they just don't get it, do they? and they make ATMS?????

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Another Diebold Problem:

Another Diebold Problem

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Posted on: January 25, 2007 9:17 AM, by Ed Brayton

On top of the incredible list of security flaws that have already been found in Diebold voting machines, add this mind-boggling item to the list. Not only does every Diebold machine open with the same key, and not only is that key a common one that is used in a wide range of cabinets and hotel mini-bars, but Diebold actually put pictures of those keys on their website that were used to make copies of the keys that open their touch screen voting machines. Once inside the machine, it takes less than 60 seconds to hack the code so that it registers false votes - and without any track record that could show it happened.

Once again, I find myself asking why a vote is worth less than a $20 bill...

if you haven't gotten...

...the Cylon-Face Boxed Set of the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica (and you're interested), and live in VA, go to Borders and soon.

The one in Fairfax (at the 29/50/236 intersection) has 4 or 5 left at 20% off a base price of $59.99, so that's $48.

That's less than half of the asking price at FYE (still $119.99).

Between that and my "personal shopping day", I got it down to under $45 after tax.