Posts by Chris

Ireland scraps e-voting in favour of 'stupid old pencils'

Pencils don't crash

Here in oklahoma, we've stayed on the optical voting system and never have issues like hanging chads, un-auditable trails, crashing or unreliable e-voting, etc. It's about as simple and clear as you can get. You draw a line to connect the box for yes or no, who you want to vote for, etc. It's tallied electroniclly and has been for 20 years....with a very high reliability rate. Many states are tossing their e-voting systems here in favor of systems like ours. I'm in IT, and I will tell you that I would never choose a e-voting machine. They have proven that they can't do the job. People want technology, but it's one that just isn't ready yet. There are far too many variables that not a single manufacturer has been able to conquer. Stick with the "pencil" folks, you'll be better off (and cheaper)...and you'll never have to worry about seeing a blue screen of death as you vote. :)

Brits 'a bunch of yellow bastards', says irate Yank

Yeehaw

All I can say is Wow. Just goes to show that no matter where you in the world, there are always stupid people right there to prove how dumb they are and that rednecks exist everywhere. All he needs is a can of Coors in his hand to complete the hillbilly look.

Airbus A380 bows out of Air Force One competition

Beg to differ...

"Anyone in their right mind (and lets face it the senate are anything but in their right mind) will tell you that Airbus planes are better than Boeings in every way"

That's a matter of opinion my friend. And until Airbus stops taking government money in day to day operations, it won't be a legititate business. It's easy to do things when you have government cash rather than earning a contract. Boeing got where it is by being a good company and product. They were only able to buy up competition beacuse they produce good planes. The Boeing Dreamliner is THE superior passenger liner in the world.

EU files anti-trust charges against Intel

Crock

This is such a load of horse shit. Just like the MS case all over again.

Someone isn't creating a product that people want, so all of a sudden people decide that it means that the company MUST be doing something wrong.

How about no folks?

Intel and MS got where they are because of their products...if people didn't want their products, they would never have become popular to begin with. It's just too easy for people to throw mud at them because they are the big guys. Just cause youre a large company, doesnt mean that you must have done some horrible thing to get there.

Why doesnt the EU find someone in their own backyard to blame things on for a change? Yeah the U.S. kicked their butt in the tech and aviation fields....build a bridge and get over it.