disposal of pcos machines

@mspitot (3824)
Philippines
May 11, 2010 2:15am CST
they spent billions for the pcos machines and now they will just dispose them. wow! are we that rich to do that?!
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7 responses
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
11 May 10
What?! are those PCOS machines disposable? The money spent in getting those machines is no joke, i hope they're not going to add any kind of jokes. If it's true, that that's most expensive joke that i even heard.
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
11 May 10
a staff in charge of collecting the pcos machines in our municipal hall said they're disposable.
• Philippines
11 May 10
well, that's a lot of Machines to maintain for the next six years. maybe it can still be used for the voting of senators. probably they can use that for other reasons but disposing it will be considered unthinkable.
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
13 May 10
If they do this, they trash our money too. This is billions, why they can't find a better machine to last for a long time when they got billions of budget? I am wondering WHY?
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
13 May 10
that's why i hope that it's not true.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
11 May 10
Where did you get this information that they will be disposed? From what I know the machines will be stored but I doubt if they could survive till the next election comes unless otherwise they will be stored properly. Electronic devices usually are not that to survive especially if they will not be used for quite long time. They would deteriorate fast when they are not in use. So technically most of them will not survive if they will be stored.
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
11 May 10
my aunt i a bei member. when they surrendered the pcos machine in our munisipyo, the staff said they will be disposed and that the machines are disposable.
• Philippines
11 May 10
what the hell?! I wasn't aware of this?! or maybe the cards or the other ballots are disposable? if it is the entire pcos that would be UNTHINKABLE? such an advance thing shouldn't be thrown away. makes me wanna blame the co-author of automated elections. well, at least we got clear results, meaning comelec will be disposing two ballots, one coming from the old election and the next is this one
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
12 May 10
i hope they won't just dispose that. maybe if the machine is really disposable, they can just get those parts that can still be used for the next election.
• Philippines
21 May 10
indeed we are rich, it just so happened that we don't know how to take care of our resources. we seemingly are a race of extravagant people, where practicality only meant to people who have the very least of us. but for those who have more, they don't know the meaning of taking care and valuing our resources - people in the government included and highly susceptible to this. what they never know is, it may not only pocket draining - buying those machine - it is also HARMFUL to our environment if not properly taken take of. the gov't need a huge warehouse to store ALL those election paraphernalia until it will be used again, and again they failed to see the need for this. People in the government seemed to be NEARSIGHTED as always. they only see the URGENCY of purchasing (for obvious reasons of course), but not of keeping and maintaining its quality. May God Bless us ALL!
• Philippines
12 May 10
its a waste indeed if they dispose them. like extinct species someday they will only be found in the internet and youtube. if possible why not just send those machines later to those countries who will need an upgrade with their election procedure? these days it is important to reuse things that still work or the waste products only will increase.
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
12 May 10
i actually thought that too. maybe they can sell that to other countries.
@juggerogre (1653)
• Philippines
11 May 10
What? Why would they do that? They can just store it in a safe place then use it again in the next election. I don't get it. Spending billions of pesos to a defective and disposable machine? What the heck is wrong with them???