[Freedos-user] they could change to freedos :P

2014-05-27 Thread Geraldo Netto
Hi, slashdot: Bug In DOS-Based Voting Machines Disrupts Belgian Election http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/05/26/1647210/bug-in-dos-based-voting-machines-disrupts-belgian-election Geraldo Netto Sapere Aude = Non dvcor, dvco São Paulo, Brasil, -3gmt site: http://exdev.sf.net/

Re: [Freedos-user] they could change to freedos :P

2014-05-27 Thread Matej Horvat
If you read the actual article, it was not a problem in DOS or the software running on it, but later on: After the elections are over the results are loaded on a 3.5-inch floppy disk and shipped to the canton headquarters where the disks are fed into another computer that adds up the votes

Re: [Freedos-user] they could change to freedos :P

2014-05-27 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Matej Horvat matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si wrote: So the fact that DOS was used is completely irrelevant, though it is nice to know it's being used. :) DOS pops up in odd places. In 2006, I attended LACon IV, the 54th annual World Science Fiction Convention,

Re: [Freedos-user] they could change to freedos :P

2014-05-27 Thread Christopher Evans
I would have implemented WinNT networked laptops running a php registration signin/signup form in a browser that communicates with central database. and allow badge printing by network printer. -- -chris Computer Consultant Repair Tech Digitalatoll Solutions Group (Tawhaki Software)