A computer science professor at Bryn Mawr University criticizes the current state of e-voting in this Guardian article, stating that the current systems that exist are recipies “for fraud and error.” The article reports that unlike banking and airlines sites, e-voting programs do not meet basic standards for security and verifiability — there is
Cool Google News Search Tip
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Tips
If you haven’t used Google News yet, what are you waiting for? On the home page you can get the most recent headlines in various categories, and a link under each headline to a number of “related articles.” There’s another way to do this:
- When you find an article that’s right on point, copy the
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What’s next — arrest by instant message?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Technology, Technology
The Justice Department is asking an appellate court to allow the use of faxed search warrants in criminal investigations.
That admin alert may be spam
By Tom Mighell on
Clever spammers are now creating junk mail that masquerades as an alert from your network administrator. Tricky, tricky….now you don’t even have to open your e-mail program to get spam.
My favorite plasticine characters
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
Wallace and Gromit are back, with Soccamatic, one of ten short “Cracking Contraption” films available for you to download.
Tricks you might not know about your search engine
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Gary Price of The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk(among other things) has an excellent article on features of specialized search engines AllTheWeb, Alta Vista, and Google.
What do YOU believe?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Miscellaneous
Curious about the faith that most closely matches your belief? Try Belief-o-Matic at Belief.net, and learn more about yourself. My results were dead-on with my beliefs, although Belief.net also thought I might be a Liberal Quaker.
Got your pumpkin yet?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
If so, you might want to visit Pumpkin Carving 101 for some tips on how to best carve your gourd. Learn the history of pumpkin carving, how to choose the right pumpkin, and how to extend the life of your pumpkin, among other things.
This week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly
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Posted in Mighell Marker
This week’s issue is ready for your reading pleasure.
Another look at public records online
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites, Privacy
This Law.com article examines the fact that while it is undeniably helpful to have public court records online for research purposes, maybe it’s time to revisit the amount of personal information contained in those records.