Comments on: Election Update

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:03:09 +0000

Wizbang! has an update to the ballot stuffing scandal. The total stuffed ballotts so far is around 50,000.

The funny thing is that they could have hacked it better. Here comes the science:

They removed the votes because of the multiple IP’s. On my connection, COX, my IP changes whenever I decide to disconenct for a while and reconnect, thus enabling multiple, untraceable votes.

Another method is dial-up. When you connect to the internet you get an IP. When you log off and reconnect you get a different IP. A script could be run to accomplish this task. (Sorry Jane, I suck at scripting.)

The last solution is rather devious but would put anyone well over the top. Create a virus to infect machines with a daily voting script. It would be a distributed evolution for your vote. Of course, the trick would be making the virus and not going to prison. (again, I suck at scripting.)

A solution is there for two of the three problems: Instead of going off of IP’s use the MAC (Media Access Control) number. The MAC of a computer is the number assigned to your NIC card, the thing you plug your internet cable into. Every card in the world has their own private number and can be traced that way. The only difficulty would be people with dial-up as they don’t have a MAC address on modems that you can record over the net. (trust me, I’ve tried.)

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Crap
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Sorry Jane,
I just completely geeked out on this thing. I may have to put this in a new “you might be a geek” segment.

BTW: I just voted for you again for the third straight day in a row. Congratulations on even being nominated.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 05:09:57 +0000

Beth dear, shhhh, don’t let the Commissar know about the whole random trackback thingy-we’ll be sent to the Gulag for sure! Ping you’re it.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 03:45:06 +0000

Preston, is that best your Al Gore impression?

By: MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 03:09:45 +0000

Campaign stratergery
Karl Rove called. He gave me the go-ahead to proceed with the campaign plan inspired by another blogger’s (pre-election) post.
Things are getting desperate.

By: The Elephant

The Elephant — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 03:09:25 +0000

You’re going to like this, Jane…
heeheeheehee

By: Six Meat Buffet

Six Meat Buffet — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 03:08:51 +0000

Sunday night roundup
All the while, Jane continues to attack me personally, repeatedly hurting my feelings. So much so, that I believe I’ve developed PEST Syndrome.

By: Preston Taylor Holmes

Preston Taylor Holmes — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:34:24 +0000

And you claim to not have a sense of humor. You lied again! Jane lied! Thousands fried!

By: actus

actus — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:20:12 +0000

Oh, and awards like this should be blown out of the water, so we all get used to not caring about them.

By: actus

actus — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:19:41 +0000

There was notification.

By: MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:52:22 +0000

Election Fraud!
Don’t vote for The Fourth Rail in the Best New Blog category! He sends money to terrorists, and calls them insurgents, fer Chrissakes!

And worse, he’s ahead of me in the voting! The fight is on!