OT: Open source voting machines and other gizmos (was Re: Comcast and SORBS)

[Jeff Kinz]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 12:38:30PM -0500, Gordon Marx wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:31:27 -0500, Jeff Kinz <jkinz at kinz.org> wrote:
> > Recall from reading info from http://www.freethepike.com/ back before
> > Back before the big dig even started the Pike was pending 10 times the
> > amount per mile to run the pike than the Mass highway spends to maintain
> > a mile of all the other highways in the state.
> 
> Great. How much of that is spent on toll collection? How much would be
> saved by switching to some hypothetical open-source system? Point me
> to a problem, and THEN let's come up with a solution.

A significant portion. I don't have exact figures, but my idea would be 
to get rid of the tolls on the pike completely.

(yes - I did move away from the Open Source aspect of the issue, sorry
to frustrate you)

> 
> > And most of the people who use the pike, seldom (or never) travel on any
> > part of the BigDig project roads, so the people who are being made to
> > pay for Mass. part of the cost for the BigDig, basically never use it.
> 
> Duh....what? Maybe I'm slow, but I don't see your point.
Basic fairness.  (Although there is no correlation between fairness and
most things in life. :-) )
> 
> > Other reasons, reduce commute times, reduce pollution, increase safety,
> > reduce road aggravation, increase quality of life, reduce practice of
> > patronage in Mass Government.
> 
> ...reverse balding as if by magic, and improve your sex life!

I take it you like waiting at tolls? 


> 
> Go ahead and find statistics that indicate that doing something like
> this will ACTUALLY improve a problem that exists. Then let's talk.
> 
> Gordon
> sorry to be a bubble-burster, but Open Source doesn't cure all ills.

And I clearly wasn't referring to Open Source.  Sorry to confuse you.



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