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I recently read an thought provoking article by Nicholas Carr, entitled Is Google Making Us Stupid? In the article, Nicholas describes a phenomenon that I have observed happening in myself over the last few years. Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not ...Shared by irCuBiC (17) PhatBoyG (14)Contribute comment -
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- FelipeC said: Voting Fail!
- Ian said: I love this analogy.
- Eduo said: Esto se parece al tipo de discusiones que suelo ver (=tener) en twitter: "ESE no es el punto!!"
- Christopher Granade said: Perhaps a little crude (but only a little). Still, this latest xkcd elegantly sums up why Diebold isn't to be trusted making voting machines. Plus, props for using the phrase "you're doing it wrong."
- Nicholas said: <3. Thank you, Will.
- Matthew said: horribly great.
- brad said: All teachers should use them.
- Luke G said: Haa priceless.
- Adam Lasnik said: Man, once again, XKCD is just golden.
- Michael (blog.crisatunity.com) said: Which is why we are a republic and not a democracy.
- AJ said: Very well put.
- Miguel Duarte said: De facto, porque raios é que é necessário um anti-vírus numa máquina de voto? Alguém está mesmo a fazer mal o seu trabalho e o anti-vírus é um sinal disso.
- Will said: Fucking hilarious.
- jbussoli said: Wow. This is true on so many levels. This is a reminder to evaluate the overall scope of a fix on any project.
- Nomad Scry said: Bloody brilliant!
- Ken Sykora said: What a fantastic analogy! I'm just blown away...
- Aaron H. said: HAHA! Exactly.
- Bwana said: This stinks of outsourced testing.
- Geoffrey Wiseman said: This is classic. Disturbing and apt and humorous all at once.
- Greg said: HA! Genius...
- Apollo L said: A sharp look at the absurdity of having virus scanning on voting machines.
- Andrew Ferguson said: It's a good point
- Kevin Shaum said: I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I don't believe that anyone is using Diebold to try to steal elections. I find massive, thundering incompetence much more plausible.
- Thomas said: This made me squirt water out of my nose
- Nathan said: HA!
- John H said: This pretty much says it all when it comes to the current state of voting equipment!
- Sandaruwan said: now that's one hell of a brilliant argument
- Mike said: idea completely stolen from nick hatch
- Lionel Riem said: SO. TRUE.
- Richard said: Nice analogy
- Pruet said: This is totally right? why we need antivirus in the election (erection :P) machine? It supposes not to contact with any other machine.
- Lee said: He nails it. Well... yeah, I am sticking with that analogy.
- Jason said: Hilarity and making fun of Diebold all in one!
- eric stimmel said: Genius. As usual.
- CKL said: Someone's seen Monty Python's Meaning of Life too many times.
- Sean said: Truly the greatest xkcd the world has ever seen.
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I may not be smart enough to join Mensa, but I am smart enough not to build websites like the American Mensa website. Do you see the mistake? If so, can you explain why this is a mistake, and why you'd desperately want to avoid visiting websites that make this mistake? (hat tip to Bob Kaufman for pointing this out) [advertisement] Peer Code Review. No meetings. No busy-work. Customizable workflows and reports. Try Jolt Award-winning ...Contribute comment -
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