[lug] Warning about RTENet.com

[ljp]

>Have you checked the video of the demonstrations, they're available on the
>net...

I've seen them, and they're definitely not peaceful, and very intimidating. 
Now, if those counties would have used an electronic form of voting, some 
kind of kiosk or private network, (of course, running the latest linux 
kernel, and some gnu software - gotta tie in linux somewhere here), none of 
this would have happened. Or maybe it would have, but we would have never 
known about it, I dunno. I heard Mr. Putin, of Russia, said "We can send in 
some observers"... just goes to show you- question authority. I think this 
whole thing is going to cause a lot of counties around the country to move 
to electronic voting. At least the wealthy counties. Probably not internet 
voting, as some would have it. But a secure, private form. Which begs the 
question, is a private network, using phone lines, secure? Or would the 
transfer of data, be physical?
I think this is the first time I have heard of a politician (at least here 
in the US) suing to NOT count votes. I think its funny, Canada had an 
election, using old fashioned, paper ballots marked by an 'X' with a 
pencil, HAND counted ALL of the ballots, in 24 hours (or so).
Now, someone working on embedded linux systems, should develop an 
electronic voting system, or we should all start using paper/pencil ballots.

my 2 cents...

ljp