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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[nice futurama reference... dorks. ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dr. b]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 21st 2008 6:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[<br>somewhere somebody at Samsung is getting paid to provide this useless information...blah...<br><br>===<br>Church in the Texas Medical Center<br><a href="http://ChurchInTheCenter.com" rel="nofollow">http://ChurchInTheCenter.com</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 21st 2008 6:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did the pic have to be a Verizon device? Seems like when there is a story about "lazy, distracted, and impossibly ignorant cellphone users" and it's related to a survey that says nothing about Verizon Wireless, the pic might not have a company name on it. Just a thought.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nefstation]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 21st 2008 7:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't see how voting via cell phone is any different than an absentee ballot.  Is the U.S. mail somehow safer?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bernardino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 21st 2008 9:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, for one thing, cell phones are easier to make a mistake on, and then there's the obvious fact that there's no verification method- steal someone's phone, send a text message and vote for them, whee! Of course, they could set up some complex password system but cell phones just inherently feel more insecure. And honestly, I wouldn't want braindead teenagers who text message 24/7 to vote.<br><br>(nonbraindead teenager who's sent a total of 3 text messages ever).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iofthestorm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 21st 2008 10:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[oh ya because you know theres *no way* anyone could steal the mail like they could a phone. and passwords are definitely less secure than a piece of paper that has everything written out on it in plain sight once opened. and i dont think text voting would change the voting age, so it has nothing to do with "braindead teenagers". other countries have made it work. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[youngcalihottie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 23rd 2008 6:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA["And honestly, I wouldn't want braindead teenagers who text message 24/7 to vote."<br><br>Iofthestorm, you fail to realize that those braindead teenagers grow up to be braindead adults. At least given the ability to vote at a young age, I think, it would make people become more politically active (i.e.: voting), at the very least, perhaps even more politically conscious. When voting becomes easier, as many complain--which is funny, because I already think the process to be easy enough--more people will participate.<br><br>But I wholly agree, cell phones do seem inherently more insecure than any other method of which I can think.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[derX]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I text in my vote for president will they give me an ice cream cone? I really want an ice cream cone...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 11:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[or can we at least get a MMS reply with a picture of the "i voted" sticker? lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[youngcalihottie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 23rd 2008 6:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Would you elect the president via text message? 61 percent say 'Y']]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/21/would-you-elect-the-president-via-text-message-61-percent-say-y/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hehe... Yhea... Just think about it?! how can the Mighty U.S. fall or get overtaken with a simpe and everyday action wich will cause even a goverment change?! hmmm... how about hacking the network and changing the votes?! ha?! :}  let's let At&t, Verizon, Sprint etc... choose you'r goverment for you... is anybody gettin' this?!<br><br>it's easy enough to steal the election in it's current state... so why not make     it a bit better before it will be an unneeded and precise system... such as a very "NOT!" hackable and People controlled Celluar networks/Devices....  <br><br>This is even a dumber idea than Mr. Bush himself could have offered... <br><br>And if it will be properley guarded with security it will probably be harder for most then to just walk up to the ballot's on foot.... ofcourse those who answered the survey don't even realize that they will probably need to enter a buttload of codes and Verifacation Numbers and I.D.'s I know my dad won't be able to manage such a thing and he is not technologicley challenged.... <br><br><br>How about trying to make life better and not easier in such unnecsarry things?! eh?!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shlomtzion!]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 9:46AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>