Re^2: Larry Wall for President! (or at least voting systems in Perl...)

I don't think you can make the comparison. I bet there are plenty of vulnerabilities in online banking systems. They don't get attacked, because if you're someone who wants to steal money electronically, the online system will probably get you fairly low returns (why get a few hundred bucks out of some soccer mom when you can snag a few dozen mutual funds?)

I therefore argue that online banking systems don't get attacked because they're secure. They don't get attacked because they have poor returns when you succeed.

"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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Re^3: Larry Wall for President! (or at least voting systems in Perl...) by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Nov 02, 2004 at 14:41 UTC
If I could attack a few dozen bank accounts, that would be a pretty decent return. What I'm saying is that banks have extremely high liability exposure. Therefore, copying them will, at the very least, be an excellent start to secure voting. Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply]

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Re^3: Larry Wall for President! (or at least voting systems in Perl...)
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Nov 02, 2004 at 14:41 UTC

Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing.
Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid.
Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.

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