Posted 9:28 AM (0) comments

The Triumph of Logic

In a long-overdue moment of lucidity, a California judge has tossed out a case challenging electronic voting safeguards.

Judge Raymond M. Cadei rejected arguments by a group of so-called concerned citizens that millions of California voters would be relying on new technology that is vulnerable to electoral mischief. "The petitioners have failed to provide any evidence of an actual threat,'' Cadei said at the close of the hearing.

Finally, someone willing to stand up to Chicken Little and point out that the sky is still firmly in place!

Posted 8:25 AM (0) comments

Easterners just don't get it

In a column entitled Piercing a Silicon Valley stereotype, news.com's Declan McCullagh (he's their Washington, DC correspondent) purports to take a look at the political ethos of the Silicon Valley. But quotes such as:
"In November's race for San Francisco mayor..."
"Registered Democrats and Greens in Berkeley..."
"...for each election cycle since 1998, Microsoft employees have favored..."

Berkeley and San Francisco are not part of the Silicon Valley. Microsoft isn't even a California company!

I lived in the DC area for 15 years and, sadly, nothing has changed. The denizens still believe the world ends at the Beltway and have only the vaguest idea of geography and sociology on "the other side".