[ale] voting machines

[Jim Philips]

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On Sunday 13 June 2004 12:17, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> I think you left out one group, although they aren't all that noisey
>
> 5. Those who beleive that technology/technologists can solve any
> and all social ills. Throw some technology at a problem, and watch
> the problem just go away!
>
> Wishful thinking. Besides, who has ever heard of usable software that
> didn't have significant bugs? IMHO of course, YMMV.

There was some complaining in the press about geeks who raised the flags on 
electronic voting. The line was something like this:

"First these guys tell us computers are great, then they want to start 
complaining when we use them for elections."

There seemed to be little understanding of the fact that often experienced 
computer professionals are the ones with the best understanding of the limits 
of the technology. 
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