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Yep, it's nonsense.
I've tracked this down as best I could. The origin seems to be this (nearly 5 year old) article in Black Box Voting:
Fraction Magic — Part 2: Context, Background, Deeper, Worse – BlackBoxVoting.org
It seems that one person (a developer and poll worker) noticed that in his precinct, if you subtract the "number of people who didn't vote in this race" from the "total people who voted" (yielding the total who DID vote in that race), that number was one more than the number you get if you add up all the voted each candidate got. (since that race had 199 write-ins, it quite believable that one write-in wasn't readable and didn't make the counts, which would explain that -- but our guy doesn't like simple solutions). He figured it must be a floating-point round-off error!!
So, he read thru Diebold's (Yes, this is about Diebold -- not Dominion!) apparently public bugtrak database (from 2001!), and spotted a few bugs related to decimal places in their outputs --- and he concluded that the votes were being tabulated in floating point. In reality, they were actually talking about where they display the PERCENTAGE of the vote each candidate got, which, in these days of ever closer elections, must be given in multiple decimal place.
SO, to conclude: There is ZERO evidence that any voting system manufacture uses floating point to count votes.
Truth,
James
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I'm taken aback.
Actually, I think that all election software should be entirely open source and verified by real programmers. Also, this technique of moving numbers from a scanner to an aggregator by little SD cards leaves too much room for sleight of hand. And ballots in Pennsylvania have bar codes. Whether or not they can be associated with an individual voter I don't know. There is one state using all mail in voting in which the voters themselves can login and verify that their vote has been recorded properly. Things can be so much improved. Having RCV and better candidates would help a lot.
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Reminds me of a lottery programming scam.
On certain days of the year, it would use a different, predictable algorithm to generate the winning numbers. The authorities caught on after multiple relatives hit million dollar jackpots.
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First, quick disclosure, my "expertise" with Roselyn and code generators is whooping whole hour just now!
(using Google as my all knowing tutor )
My verdict about them, right, it's good to have but... they are a bitch to use!
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not quite what I had in mind!
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Always try to keep an open mind!
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Super Lloyd wrote: they are a bitch need a witch to use
Fixed that for you.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Haha, I am sure she can! ^_^
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i was summoned?
Real programmers use butterflies
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Code generators? What are you talking about?
Back in the day, we were called programmers, not code generators.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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What are you talking about? I am simply a machine for converting coffee into software.
Real programmers use butterflies
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agreed.
that also then implies that the quality of your code is entirely dependent on the quality of your coffee.
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Slacker007 wrote: that the quality of your code is entirely dependent on the quality of your coffee. I wonder what would you say if the coffee was Kopi Luwak – Wikipedia[^]
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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That is just wrong on so many levels.
Can't believe that this cat turd coffee has "increased demand".
Well, yeah, sticking to my earlier comment, I would have no idea what code would look like after drinking this coffee. I have an idea, and it does not smell good.
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Slacker007 wrote: Can't believe that this cat turd coffee has "increased demand". Not only that... you wouldn't believe the prices that people pay for an espresso of it in Munich...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Thought you were more of a Terminator
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Intent Architect, it utilizes your understanding of DDD to scaffold your C# code base. Very, very interesting product and I highly recommend looking into it.
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Two to increase my chance that at least one fits, and for you to have CCCs again on time tomorrow if posted by someone else
Lunchplace tin for youngster (7)
Unfinished hopeless french sea is the bandit (9)
modified 17-Nov-20 6:05am.
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"Youngster", not "Youngsters" I assume?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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So .. we have to get them both so win? OK ...
Lunchplace
tin for CAN
youngsters TEEN
CANTEEN
Unfinished
hopeless DESPERA
french sea DO?
is the bandit
DESPERADO?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Now that took less time than yesterday
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So why is "French sea" "DO"?
I thought it was "MER" ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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