Comments on: Worst-case Scenario http://techliberation.com/2007/07/31/worst-case-scenario/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sat, 26 May 2012 22:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian Moore http://techliberation.com/2007/07/31/worst-case-scenario/comment-page-1/#comment-51416 Brian Moore Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:35:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/07/31/worst-case-scenario/#comment-51416 <p>I seriously have no explanation for why they're so bad. It's just shocking when you compare voting machines to similar applications which all seem to work just fine. It seems like such a trivial thing to design, even with the massive security.<br><br>My only guess is that companies who know what they're doing are too smart to get into a business that is so potentially fraught with lawsuits/bad PR/political machinations.</p> I seriously have no explanation for why they’re so bad. It’s just shocking when you compare voting machines to similar applications which all seem to work just fine. It seems like such a trivial thing to design, even with the massive security.

My only guess is that companies who know what they’re doing are too smart to get into a business that is so potentially fraught with lawsuits/bad PR/political machinations.

]]> By: Brian Moore http://techliberation.com/2007/07/31/worst-case-scenario/comment-page-1/#comment-38992 Brian Moore Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:35:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/07/31/worst-case-scenario/#comment-38992 <p>I seriously have no explanation for why they're so bad. It's just shocking when you compare voting machines to similar applications which all seem to work just fine. It seems like such a trivial thing to design, even with the massive security.</p> <p>My only guess is that companies who know what they're doing are too smart to get into a business that is so potentially fraught with lawsuits/bad PR/political machinations.</p> I seriously have no explanation for why they’re so bad. It’s just shocking when you compare voting machines to similar applications which all seem to work just fine. It seems like such a trivial thing to design, even with the massive security.

My only guess is that companies who know what they’re doing are too smart to get into a business that is so potentially fraught with lawsuits/bad PR/political machinations.

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