The goal of audibility is a good goal. however, it is in direct opposition to the requirement for secret ballots. If you have a unique id number printed on the ballot, they will have to scan that number and cross reference it against a list of ballots issued to registered voters, to ensure a registered voter did not vote twice. That means that at least one database has both numbers, so could match votes with the voter. It's the same problem with internet voting. There's no way to ensure anonymity of votes while also authenticating the validity of voter registration.

That being said, there is a workaround that most precincts use. The typical mail-in ballot has three pages. The first only contains the unique ballot number, which is cross referenced against the voter registration database (This could be an envelope instead). That page is then torn off (or the envelope is opened), and discarded once the ballot is validated. The second page is just a privacy screen, and the third page contains the actual votes (and no unique identifiers). It's not a perfect system, because there's still the problem of delivery to and from the correct registered voter (which is a big problem , e.g. people move; mail gets mis-delivered all the time), and of course once it's delivered to the voter's residence, there's no way to ensure privacy while they are marking it. So, anyone wanting to influence or view that person's vote can do it in private, instead of in the public polling place.

It interoperated with NetMeeting, so if you ever need to video conference with anyone running Windows NT or 2000, you could do it.

I'm already 100% remote, but most of the people in my company work at our corporate office. However, they recently told all employees (except for a skeleton crew) to work from home.

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BitTorrent, for one. Rsync for another.

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I love that they don't do reviews of free products or have advertising. They go out and buy things, and then test them. I think their reviews are much more trustworthy than random reviews.

My kids love to "help" in the garden. The biggest problem is they get overly enthusiatic, and pull up nice plants when weeding. As for the wife, I always say, she's not a farmer's wife, I'm a farmer's husband. She does the bulk of the planting, weeding, etc.

The trouble is that the University of California Berkley IS a government site. At least, they are a state sponsored public university that receives public funding.

Actually, after looking it up, I see that it is only his 3rd. For comparison, George W. Bush did 11, Bill Clinton did 36, George H.W. Bush did 29, and Ronald Reagan did 39. Is that because he's signing lots of things, or because the congress is sending him so few bills?

Actually, after looking it up, I see that it is only his 3rd. For comparison, George W. Bush did 11, Bill Clinton did 36, George H.W. Bush did 29, and Ronald Reagan did 39. Is that because he's signing lots of things, or because the congress is sending him so few bills?

I loved both Babylon 5 and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but usually Babylon 5 was my favorite. However, I have one exception which for me shall forever reign as the epitome of awesomeness:

THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

I spend a lot of time with my wife playing Pandemic. We love the fact that it is hard to win, but a cooperative rather than competitive play.