democracy just leveled up

found on boing boing

what you're looking at is a voting machine. no really, an actual voting machine. doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy knowing how secure those electronic voting machines are? your democracy is in good hands. good strong hands, with nimble fingers and lightning fast thumbs. no button mashing here, no sir.

i spy with my little eye

from the failblog

bad enough that there is no privacy between urinals, but clearly the designer of this public restroom failed to consider that when you aren't busy aiming you're even more likely to look around.

layin lo

thanks to mikko hypponen for pointing this one out

protect your privacy

from learn from my fail
while we might reasonably expect people to respect our privacy, we cannot rely on them to do so. if you don't actively protect your privacy then you'll have no privacy.

compensating controls FTW

from the failblog

this is an excellent example of compensating controls. the crocodile compensates for the fall. you might be able to survive one or the other, but not both.

which is more important? part 2

from failblog

i'm sure having something to hold onto while going down stairs is important, but i sure hope nobody needs to get through that fire door. when it comes to conflicting safety features, i think the risk of people falling down the stairs is easier to accept than the risk of people dying in a fire.

which is more important?

from the failblog

ridiculous protection can cripple safety/security measures. i sure hope nobody needs to get into that fire safety plan in an emergency.

i will lock my computer

thanks to mikko hypponen for this one

it's good advice too, unless you don't mind the people nearby playing tricks on you or embarrassing you by sending out messages you would never send.

deterrence fail

from failblog

prevention by deterrence doesn't work if it's obvious that others weren't deterred.

more than one reason to respect privacy

from learn from my fail

sometimes respecting other people's privacy is as much for your own good as it is for theirs. some things cannot be unseen.