The article is saying that the main computer calculating the election results is running an OS from Microsoft?! Is it patched? Is it connected to a network? Do they use a program like tripwire to determine if files have been tampered with? <quote> That central tabulator computer is a Windows-based PC. </quote> I don't expect this type of information to directly challenge Bush's re-election but we shouldn't have the ability to reasonably question the method of counting votes, period. -- Jeff Rasmussen GPG public key 0x9686C12F _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list