[NA-Discuss] Seven Wonders

[Evan Leibovitch]

> The Great Wall, the Colosseum and Machu Picchu are
> among the leading contenders to be the new seven
> wonders of the world as a massive poll enters its
> final month with votes already cast by more than 50
> million people, organisers say.
Yeah, and phone-in votes (and an active campiagn) keep no-talents on
various reality shows.
(http://www.votefortheworst.com/)

So what? As far as I'm concerned, the Colossus of Rhodes has nothing to
worry about -- that is, if it was still standing. :-)

> ... and yet the manager of the DNS can't manage to hold online global elections that would empower At-Large Directors... how pathetic.
>   
Pointless pseudo-petitions of trivial consequence are easy to do. A
voting process that's secure, reliable and trusted is very hard to automate.
There's a reason why Canada's low-tech pencil-and-paper election process
arguably yields more secure -- and less-easily-manipulated -- results
than all of the various US flirtations with voting machines.

- Evan