In regards to the Silicaon Graybears BLOG entry at here .
Interesting that I too am from the 70's and at that time did Operating System design/programming/testing/etc. evolving through the years to I/T Consultant. This incident is NOT a software glitch. I can think of scenarios how this happened, but they are only conjecture without examining. For example, ANY program can be written where it changes its behavior, e.g. counting votes correctly to intentional incorrectly at a specific time (date, time to milliseconds). Hackers use this to trigger events on a specific day and time. Who is to say that the software wasn't hard coded to do this the day after normal election counting days at precisely the time mail-in ballots were to begin? It could do this automatically if coded that way, or it could do this if given an external command to do so, or a hacker could do this via a trap-door virus. Many ways to make a program count differently at a specific time or within a specific time window. Rather easy! So, who's to say some HUMAN didn't do this? Can it be determined? Yes. Logging of any human interactions with the running program would capture this. Also, comparing the original software with the running software would identify any variation of in code indicating hacker tampering. Certainly the FBI and NSA have the skills to determine validity of software and hacking. Whatever the result, people would then have peace in their lives again rather than questions, doubts, and a conspiracy theory the rest of their lives. Someone needs to investigate what really happened and be completely transparent. WE the PEOPLE have a right to know. It's the American voting integrity that is at stake, not who won or lost. I could care less about that. But potential corruption must be investigated. How about running the same batch through again, but setting the date on the computer to election day. Different results would imply hacking scheme as indicated. Another scheme could be base on the identification of the source, e.g., normal electronic voting ballots versus mail-in ballots. Surely, some human entered the batch source manually! Enough is enough...I certainly can't examine from here. And I'm retired and really don't want to dig through modern day programming. But, don't we have experts in the FBI. I would require the FBI and NSA to both investigate and do so independently to rule out corruption there too.
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I'm strongly in your camp, don't get me wrong. My conclusions are based on your conclusion that the coup has been going on for ages and unfortunately there is little we can do about the corruption other than prevent it in the future. I'm very open to any idea that can work. I also agree re FBI and NSA, thus I suggested INDEPENDENTLY. I should have said with private sector consultants he uncovering of anything would be useful. However, I agree that this would be a project that will take many years after this lost election. It's unfortunate and makes me angry. I am very grateful of what Trump has done for America AND the world. But, again, unless We the People change things in the next 4 years, our children will be forever lost to who-knows-what. Proving any corruption to this election is of value whenever it can be accomplished. I can only move on in a way that I can; encouraging the experts today to real in any corruption, and, for the sake of our democracy and children, DO SOMETHING about the indoctrination in our schools. The other matter for future is getting the ignorant people out there to understand what the party name of "Democratic" DOES NOT IMPLY democracy and any other part is against it. I really feel the name is an inhibitor and the ignorant vote that way when they obviously can't understand the economy, immigration, etc. Do what we can not and fight the election. That has low probability satisfaction in getting resolved before January. We need some kind of proof. But, we also need to realize that the Republican machine has been sleeping for decades. There is much more to address than this election.
While I find your idea of the software being hard coded to cheat based on the system clock really good, I don't trust either the FBI or the NSA to do that investigation. The FBI has been running a coup against Trump for four years and suddenly they're going to be honest?
The problem with doing forensic software analysis is that there's a hard deadline coming to certify the election and it's going to take time to do this through legal channels. And what happens if the Supreme Court finally hears the arguments in two years and the verdict is that the election was corrupt and stolen? Can they scrap it and order a do-over, or award the presidency to Trump after two years of Joe, the Ho, the squad and George Soros? Suspend all elections until every precinct in America works like, well, Florida and has its final results within an hour of the polls closing?