__/ [ Maverick ] on Tuesday 06 March 2007 18:27 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> __/ [ chrisv ] on Tuesday 06 March 2007 13:34 \__
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>>>Mark Kent wrote:
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>>>>Except a blue-screen should not take the machine down.
>>>
>>>Why the hell would a voting machine need a massive OS like Windows (or
>>>Linux) anyway? It's difficult to think of a more simple application.
>>
>>
>> Like Paint?
>>
>> http://melissatogo.blogspot.com/2007/02/multimedia-message.html
>>
>> One size fits all... and contains everything. Media player on Microsoft
>> Web servers...
>>
>
> Along with the built-in back doors for cheating the votes.
Insertion of USB media could do this. I recently posted an item demonstrating
that, under Windows, "insert USB" can mean "execute". How dumb is that?
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