March 31st, 2008
By Robert X. Cringely |
http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/03/geek_week_evoti.html?source=NLC-NOTES&cgd=2008-03-31">InfoWorld
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen…. While I was digging through the Net looking for the skinny on
http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/03/smoking_guns_an.html#comments">Sequoia Voting Systems and its mystery contractor Kwaidan Consulting (aka Mike Gibbons), the
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5839">Bradblog’s Brad Friedman was doing the same. He managed to unearth a cached version of Gibbons’ MySpace page that’s just a wee bit different than the current model. Instead of a photo of Gibbons shaking hands with Bush I, this one shows a good-old-boy leaning against the hood of a pickup. The list of people Gibbons wants to meet has changed too. Instead of Jesus, Einstein, and Newton, Gibbons was looking for “
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:h9ufowN7z5IJ:profile.myspace.com/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser.viewprofile%26friendid%3D48068486+mike+gibbons+kwaidan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a">a well endowed blonde nymphomaniac … that likes to be under the influence of Jim Beam whiskey in a dimly lit room at least 3 times a week.” (Hmm, Jesus or a busty nymphomaniac – that’s a tough call.) It’s nice to know the gatekeepers of our electoral system go shopping for their code experts in New Orleans bordellos.
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http://www.bradblog.com/">Bradblog
http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=1829