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Re: I voted??? Technology sucks! [message #75635 is a reply to message #75633] |
Wed, 08 November 2006 13:54 |
excelav
Messages: 2130 Registered: July 2005 Location: Metro Detroit
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I got the joke, rick. If they did use Macs, they wouldn't crash and they
would be harder to hack, but of corse, not impossible.
James
rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>t'was a joke...
>
>On 9 Nov 2006 03:24:24 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
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>>Has nothing to do with Macs.
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>>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>those damn macs. just when you think they've got them
>>>working...this...sigh
>>>
>>>luckily they can still be hand counted.
>>>
>>>On 8 Nov 2006 06:33:41 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Technology sucks!
>>>>
>>>>I just voted, well I think I voted??? The scantron style voting machine
>>>>stopped working at 1:30. We had to stuff our ballots in a slot on the
>>side
>>>>of the machine. The women that were working there didn't really know
what
>>>>to do. A women was on a cell phone trying to get help, and the person
>>on
>>>>the other side on the line kept telling her to keep trying to put ballots
>>>>in the machine. The machine was spitting them out and saying that it
was
>>>>a possible folded ballot and to try again. They tried about 30 ballots,
>>>>and all they would get was errors. It was odd that the machine stopped
>>right
>>>>at 1:30. There has to be a better way.
>>>
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Re: I voted??? Technology sucks! [message #75638 is a reply to message #75635] |
Wed, 08 November 2006 13:45 |
j-cron
Messages: 23 Registered: October 2006
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oh lord...
"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:455243fc$1@linux...
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> I got the joke, rick. If they did use Macs, they wouldn't crash and they
> would be harder to hack, but of corse, not impossible.
>
> James
>
> rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>t'was a joke...
>>
>>On 9 Nov 2006 03:24:24 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Has nothing to do with Macs.
>>>
>>>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>those damn macs. just when you think they've got them
>>>>working...this...sigh
>>>>
>>>>luckily they can still be hand counted.
>>>>
>>>>On 8 Nov 2006 06:33:41 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Technology sucks!
>>>>>
>>>>>I just voted, well I think I voted??? The scantron style voting
>>>>>machine
>>>>>stopped working at 1:30. We had to stuff our ballots in a slot on the
>>>side
>>>>>of the machine. The women that were working there didn't really know
> what
>>>>>to do. A women was on a cell phone trying to get help, and the person
>>>on
>>>>>the other side on the line kept telling her to keep trying to put
>>>>>ballots
>>>>>in the machine. The machine was spitting them out and saying that it
> was
>>>>>a possible folded ballot and to try again. They tried about 30
>>>>>ballots,
>>>>>and all they would get was errors. It was odd that the machine stopped
>>>right
>>>>>at 1:30. There has to be a better way.
>>>>
>>
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Re: I voted??? Technology sucks! [message #75643 is a reply to message #75638] |
Wed, 08 November 2006 15:19 |
excelav
Messages: 2130 Registered: July 2005 Location: Metro Detroit
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By the way, that was tung and cheek, back to Rick!
"j-cron" <jcron@hydrorecords.com> wrote:
>oh lord...
>
>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:455243fc$1@linux...
>>
>> I got the joke, rick. If they did use Macs, they wouldn't crash and they
>> would be harder to hack, but of corse, not impossible.
>>
>> James
>>
>> rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>t'was a joke...
>>>
>>>On 9 Nov 2006 03:24:24 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Has nothing to do with Macs.
>>>>
>>>>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>those damn macs. just when you think they've got them
>>>>>working...this...sigh
>>>>>
>>>>>luckily they can still be hand counted.
>>>>>
>>>>>On 8 Nov 2006 06:33:41 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Technology sucks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I just voted, well I think I voted??? The scantron style voting
>>>>>>machine
>>>>>>stopped working at 1:30. We had to stuff our ballots in a slot on
the
>>>>side
>>>>>>of the machine. The women that were working there didn't really know
>> what
>>>>>>to do. A women was on a cell phone trying to get help, and the person
>>>>on
>>>>>>the other side on the line kept telling her to keep trying to put
>>>>>>ballots
>>>>>>in the machine. The machine was spitting them out and saying that
it
>> was
>>>>>>a possible folded ballot and to try again. They tried about 30
>>>>>>ballots,
>>>>>>and all they would get was errors. It was odd that the machine stopped
>>>>right
>>>>>>at 1:30. There has to be a better way.
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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