What do you do when you have to email a billion people something they’re not going to like, but you don’t really want to hear all the bellyaching that’s bound to come your way? If you’re Facebook, you bury the bad news in the middle of the longest paragraph on the page, directly under (not […]
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Voting: Do It Wrong And Your Family Dies
Joss Whedon’s viral endorsement makes some interesting points, especially the one where my brains are eaten because I voted incorrectly. The short video exemplifies the utility and ease of spreading information, especially political news, but also encapsulates the charm and personality of the internet. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo’] The internet, in its essence, is creative freedom in […]
Bender Beats Skynet In School Board Election
After the Washington D.C. election board announced a new e-voting system for absentee ballots in 2010, they invited the computer security community and general public to try hacking it, several weeks before using it in a real election. Professor Alex Halderman of the University of Michigan felt “It was too good an opportunity to pass […]