Thursday, December 11, 2008

Voter fraud, snow in New Orleans?, $4 Starbucks vs. Mc Donalds

Two articles about voting machine problems and open source software. Seems that Diebold who makes atms which function flawlessly make the voting machines with a glitch that makes them not count some votes. Basically from what I've read you have to purge the first count, count 0 and then it will work (overly simplified explanation). BUT this information wasn't included in the manual in time or wasn't followed.

CA Diebold Voter Failure

Brad Blog

In other unrelated news snow fell in New Orleans, my husband is in McAllen TX and he had the heater running last night so it's no stretch of the imagination to see how it could snow in New Orleans.

Rare Snow Blankets South Louisiana

and Houston

Rare Snow Warms Houston Hearts

Hey all you hurricane relief people down there!!! Thought you left the snow up NORTH didn't you?? LOL

Mc Donalds is putting up billboards in Seattle close to Starbucks headquarters that say Four Bucks is Dumb for expresso. Being a coffee gourmet sort of I haven't tried either one lately, I like my 4 T of Maxwell House French Roast and my 1T of Sams Club French Roast to a pot. Not nearly as pricey as some of the other small bag coffees you get in the store but still much better than custom roast or any generic brand.

Mc Donals versus Starbucks

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