Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-27 Thread Steve Furlong
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 11:34, Jack Lloyd wrote: Hmmm... that's a thought. Tim May as president. Election slogan: You're *all* going up the chimneys. I voted for Cthulhu -- why vote for the lesser of two evils? http://www.cthulhu.org/

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread sunder
Jack Lloyd wrote: Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these days, it seems like. What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I Invented the Innnernet Gore, and

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Jack Lloyd
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote: Jack Lloyd wrote: Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he told the BBC.' Not too common a view in the US these days, it seems like. What do you expect when the previous

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake sunder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26/04/04 11:31]: : What do you expect when the previous choice we've had was between Al I : Invented the Innnernet Gore, and George Nucular Dubbya? Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through various mis-wordings and lax

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread sunder
Damian Gerow wrote: Actually, Mr. Gore didn't once claim to invent the Internet. Through various mis-wordings and lax fact-checkings, the Mass Media came to represent what he said through that phrase. What he /actually/ claimed (and what he /actually/ did) was recognize its importance, and then

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Tyler Durden
PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:34:39 -0400 On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:18:52AM -0400, sunder wrote: Jack Lloyd wrote: Still, I liked this quote: 'I came to vote because wasting one's ballot in a democracy is a sin, he

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-26 Thread Steve Furlong
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 12:58, sunder wrote: Al's prise pig of a wife, Tipper, helped found the PMRC against lyrics in songs. And, like all statists, they went widely astray of their goals. Frank Zappa's _Jazz from Hell_ got a Tipper Sticker, indicating obscene lyrics. They didn't notice that

BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-20 Thread Graham Lally
Current report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3641419.stm The tech: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3493474.stm Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine (/system) is fully tamper-proof? .g -- I Me My! Strawberry Eggs

Re: BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

2004-04-20 Thread Jack Lloyd
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:28:07PM +0100, Graham Lally wrote: Current report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3641419.stm The tech: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3493474.stm Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine (/system) is