election day shenanigans

These two from venividi:

• A man who reportedly believed Republicans were conspiring to steal today's election entered an Allentown polling site, signed in and proceeded to smash the screen of one of the electronic voting machines with a metal cat paperweight, poll volunteers said.

• In an apparent violation of FCC rules, conservative talk radio station KFBK 1530 AM in Sacramento transmitted a paid political advertisement to an unknown number of other stations in the area, using the federal Emergency Alert System (EAS), thus automatically forcing the ad onto the stations' airwaves.

I voted.  On paper.  Don't use voting machines.  See Hacking Democracy.  That is all.

election day shenanigans

These two from venividi:

• A man who reportedly believed Republicans were conspiring to steal today's election entered an Allentown polling site, signed in and proceeded to smash the screen of one of the electronic voting machines with a metal cat paperweight, poll volunteers said.

• In an apparent violation of FCC rules, conservative talk radio station KFBK 1530 AM in Sacramento transmitted a paid political advertisement to an unknown number of other stations in the area, using the federal Emergency Alert System (EAS), thus automatically forcing the ad onto the stations' airwaves.

I voted.  On paper.  Don't use voting machines.  See Hacking Democracy.  That is all.

software engineering, except for the engineering part

<Xney> "In the meantime, if you get a lot of broken linker references at compile time, try running make again (possibly several times) until it all works."
<Xney> I love our devs

software engineering, except for the engineering part

<Xney> "In the meantime, if you get a lot of broken linker references at compile time, try running make again (possibly several times) until it all works."
<Xney> I love our devs

grown men ruining the lives of young men, part n of x

No, this isn't about Mark Foley.  This is about Dan Hinkle, the commisioner of the Fairfax County Youth Football League, who demanded of the coaches of the South County Raptors that his son play every down on offense.  When the coaches decided to actually make their own decisions in the final game of the season, Hinkle fired them.  The boys on the team decided they would only play for their fired coaches and thus did not participate in the playoffs.

Young men of Fairfax County: you rule.  Dan Hinkle: i hope you get testicular torsion.  Thanks for the story go to tuesmornqb.

UPDATE: A "special bowl game" was arranged for the Raptors. I guess that's scant consolation. The league officials are supposedly considering whether to fire Hinkle. The facts seem pretty damn clear; the guy should be thrown out.

grown men ruining the lives of young men, part n of x

No, this isn't about Mark Foley.  This is about Dan Hinkle, the commisioner of the Fairfax County Youth Football League, who demanded of the coaches of the South County Raptors that his son play every down on offense.  When the coaches decided to actually make their own decisions in the final game of the season, Hinkle fired them.  The boys on the team decided they would only play for their fired coaches and thus did not participate in the playoffs.

Young men of Fairfax County: you rule.  Dan Hinkle: i hope you get testicular torsion.  Thanks for the story go to tuesmornqb.

UPDATE: A "special bowl game" was arranged for the Raptors. I guess that's scant consolation. The league officials are supposedly considering whether to fire Hinkle. The facts seem pretty damn clear; the guy should be thrown out.