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Submission + - What's Wrong With My Voting Machine?

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UnHolier than ever

on Monday December 04, 2006 @08:08AM

UnHolier than ever writes: "The NYT (no registration needed for this article) runs an review of the five types of voting machines that are finalists to replace New York's old lever machines. The results? There is worst than Diebold. Worst as in keeping the "paper trace" ballots in a zipped bag in full view of anyone using the machine. They wisely recommend keeping the old machines until a device of at least acceptable quality appears on the market."

Submission + - The Economist bashes IE7 and praises Firefox

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UnHolier than ever

on Tuesday November 07, 2006 @08:15AM

UnHolier than ever writes: "A nice piece of propaganda by "The Economist", not the likeliest source of Firefox praise. From the article:"After five years of frustration, the 600m of us around the world who, out of sheer laziness, ignorance or corporate decree, find ourselves dependent upon Internet Explorer — the Microsoft web browser that comes pre-installed on every Windows-based computer — have finally been granted some relief. Has the wait been worth it? No, but we'll take what we can get.""

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