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[ale] Linux bay
- Subject: [ale] Linux bay
- From: subba9 at cablespeed.com (Subba Rao)
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:26:49 -0500
On 0, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at sciatl.com> wrote:
> Subba Rao wrote:
> >
> >This is just an idea I am putting forward. Since it cannot be
> >implemented or maintained by one person I thought of puting this idea in
> >the public domain.
> >
> >Thank you for looking into it.
>
> While I'm not sure that this project will acheive its stated goal, I do
> have one comment about the frequent use of a CPU ID for validation - why?
> What additional validation does this provide? What happens when I switch
> machines?
>
This is to avoid a person registering more than once. If you have n+ machines
you can register n+ times and have n+ votes. You should not register and have
n+ ids with one machine and cast your vote.
--
Subba Rao
subba9 at cablespeed.com
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