August 15, 2008
#463: Voting Machines explain
[Caption above panels:]
Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold) has blamed Ohio voting machine errors on problems with the machines’ McAfee antivirus software.
[Cueball is sitting at a computer, facepalming.]
Cueball: Wait. “Antivirus software”? On voting machines? You’re doing it wrong.
[Cueball’s friend enters the frame and speaks to Cueball.]
Friend: Why? Security is good, right?
Cueball: Of course. But, well—
Cueball: Imagine you’re at a parent-teacher conference, and the teacher reassures you that he always wears a condom while teaching.
Friend: Ah. Strictly speaking, it’s better than the alternative—
Cueball: —Yet someone is clearly doing their job horribly wrong.