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Short Takes: March 15, 2008


By SD Times News Team
March 15, 2008 —  (Page 1 of 2)
New York State of Mind
In the last issue of SD Times, I wrote a story about accuracy and security issues with direct-recording electronic voting machines. The ironic thing is that, as I live in New York, I have yet to use such an item as we still use traditional mechanical lever machines. When compared to most other states, New Yorkers might as well be drawing pictures on cave walls to show how we choose candidates.

Nevertheless, the Empire State will go electronic in 2009, and to tell the truth, I’ll miss the levers. I’m not sure if tapping on a screen will offer the same effect of yanking back a metal bar and causing a sound like a train roaring past.
— Jeff Feinman

A Fond Farewaell
After spending three years writing about software, I'm a little apprehensive about my coming move to BZ Media's newest publication, Systems Management News. The world of servers is not nearly as interesting or alluring as the world of code. Sure, there's an awful lot of exciting stuff going on in data centers these days, and yes, the world's databases store an almost infinitely expanding spiral of the human experience. But behind all of these beautiful pieces of iron and silicon, there is always code. Without it, computers are just doorstops. It doesn't work the other way round, either. Without computers, code is still math. And even without humans, math will always be the language in which the universe is written.
—Alex Handy

Feed the Android
Google’s Android software is impressive. I caught a glimpse of it in action in February  and wished it were possible to replace the code on my spare Nokia phone with it, although the lack of a touch-screen might present problems. My BlackBerry still has the edge due to its e-mail connectivity, but the idea of having iPhone-like functionality on less expensive hardware is liberating. Although I am certain there are hardware requirements that restrict Android’s use, who knows what projects will arise after Google opens up the source code? It certainly will raise the quality bar as the iPhone has; truthfully, mobile software could not get much worse.
—David Worthington

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