Archive for August, 2007

Nevada’s Middle Child: Is Reno Jan Brady?

August 29, 2007

Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 8/29/2007 1:31:13 PM
We’re not Las Vegas. We’re not Elko. We are the middle child, neither as glitzy and sophisticated as our big sister to the south, nor as small and charming as our rural sisters.
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!… or is Vegas, Vegas, Vegas a more suitable lament for Reno? Presidential candidates shower our big sister [...]

Campaign spouses in Reno: Mrs. Obama, Mrs. Edwards, and Mr. Clinton

August 21, 2007

Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 8/21/2007 4:29:11 PM
Michelle Obama carries herself like the late Diana, Princess of Wales, but with more self-confidence. Crisply outfitted, tall and graceful, with an inner-humility that shines through. Elizabeth Edwards comes across as a gracious southern mom who just happens to have a law degree, and a husband running for president. Then there’s the [...]

Voting security: policies versus technologies

August 15, 2007

Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 8/15/2007 2:59:41 PM
The Sequoia voting system is among “the most tested, secure, accurate, auditable and accessible voting systems in our nation’s history,” according to a statement on the company’s website.  Either that, or it’s a  product that could have been better engineered by any U. C. Berkeley student who did well [...]

Computer security professor: Sequoia voting system would get a D or an F

August 13, 2007

Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 8/13/2007 2:59:58 PM
“It would be like giving someone the key to the bank, and the combination to the safe, then leaving them alone for months. You shouldn’t be surprised if the money is gone when you come back.”  This is the analogy repeated separately by various people who discount California’s security [...]

Hack the Vote!

August 7, 2007

Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 8/7/2007 1:01:24 PM
Hack the Vote! Part 1
The report might have been titled “A Thousand and One Ways to Compromise an Election.” It was prepared for the California Secretary of State by a team of computer scientists acting as white-hat hackers, conducting penetration tests on various brands of electronic voting machines used in [...]