Sure,
electronic voting has had its fair share of troubles, but there's no denying that it's the wave of the future -- and we're always intrigued by plans like the one being floated in Poland right now that would allow citizens to vote online from their homes, since that seems like a great way to increase participation. Of course, some people are just never going to get it, and it looks like former Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is the latest Luddite curmudgeon to risk your ire, saying that he's not exactly thrilled with the idea of a "young person sitting in front of a computer, watching video clips and pornography while sipping a bottle of beer and voting when he feels like it." Kaczynski went on to say that as a whole, Internet users are "the easiest group to manipulate, to suggest who to vote for" -- which probably means that in addition to not using a cell phone or having a bank account (true!), he's never actually been on the Internet either. Tell you what, Minister: you come in here and successfully manipulate a Mac vs. PC flamewar, maybe we'll talk. Deal?
posted Mar 12th 2008 1:43PM
Oh Trekkie Monster...and your porn-ridden antics.
I can see it now.....it'll make millions!!
Porngadget!!
READY!
Kudos for the Avenue Q reference, Engadget.
No one ever has described us so good!!
He, of course, had to be Polish.
So a guy shouts across the river to a former Polish prime minister, "Hey! How do I get to the other side of the river?!"
The former Polish prime minister shouts back, "You ARE on the other side of the river!"
At first I took offense as a Internet user being easy to manipulate... But maybe I am.
Zing!
LOL
"Whats that internet you want me to do what with my genitalia?"
Internet. They have that on computers now?
Not gonna lie, I was a bit disheartened as well.
If we're so easy to manipulate maybe that's why we all love spam mail...
"OMG, dude, grow your tool 4 inches with this great stuff I found."
"You're so smart, you should have degree ATM."
"Buy ROLEX for cheap."
They're manipulating us into improving our lives!
/begin online_program_for_Rolex_enlargement
i found the perfect running mate for McCain,
they can both get angry at damm youngsters.
what a douche...
Ready, normal people?!
I see what you did there
Whoops, replied to the wrong post.
Ready!
Ready!
Ready!
Let's Hear it!
The internet is for porn!
Are you saying that all internet users DON'T watch porn?
I am suprised a guy who is so closed minded on certain issues is even allowed to vote, let alone speak ill of a viable method of doing so.
Electronic Voting needs to be verified, secured, and audited.
It would be very easy for a controlling party to manipulate the results, or for potential "bot-nets" to control the vote.
but were all just voting for puppet governments anyways - right?
Dystopia Today!
woops, I didn't mean to click here
@Tim the previous comment is not directed at you
"young person sitting in front of a computer, watching video clips and pornography while sipping a bottle of beer." in my shorts, having a pice of rock solid cold pizza, reading some tech blog, yeah hes got me pinned down pretty damn right.
PC vs Mac? You mentioned a Mac?? BIAS!!!!11
Bias that goes to 11? That's one more!
Sure, people on the internet are easy to manipulate. But you can say that same sentence without "on the internet" and it is still just as accurate.
Well said
...on the internet
Heheh, it's like the "in my pants" game!
"I saw your mom....on the internet!"
The problem is partisans of one side or the other sitting down with computer illiterate people and telling them how to vote or simply voting for them. (Yes, this happens with "normal" voting, but it takes more effort and in many places there are helpers from both sides where the actual vote takes place.)
actually, i would say that generally heavier internet users are more intelligent than the average person. the internet just allows even more opportunities to be manipulated.
actually, i would say that generally heavier internet users are more intelligent than the average person. the internet just allows even more opportunities to be manipulated.
damn. sorry about the double post, the page froze on the reload.
Ladies and Gentlemen: President Jenna Jameson
Yup, glad I own a MAC! I cannot be manipulated on the internet. Only PC users are vulnerable to manipulation [sic].
Yeah, but at least I have more USB ports when I get manipulated using my PC.
So what your saying is that a Mac isn't a computer??? Oh that's right, it isn't, it's a piece of fruit!!
UBUNTU!! haha. No,I jest. PC....(for now)
Yup, glad I own a MAC! I cannot be manipulated on the internet. Only PC users are vulnerable to manipulation.
oh wait you were impersonating me ;*(
Macs rulez!!!, lololz I R TEH FLAMEWAR!!!!
Heh, just kidding.
Well, the Mac did save us in Independence Day by uploading the virus to the alien mothership.
LOL @ScareyJ! Yeah leave it to Roland Emmerich to film the Dumbest Computer Scene Ever. Hey, notice that 10,000 BC got a 7% on the Rotten Tomatometer?
So what your saying is that a Windows PC isn't a computer??? Oh that's right, it isn't, it's a hole cut into an exterior wall of a building and replaced with glass!!
caleb, i think you missed the "[sic]". he's doing parody, and on your "team" by the looks of it. calm thy flamebait good sir.
Actually [sic] means "Spelling Intentionally Crippled". You may have wanted to say something like "Sensibilities Intenionally Crippled" instead - so that would be.... oh wait.
Never mind. :)
Are you lonely? Have you spent half your life in bars pursuing sins of the flesh? Are you sitting in a bean bag chair naked eating Cheetos? Do you have the urge to get up and send me a thousand dollars
Tater Salad FTW
Hmmm. Is he related to the polician/general that opposed German tanks with horses?
Of course the biggest irony is that this guy is not in any sort of relationship, porn is precisely what he uses the internet for. hahah.. old fart!
Weird...because I'm drinking beer, and watching porn right now, OMG!
Wow, this post has it all! Porn, beer, muppets, flame-bait, e-voting, name-calling, misspellings, pithy comments about the post, and much more.
It's like all blog postings got boiled down to this. Neato!
I can't wait until somebody gets called a Nazi or Hitler in the comments...