Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes

voting system used in 34 states contains a critical programming error
that can cause votes to be dropped while being electronically
transferred from memory cards to a central tallying point, the
manufacturer acknowledges.



The problem was identified after complaints from Ohio elections
officials following the March primary there, but the logic error that
is the root of the problem has been part of the software for 10 years,
said Chris Riggall, a spokesman for Premier Election Solutions,
formerly known as Diebold.

More here

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Beloit College Mindset List Class of 2012

This month, almost 2 million first-year students will head off to college campuses around the country. Most of them will be about 18 years old, born in 1990 when headlines sounded oddly familiar to those of today: Rising fuel costs were causing airlines to cut staff and flight schedules; Big Three car companies were facing declining sales and profits; and a president named Bush was increasing the number of troops in the Middle East in the hopes of securing peace. However, the mindset of this new generation of college students is quite different from that of the faculty about to prepare them to become the leaders of
tomorrow.

http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2012.php