#deadmedia

[virtualfungus]

「 deadmedia, afterlight 」

based on this amazing song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwbpCCMvhc

[brucesterling]

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/08/run-internet-explorer-5-in-your-browser/

[killertimes]

4 memorex

[shotbangdead]

[joshof13thfloor]

The box on this one is pretty rough, but you hardly ever see these #BarbieAndTheRockers tapes in the wild (or at least, I don't). #Barbie #OutOfThisWorld #VHS #VHSCollector #UsedMedia #DeadMedia #OldSchool #80s #80sObsessed #80sLover https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwr86TdBMzijwRp2eCCCSS3AM7_QL6mzcSvlY40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mbwn90kthqo6

[vhslegacy]

4 laserdisc collector’s edition 💿 #426 #alien #aliens #laserdisc #vhscollection #movies #moviecollection #deadmedia #sigourneyweaver (at Wedgwood, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/vhslegacy/p/BwyDxa4F_hK/?igshid=k247ycwbxhwn

[vicsage2005]

Just testing out the Mitsubishi VisiTel 500 at the arcade. Shea picked up a pair the other day... so we can re-enact scenes from Blade Runner! #arcadelife #bladerunner #mitsubishi #VisiTel #nerdlyfe #ishouldbeworking #diaryofanarcadeemployee #deadmedia https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3u3PQg5T_/?igshid=1p5jca9jrinbl

[bruvu]

“If there is one thing that history teaches us, it is that it can turn out to be quite hazardous to prophesy the end of an art or a medium.”

François Lévesque in Le Devoir

[videodrome19]

Star Trek #lasdisc -$5 plus shipping #etsyfind #deadmedia #etsyshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CDHIXU4lPD3/?igshid=tz1jtymgxuxu

[dirtnapblog]

Late night viewing (at least until I pass out). #vhscollection #henryportraitofaserialkiller #deadmedia #vhyes #horrormovies #cultmovies #michaelrooker (at Silver Lake, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6PxVqChgco/?igshid=1lerg84dvb8kf

[iamnathanieldanger]

A Year of Laserdisc? Finally got my hands on a work LD player, and now I can finally enjoy this film the way it was meant to be viewed: in glorious 480p #laserdisc #deadmedia #thefifthelement https://www.instagram.com/p/B0C6DWFnB55/?igshid=1pxwyhaaz0qle

[brucesterling]

"It may take many months before television has been so simplified that anyone with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver can construct a good set which will give a clear image" 

[backpagepress]

A 9-year old design resurrected just for the hell of it, printed on a premium heathered raglan. Note: COPYING COULD RESULT IN DEATH #indiebrands #tshirtshop #deadmedia #cassettetape #keepitreal #screenprinters #printordie #graphicdesign #copyingcouldresultindeath #lofi (at Backpage Press)

[deadutante]

This entire stack of movies were Mystery Science Theater 3000 riff worthy and probably only released on this medium. #mst3k #deadmedia (at The White Dove Thrift Shoppe - Scottsdale)

[joshof13thfloor]

I introduced my second born to one of my favorite old school comedies yesterday, #SonInLaw, and he genuinely enjoyed it. "When you showed me the cover, I thought this is gonna suck and I'm gonna have to fake laugh. But that was really great." #PaulyShore #TheWeasel #90s #90sObsessed #90sLover #VHS #VHSCollector #UsedMedia #DeadMedia https://www.instagram.com/p/BvKKMuelez8V44Fw_k3XZyo2SQpFgLdzWHWy8I0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2vrhb9v37q6v

[is6621]

My Two Cents on Voting Technology  - Jordan Laugeni

Don’t worry this is not a political argument. However, I think we can all agree that as of now, suffrage is one of the fundamental pieces to our democracy. The last time I was surprised around a voting fact was when I heard that African Americans were not given the right to vote until 1870 and women not until 1920! To me this was extreme given that both groups were considered U.S. citizen’s long before those years. In recent elections, there has been so much talk about vote recounts, accusation of miscounting, and/or investigations into hacking voting systems. My question was, what system do we use for voting that this is even possible. It turns out that since states regulate their voting, the amount of investment into vote collection and counting technology varies state to state! The fact that the system is not federally funded and standardized is crazy to me. We live in the Big Data economy. Why is our system stuck in the past!?

So to catch you up to speed on my research here’s what we have for voting machines in the U.S. on the menu...

         Optical Scan Paper Ballot Systems: Voters mark their votes by filling in an oval, box, or similar shape on a paper ballot. Later, the paper ballots are scanned either at the polling place or at a central location.

Well, I guess this makes sense if it works for the SATs why not use it for the voting system. OMR technology which reads the light being emitted through the sheets of paper started being used for testing around the 1930s. Some drawbacks, you have to use a # 2 pencil to get a good read. Also, it requires someone to handle the data on the sheets. That may be a person to collect it, count it, so on and so forth.  This is often fixed by having the person insert the scantron sheet into the OMR in the voter booth themselves. Upside is, it is accurate technology, very cheap, and would need direct contact to be hacked since it is not connected elsewhere.

         Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Systems: DRE systems employ computers that record votes directly into the computers' memory. These interfaces may incorporate touchscreens, dials, or mechanical buttons. The voter's choices are stored by the computer on a cartridge or hard drive. Some DRE systems are also equipped with a printer, which the voter may use to confirm his or her choices before committing them to the computer's memory. The paper records can be preserved to be tabulated in case of an audit or recount.

This is a newer technology that didn’t really start picking up adoption in the U.S. until 2004. I like this one because it blends new technology, old technology, and is offline. The biggest pro is that it speeds up voter counting by a long shot However, it is super complicated so if it does malfunction its hard to track where it went wrong. If they were to designate this as the modern system I believe there would need to be a lot of updating. For instance, some of these systems have a paper trail and some don’t. However, with a lot of investment I think this method could be valid.

         Ballot Marking Devices and Systems: These systems are designed to help disabled voters who might be unable to vote using other methods. Most devices utilize a touchscreen along with audio or other accessibility features. Rather than recording the vote into the computer's memory, the ballot is instead marked on paper and later tabulated manually.

I’m sure this works functionality wise, but they still are not standardized here. There should be one system that works for everyone not different systems for people with disabilities.

        Punch Card Voting Systems: These devices employ a paper card and a small clipboard device. A voter punches holes in the card to mark his or her vote. The pattern of holes in the card indicates the votes cast. The ballot may then be placed in a box to be tabulated manually or scanned by a computer later.

This is just an out of date scantron.

My two cents!

So we need to pick one. For me, I think the only valid one to be the standardized system would be the DRE with a paper trail, but it would be too expensive. So now what’s the solution?

While studying abroad in Florence, Italy I studied the history of Italian Renaissance. We spent a lot of time on the Florentine Commune, similar to Congress in the U.S. The system they used for voting, was each member of the Commune used a stone and placed it into a jar to cast a vote for Yes or No. I know that’s primitive, but it got me thinking.

What if we used pennies and live feeds for our voter system! The system would entail you go through the same process to make sure that you are a citizen. Then you would take a penny and you would insert it into a slot for whichever person you were voting for. That process would have a physical counter, and camera footage so that people could compare the insert with the output. The output would be the penny falling into a large dump truck sitting on a truck scale. Each dump truck would represent a different candidate. The weight in pennies would declare the winner in each area and could be donated to a cause!

So why pennies?

They all way the same amount and are not valuable anymore. The U.S. mint declared that April 1, 2020 they will stop producing pennies. So out with the old use case and in with the new?

Just a thought. Even if you think my ideas dumb, I hope we can agree that we need to find at least one system that works!

https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_methods_and_equipment_by_state

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-birth-of-scantrons-the-bane-of-standardized-testin-5908833

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRE_voting_machine

http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Hollerith_Punch_Card

https://cashmoneylife.com/us-mint-cease-penny-production/