Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: icannatlarge.org membership list

[espresso@e-scape.net]

At 19:46 -0800 2003/03/01, Jan Siren wrote to Vittorio:
>Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding: I have no more
>expectation
>that does Judyth that I will be able to run a command line interface
>on my
>old Pentium.

Actually, Jan, you're in a better position than I am -- presumably
all you need to do is drop back to the DOS prompt, which is not
an option on my Macs unless there is a freeware or shareware
to let me do it or the server-side application is something like
Lynx.

>As I have said before, to Jefsey (hope I'm not boring you with
>repetition) I have very deep misgivings about attempting an untried,
>>unproven new process on anything important.  If this *matters* to
>you, >perhaps you should find someone else who can *guarantee* success
>in a >timely way; I'll gladly delete my copy of the mailing list.
>
>(I'm a professional tester in my day job.  We wouldn't *dream* of
>doing >anything like this without adequate dry runs.)  As they say in
>the
>software industry, "on time, within budget, bug-free; pick two."

In printing and publishing, it's been
"fast - cheap - good: pick two"
for over a century but the principle is the same. Double-checking
everything beforehand is considered essential.

As for guarantees of glitch-free success, I doubt one can achieve
this without testing, no matter how technically-adept the
"watchers" one chooses. To me, that seems like a different area
of expertise anyway: one doesn't need to be a programmer or
engineer to keep a list confidential or count votes without
tampering with them, and one doesn't need to be a "trusted"
individual to write a voting application if that application
will be open to the scrutiny of those who understand the
programming and can test it for reliability.

>BTW I haven't even been able to establish FTP access to the website
>yet.

I admit I haven't even tried yet -- I will later, when I've given
some attention to my actual job.

Regards,

Judyth

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