FUN: E-voting gets the knife

Saturday, June 23, 2007

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483726/

Man of the Year
with Robin Williams
as President Elect Tom Dobbs

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Tom Dobbs, comedic host of a political talk show – a la Bill Maher and Jon Stewart – runs for President of the US as an independent candidate who, after an issues-oriented campaign and an explosive performance in the final debate, gets just enough votes to win. Trouble is he owes his victory to a computer glitch in the national touch-screen voting system marketed by Delacroy, a private company with a rising stock price. To protect their fortune, Delacroy executives want to keep the glitch a secret, but one programmer, Eleanor Green, wants Dobbs to know the truth. Can she get to him? Written by jhailey.

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Correct me if I am wrong, but did this movie just put a stake thru the heart of the vampire known as “electronic voting”?

Systems provided by Delacroy … err I mean Diebold … could manipulate the results of an election. Based on the movie, I’ve just emailed Ron Paul to change his name to Ron Paaul. (SPOILER: In the movie, the buggy computer program elects the candidate with the “best” double letter.) So if anyone wants to debate about paperless electronic internet voting and tell you how good it will be yada yada yada, just rent them this movie. That should finish up the discussion!

They say many a true word is said in jest.

Some times concepts can get thru via humor. My non-techie spouse said after watching this that it would now never be approved here. Hope she’s right.

This film IMHO says it all about that topic. And, says it in way that comes across to the average person.

fjohn

p.s.: The movie did have one other great line. Tom Dobbs says “Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons.” If you gather I’m no fan of politicians, you’re correct. They are like diapers!

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Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824

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LINKEDIN: Comments on LinkedIn Members

Saturday, June 23, 2007

http://linkedin.pbwiki.com/LinkedInProfileComments

Create Public and Private Comments for LinkedIn Members

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LinkedIn provides no way to record public and private info about your fellow members. Who did you use to send your last Introduction through? Is that member active? Is that person a good or bad networker. Where have all the sock orphans gone? Nobody knows. Because on LinkedIn nobody can hear you scream. So I created a solution using Diigo at http://diigo.com. It’s an imperfect solution but gets the job done. I’ll use this page to record my latest instructions, tips, and findings.

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I’m trying it. Will report.

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YahooAnswers: Status: “BEST” awarded dates wrong on application

Saturday, June 23, 2007

lhttp://tinyurl.com/32j54h

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YAHOO ANSWER: dates wrong on application
June 18th, 2007

http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index;_ylt=AmB_QtVKmNM40ftAe.bGjl7sy6IX?qid=20070617063257AAt702y&show=7

dates wrong on application

Asked by “hcj25?

What do you think ?

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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”. Not “best by asker”.

1 vote among 3 answers.

Ten meaningless points brings me to 692.

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FUN: Francis J. “Jerry” (MC1970) Breen’s cartoon

Friday, June 22, 2007

Francis J. “Jerry” (MC1970) Breen’s cartoon

caricature strangelove lf

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YAHOO ANSWER: Payoff Credit Card

Friday, June 22, 2007

http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index?qid=20070622090524AAKSbBR&pa=FZB6N
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paid= add_watch

http://tinyurl.com/3d9k4p

Payoff Credit Card

QUESTION

Asked by “Jessica B”

How do I pay off my credit card? I work full time and just cant get ahead..?

I need to pay off my credit card and I have tried not using them.. paying on time.. etc. etc. I dont want to take out a loan to pay them off bc Im trying to save up for a car. I work full time, and go to school. Should I get another job. It just feels like I can never get ahead.. Any help would be loved! Thanks.

ANSWER

Dear “Jessica B”:

Well the credit cards don’t want you to get “ahead”. They’d like you to keep paying the 18 to 30% interest for the next 30 years. Credit cards are the quicksand of the financial world. If you struggle, you’ve drowned. If you relax and go with the flow, you can swim out of it.

Just so I understand, you have one or more credit cards and you feel like you can never catch up. Well, I’m no Suzzie Orman or Dave Ramsey, but fell into the same trap when I was young a long time ago. So, I got out of it and you can too.

Here’s a suggestion and some thoughts.

Suggestion: Find a credit union. Then drop by and chat. They are very nice people who have a different mission from a bank. They want members; not interest charges.

If you think that you can’t escape, you can’t. The credit card company minimum payments will get you free and clear in forty years.

You need to know EXACTLY what you are spending every penny on. Get a little book at Staples for a few bucks. They have a cheap brown stitched one with a column for figures. AND, record every expense. (You can also transcribe it to a check book program like Ace Money Lite http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/index_lite.shtml (It’s free!) to manage your budget.

Then for every expenditure, ask do I really really really need it? Then, try a do without it. The daily expenditures for coffee and paper add up.

Take a look at the sites in my sources for further thoughts.

You can do it. I have confidence in you. Hope this helps. I’m interested how it works out for you. Drop me a note sometime. My blog has other helpful “stuff”.

Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824

SOURCE

http://www.creditunion.coop/
http://www.suzeorman.com/
http://www.daveramsey.com/
http://www.ftc.gov/
https://reinkefaceslife.com/2007/05/16/yahoo-answer-credit-unions-good-for-car-loans-not-good-great/
https://reinkefaceslife.com/2007/06/19/yahoo-answer-car-loan-to-credit-card/

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Update: Chosen best by one vote among 12 answers. Missed the email?

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YahooAnswers: Status: “BEST” awarded

Friday, June 22, 2007

http://tinyurl.com/387dc7

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YAHOO ANSWER: Explain Futures Trading

QUESTION

Asked by “Bedford”

Can somebody explain Futures Trading to me in the most simple terms?

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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”.

1 vote among 6 answers.

Ten meaningless points brings me to 681.

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FUN: PALDTNTBCOAFTESR

Friday, June 22, 2007

FROM THE SECOND COMMENT ON:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/20/radio-report

Announcing The Acronym For The New American Century:

PALDTNTBCOAFTESR

”Politicians Are Like Diapers.
They Need To Be Changed Often And For The Exact Same Reason”

ROFL!

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INTERESTING: Move from the free site?

Friday, June 22, 2007

FROM LinkedIn Bloggers forum

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>Re: WordPress account has been suspended!
>Posted by: “Kathie M. Thomas”
>Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:29 am (PST)
>It wasn’t me it happened to Martin
>If you use WordPress.com you can’t do adverts.

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I’m a hobby blogger, a mono logger, whiner, free rider, or whatever you want to call it. The free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom was a great start. And, I’m not ungrateful. Only a few times did the restrictions chaff.

But, now the unexplained and silent account suspension has made me concerned.

I never wanted the hassles of being off on my own. BUT, if it could happen to her, it could happen to any of us.

I’ve been getting “smarter” so I have my own domain and can move. I have my old posts backed up in various forms.

Argh!

Hate the thought of all the work.

So, I think, and I’m asking for opinions, it might be smart to pick a service provider that others use. Has anyone moved from free to hosted?

(Is there a service provider that will do the migration? That’s worth paying for!)

Anyone published a check list?

If not, maybe we can use my experience as a “guinea pig” and develop one.

Open for suggestions, as I am looking at what appears to be a very big and very dirty stable. :-(

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TECHNOLOGY: CLOUDMARK says I’m “most trusted”

Thursday, June 21, 2007

cloudmark

 

So what to I get? A kewpie doll?

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LINKEDIN: “five strikes and you’re dead” LinkedIn suspension

Thursday, June 21, 2007

XXXXXX : I accepted, but I’d suggest that you never just use the stock invite. The problem is that, if your contact has brain freeze and says “don’t know”, then you could accumulate the “five strikes and you’re dead” LinkedIn suspension. You may, or may not, get it lifted. But it will certainly be a giant hassle, So I suggest ALWAYS put in a non-standard invite. Hope this helps, fjohn68

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From: XXXXXX
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:49 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

XXXXXX requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn:

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John,

I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

-XXXXXX

View invitation from XXXXXX

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Fact: More people have joined LinkedIn than live in Sweden

© 2007, LinkedIn Corporation

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