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32-bit counters are also fallible. In a 2003 Belgian election, a cosmic ray changed to vote totals due to a bit flip: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radio

32-bit counters are also fallible. In a 2003 Belgian election, a cosmic ray changed to vote totals due to a bit flip: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/bit-flip https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/bit-f... As they go into, it's not easy to explain to the public or other election officials how this happened, or even what happened at all.

dividuum 6y ago
Excellent example and exactly the reason low-tech is the way to go. Thanks for the link.
- dllthomas 6y ago
  With high tech, you can (and should) have error correction. With low tech someone could easily misread handwriting. I believe low tech is preferable, but I don't think this is the reason, unless I'm misunderstanding something.