This is a great article by Peter Gutmann and Ian Grigg on security usability that lists the six principles for a secure communications system put down by Auguste Kirchoffs ca. 1883.  Even he understood the need for usability back then:

It’s still a shitty law though.  Something else I will happily ignore to avoid my fair use rights being infringed.  Again, how could I watch DVDs (legally rented/owned) on my Linux box without doing so?

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I was bummed that he didn’t come to Seattle on his tour, but I’ll enjoy listening to the mp3 of his appearance in Silicon Valley.

This is great news.  They did the same with other phones, including the e815 that I have.  Fortunately, there are ways around this to re-enable the crippled features, but they are out of reach to most consumers.  I had to buy a data cable and software on eBay to uncripple my phone.

It is hard to believe that such a blatant undervote error could be attributable solely to the DRE itself not properly recording them.  But user interface designs can certainly be abused maliciously, or likely unintentionally, to create these situations.  How ironic is it that the DREs that were touted to Help America Vote are actually helping them to undervote, due to poor design/implementation of the ballots?

The Ward-O-Matic: Fallout Shelter Handbook 1962

Boing Boing: Atrocious apostrophe’s and “quotation” “mark” “abuse” photo galleries

Good news about gift cards.  I was just thinking the other day about these practices and it looks like, just in time for the holiday season, you can find out which ones have done away with those pesky expiration dates (are you listening Amazon?) and fees.