tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post5874618136984511514..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 463: Special Guest PostCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68003463761238265892010-03-28T02:01:41.045-07:002010-03-28T02:01:41.045-07:00Personally I think that that particular Pearls Bef...Personally I think that that particular Pearls Before Swine couldn't have wroked if it had been drawn with excruciating detail. There's supposed to be some ambiguity at first as to what's happening in the second panel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51220215107155104652009-08-28T21:24:21.672-07:002009-08-28T21:24:21.672-07:00@ Mike
Further, if a system like this is suseptib...@ Mike<br /><br />Further, if a system like this is suseptible to viruses you're doing it very wrong. you shouldn't be using an OS on a voting machine but a straight hardware level software (think video game consoles) that would make viruses next to impossible (it's one closed source program that's the only thing running, you'd be lucky to get a copy of it let alone write a virus). so yah it fits the condom analogy very well. but what the fuck is this post about? all I got out of it is that he doesn't like the art because it's too good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14857726321253923452009-04-29T19:07:00.000-07:002009-04-29T19:07:00.000-07:00Ideally, the voting computer would be hooked up *o...Ideally, the voting computer would be hooked up *only* to the central server that's tabulating vote totals. And that machine would only be connected to the terminals counting votes. No access from outside. That means A/V software would be pointless. The fact that it's on there means there's a point where the system is visible on an outward facing point. Which means it's vulnerable to attack. The chances of anyone being able to do anything in the narrow window might be slim, but why have that point at all? So, imo, the comic has a valid point. And the analogy kinda works, though it's disturbing on several levels...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580228790308651175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-85706913012180543232009-04-28T22:12:00.000-07:002009-04-28T22:12:00.000-07:00I'm no expert on voting software fraud, but I'm no...I'm no expert on voting software fraud, but I'm not sure Randall's point actually makes any sense whatsoever. I mean, won't electronic voting machines necessarily be hooked up to some kind of system to transmit the votes to some other machine? I don't know. I can't say for sure that it's Randall pretending at expertise in a subject he's actually relatively ignorant about (like with that subprime lending/national debt short story), and of course he DOES know computer science, so... I don't know.<br /><br />It still strikes me as kind of a weak analogy that's mostly there for the ostensible "humor."John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53576769937641034142008-08-17T11:12:00.000-07:002008-08-17T11:12:00.000-07:00But wait, the main speaker reads things off a moni...But wait, the main speaker reads things off a monitor -- and sits in a chair! He'd fit right in at my office! His wit would instruct and motivate a fleet of white-collar workers while our programs compile OH GOD DOES HE PROGRAM TOO??<BR/><BR/>Spitz did a handsome job. Until Munroe designs some (inevitably controversial) faces, perhaps xkcd should be called a blog from now on, featuring occasional sketches?thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123852112758346209noreply@blogger.com