How can voters actually mark their ballots online?
‘Anyone remotely familiar with Facebook news knows that online privacy has been of increasing concern lately, especially with constantly changing (and, according to some, clandestinely changing) Terms Of Service. Earlier this year Facebook offered what could be considered an experiment in online voting, far more impactful than a mere poll or American Idol choice…’
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Occupy Movement as Relief Hub for Sandy Victims
‘In addition to the National Guard and FEMA, one of the more active relief efforts in New York City has been a volunteer effort organized by alumni of Occupy Wall Street called Occupy Sandy Relief. Along with groups like 350.org and Recovers.org, Occupy activists quickly mobilized hundreds, and then thousands, of people to help affected areas of New York City. Democracy Now! senior producer Mike Burke speaks with Occupy organizer Catherine Yeager in the Rockaways about Occupy Wall Street’s transformation into Occupy Sandy Relief. [includes rush transcript]…’
A “Go Bag” System That Fits Every Need
‘We all love our go bags, but they don’t fit every situation. You’ll struggle to take a large backpack everywhere you go and a tiny bag can only fit a limited amount of stuff. While each bag has its own optimal uses, constantly transferring items just makes matters worse. The solution? Create a modular go bag system so you can swap items easily…’
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How to Set Up An eBook Library On Your iPad
‘This beginner’s guide recommends apps and features to get you started in building your library. Though the focus on is on the iPad, because it’s the device I’ve used for the last two years to build my e-library, the recommendations apply to other devices, including the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Nobel Nook. But as I will later explain, the iPad offers some extra features that you will eventually find useful over other devices…’
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How do I know which Firefox tab is taking the most bandwidth?
That’s the question I asked Anson Alexander
His reply:
‘Unfortunately, Firefox lumps all of their tabs into one process so there is no specific way to see which one is taking the most bandwidth. I would see which one takes the longest to load and also, take a look at the content on the page. If the page has a lot of images, videos, flash and aspects are constantly updating without you needing to refresh the page, then that page is probably hogging a good amount of bandwidth…’
Thanks Anson
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That is just why I favor FB voting Dood. You have evidence (screen capture) of your vote that is hard to be hacked. Anyway, if it is easy to show evidence of your e-banking transactions, why the hell can’t the Fed do that with e-voting!?
Um… yeah. Voting online someday – maybe. Using FB as medium? Never. Why? Too many reasons to list.
You probably know now that email voting was worse. So back to the big question:
Which is cleaner? Manual or e-voting?
I have no doubt that e-voting could be done, I just wouldn’t do it through FB. For one thing, not everyone is on FB – by choice. My own state only uses mail-in ballots. This may seem stupid and inefficient, but it’s a heck of a lot better than waiting in lines at the polls. Personally, I love it. Electronic would be better, yes. But the government would have to prove it’s reliability, and there would still need to be a physical tracking medium. There’s the problem. When an argument arises about the legitimacy of a vote, there must be some way to prove that vote is valid. I don’t currently have a good idea as to how that can be done using electronic only.