Could just as easily be the work of some brainlet tripping the fuse on a power bar with a space heater that also happens to run the "portable server".
Doesn't discount all other possible nefarious scenarios at all, but having worked in field IT, "the server crashed" is the layman's phrase for any problem that affects more than one computer.
It's yet one more reason for voting to be paper only. Any system too complicated for all involved to fully understand it is ripe for subterfuge.
I hope this is the work of a hacker proving these machines can be hacked.
Could just as easily be the work of some brainlet tripping the fuse on a power bar with a space heater that also happens to run the "portable server".
Doesn't discount all other possible nefarious scenarios at all, but having worked in field IT, "the server crashed" is the layman's phrase for any problem that affects more than one computer.
It's yet one more reason for voting to be paper only. Any system too complicated for all involved to fully understand it is ripe for subterfuge.
Absolutely correct. But I'm still going to hope!