MAMA's Techno-Geek Thread

[GadgetGav]

Eeek..! What just happened to mini2..? Where's the calming black background? Where's the User Control Panel..? My world has shifted..!

[m2smith]

check-
http://www.mini2.com/article394-mini...-new-look.html

[GBMINI]

It all looks the same as ever to me ?

[holdenontoit]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav (original)

Eeek..! What just happened to mini2..? Where's the calming black background? Where's the User Control Panel..? My world has shifted..!

User control panel is there at the top under "welcome GadgetGav " It even has a cool baloon that pops open when you move the cursor to it ..........but I still want my MINI2 grey wide back. The only thing for certain is that nothing stays the same.......................and what's up with those 2 vertical red lines in the main New york/NewEngland home page???????

[GadgetGav]

Thanks..! I found it and returned things to their normal black...
When I've got time I'll look at the rest of the new stuff.

[GadgetGav]

Anyone else see the latest Diebold voting machine hacks..? They put a seal on a bolt that covers the memory card slot, but you can take out 5 other screws and take the whole lid off and get to the memory card that way..! 4 min to open, swap memory cards and put it back together..! Not only that, but some voting districts think that sending these voting machines home with officials the night before elections is perfectly secure.
Black Box Voting : 8-31-06: Stoopidest Sleepover Security Ever: Black Box Voting blows through memory card seal

[m2smith]

That is freakin' scary!
That's as good as the giant electonic gate at an airport I go into that is covered in barb wire across the top and has an electronic card reader to gain admittance through the gate.

Or you could just walk (or drive) around it - The gate only covers the width of the road with no other fencing.
Maybe Diebold designed this too

[jwardell]

The great benefit of hacks like this are that they will hopefully get diebold's attention so they are better secured by the time the real electrions roll around.
They should use those darned playstation 2 security seals (voice of experience...)

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

The great benefit of hacks like this are that they will hopefully get diebold's attention so they are better secured by the time the real electrions roll around.
They should use those darned playstation 2 security seals (voice of experience...)

I didn't know you were so nieve and optimistic Josh..!

[Aqualung]

yeah, saw that hack the other day...here's another shining example of your tax dollars at work here -- Robotic Frisbees of Death

[jwardell]

Anything beats the whole hanging chad thing. I didn't really understand it, really you can't even fathom how stupid it is, till I moved to illinois and had to use the wonderful punch-card voting system. It took large amounts of both mental and physical skill to properly puynch the card with your votes.

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

Anything beats the whole hanging chad thing.

What's wrong with the good ol' fashioned mark-an-X-next-to-the-name-you-like method? Simple, no equipment needed (except a pencil sharpener), and there's a record of every vote.

[Theo]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav (original)

What's wrong with the good ol' fashioned mark-an-X-next-to-the-name-you-like method? Simple, no equipment needed (except a pencil sharpener), and there's a record of every vote.

Ahmen, Gav!

Our city still does things that way. However, I feel increasingly challenged by trying to keep the marks within the box!

I seem to be more Presbyopic, even though I was raised as an Episcopalian...

Theo

[bethandlouis]

Well...today I have to drive to Salem to visit the genius bar. There is something seriously wrong with my laptop. There have been a couple of times when I have completely shut down the computer and put it away. When I take it out to use it it will not turn on. I have to completely charge the battery (or charge it a little to get it to power on) and this is with ~2 hours left to go.

Yesterday I posted an entry to my blog and shut it down. Waited for the screen to go black, put it in the case. Went to take it out to do some web surfing and noticed the temperature was very high. There was a funny whining sound coming from the machine (can only deduce that the compressor fan was running really high) and it wouldn't turn on.

I thought it was going to catch on fire. I took the battery off but the battery wasn't hot it was just the guts. Then my airport card wouldn't read my airport base. I thought it was totally fried. I called apple support and they had me reset my power something or other (removed the battery and pressed the power button for 5 seconds) and move closer to the airport station (even though I used the airport from that same room only hours before. The airport card finally caught and signal and she said o.k. have a nice day. I said wait there's a larger picture here my computer's processor shouldn't be running after it gets shut off. Her helpful reply, "Well it's working now." I hate that! So I'm taking it in to see if they can do anything. This doesn't seem to be a normal thing. or does it?

[GBMINI]

Sounds completely normal for a Microsoft product