corrupt programmer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Danny Ching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't trust programmers?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This precisely what's wrong with source code review.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Danny Ching 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Very true. Unfortunately, I do not trust the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> programmers if I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> check their work. The purpose of source code 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> validation is not to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> check the computer or it's software's 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trustworthiness. A computer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do what it's told. It is human corruption I'm 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worried about. Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> course
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> outside of computers that is a different problem 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> altogether. I just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't want people blaming computerization for 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failure of elections.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Danny Ching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What you mean is the trustworthiness of the people 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> running the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll say one thing from my experience, you can't  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> use the system
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arrest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> human corruption.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Danny Ching 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I see where you are coming from. It is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not the system we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worried about sir. It is the trustworthiness of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the system. A
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simple
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exposure of the code will show that it is not 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doing anything
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the ordinary. Besides. If the code is indeed 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simple as you said,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> checking the cource code should be easy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Danny Ching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A tester does not need to know about programming 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to test and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> accept
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a System.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:47 PM, fooler mail 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Oscar Plameras 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remember, Election Automation Software is one 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the easiest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> develop.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is "Count and Tally", nothing complicated 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and convoluted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> true.. BUT... the purpose of source code review 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is to examine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is something beyond the count and tally thing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which cannot be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seen by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your simulation test.. as what danny said - 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TRIGGERS..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> special keyboard hotkey, special packets, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> special ER and others
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trigger the manipulation of votes to do the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dagdag-bawas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scheme...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fooler.
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