Ahnolds vote almost Terminated.

[techs]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/10/schwarzenegger_e-voting_snafu/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/08/politics/main1027281.shtml

A computer data cock-up meant that California Governor Schwarzenegger was told he'd already voted when he showed up at a polling station earlier this week. The Gubernator was initially advised he might have to submit a provisional ballot before checks established he hadn't previously voted, allowing the former Hollywood star to cast his vote in California's special election normally.

The snafu was traced back to tests of electronic voting systems carried out last month, AP reports. Schwarzenegger's name was used to test whether local voting computers were properly linked to the network but official forgot to cancel this transaction, creating the impression that the Terminator star had already cast his ballot when he showed up at a polling station in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles earlier this week. It's unclear whether or not anybody else was affected.

So they let Ahnold vote anyway? You think if it wasn't Brentwood or was some poor joe blow that they would have gone to any length to check to see what happened?
Nah.

 

[cKGunslinger]

You're surprised that the word of the Governor of California was taken more seriously then that of your average voter (who would have had to simply submit a provisional ballot?) Do you think that the Governor could actually get away with voting twice?

Your sense of outrage is a bit wanting in this case.

 

[techs]

I was just amused by the irony. Ahnold who played a robot a victim of a computer error.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: techs
I was just amused by the irony. Ahnold who played a robot a victim of a computer error.

Ok, I can see that, but if would have been more ironic if they told him it would take 45 minutes to find the error and that he should leave and return, but Arnold then he said "I'll just wait."

But that doesn't explain your bolded sentences.

 

[Uhtrinity]

Oh the irony, a republican official getting nailed by an E-voting problem. I thought that stuff like that didn't happen, and that it was a product of the tin-foil hat wearing community.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Ok, I can see that, but if would have been more ironic if they told him it would take 45 minutes to find the error and that he should leave and return, but Arnold then he said "I'll just wait."

Why couldn't he just stay with the script: I'll be back !

 

[arsbanned]

Exactly. Right wingers aren't funny even when they're being funny.

 

[cKGunslinger]

I see the joke flew over someone's head. It would have been ironic because it would have been a perfect setup for one of the most famous movie lines in history to be actually used by the actor who originally delivered the line, but instead, he would say "I'll just stay." You know, the exact opposite of the aforementioned line? You do know the definitions of irony, no?


Right-winger? :thumbsup: It makes me happy when I have the socialists calling me a right-winger, and the dyed-in-the-wool conservatives calling me a commie-liberal that should move to France, all within a 24-hour period. The more extremists pricks I can identify and alienate, the better.

 

[Steeplerot]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
The more extremists pricks I can identify and alienate, the better.

Spoken like the troll you have proven yourself to be

:music: We see your true colors shining through...

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Steeplerot

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
The more extremists pricks I can identify and alienate, the better.

Spoken like the troll you have proven yourself to be

:music: We see your true colors shining through...

Don't worry baby, you'll always be at the top of my list. :lips: