@GusF: Also, will they please stop messing with the LHC, already?

@syafiqjabar of Mars:

@Exploriens: Where there are people, there is politics.

@artiofab: Thanks. Pages 1193 and 1194 answer most of these questions.

I would actually be interested in the original paper to get some idea of the methodology and statistical analysis.

@atdaysend: He's running the Crossroads GPS pac.

@olafhumbert: "A vote without a paper ballot is a vote waiting to be stolen."

@nirreskeya:

@Nilla Waffler: Frighteningly, many of these same firms make ATMs. I guess they put more effort into the security of them, but maybe not enough:

@raincoaster: Libertarianism is a great philosophy for people who are already successful and want to hold on to their gains. It's like Calvinism without the hellfire.

@raincoaster: Hey, I own a mac, and I'm a.... oh. Nevermind.

@Konjibhu: In Champaign we have a hybrid system. We fill in a paper ballot, but then it is read by an optical scan system. This gives instant vote tallies, but it keeps a paper record.

@mediajerk: I *am* a computer scientist, and I don't trust them. In 2008 one of my advisers and I went to the city building to vote early. The reason was that it was one of the few polling stations left in the city where one could still demand a paper ballot.

"The nocebo effect seems to suggest that it's possible to talk someone to death."

@Curse_Your_Sudden_But_Inevitab...: So, you now own several hundred Cisco routers....

@Shawn Barney: The downside is that if something doesn't work — a character, a plot device — you're stuck with it.

@stereobot: That's more of a religious statement. :-)

@nightantilli: No, it's actually quite bad. Read the post at the link.

@salamander42: Read Douglas Adams much?

@DrMathochist: Thanks for the link. This saves me from trying to parse the original paper.