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Our meeting location is the IBM Innovation Center at 13800 Diplomat Drive.

Meetings are usually the first Thursday of each month.

For directions to IBM:IBM Innovation Center in Dallas

The Dallas Ft. Worth UNIX Users Group offers area UNIX users the opportunity to attend monthly meetings that include:

  • presentations from industry experts,
  • small break-out sessions for special interest groups,
  • and free pizza!

If you'd like to get involved and increase your networking opportunities, join us for our next meeting!



Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012 -- 7:00 PM

Topic: Election Integrity: Past Present, and Future

Kurt Hyde holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics and a master’s degree in Systems Management.  Recently retired, he was a computer professional from 1977 until 2011 during which time he has been a Computer Programmer, an Instructor, a Software Course Developer, a Systems Analyst, and a Database Administrator.

As an Adjunct Instructor teaching Systems Analysis at Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire, Kurt led his students in a study of a computerized voting booth in 1985 and 1986 and concluded that computerized voting equipment needed what he then called a “Manually Recountable Ballot”, now known as a Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). He spoke about that topic on August 14th, 1986 at a symposium he co-chaired at Boston University on August 14th and 15th, 1986. To date, that is still the earliest known public presentation by a computer professional advocating for a mandatory paper trail in electronic voting equipment.

Kurt has written a number of magazine articles on electoral fraud. He is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Air Force Reserves.

Here are some links:

Here is the announcement for the conference at MIT held on October 1st:  http://vote.caltech.edu/drupal/http%3A/%252Fshass.mit.edu/news/news-2011-election-integrity-past-present-and-future

Here are the videos of our talks. I’d like to start my talk by playing the first 2 minutes. To see the video of my talk at MIT, advance to about the 27 minute point.  http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/vtp/videos/14804-eippf-2011-1-introduction-and-the-past

See you on Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 PM.


New DFWUUG project - Pizza Improvement

The quality of pizza at the meetings can be greatly improved with more variety of toppings and obtaining it from a different franchise.

Toppings suggested (add your here):

  • Jalapenos
  • Habaneros
  • Pepperoni
    • Pepperoni straight up ( no sausage? sprinkles )
  • Pineapple
  • Vegetarian
  • Carnivore (if U can have vegan...)
  • Anchovies
  • Green Olives
  • Black Olives
  • Onions
  • The Special
  • Everything On It

We now have a Star Trek Pizza Cutter


Normal Meeting Location

Location: IBM Innovation Center in Dallas

Our meetings are always open to the public at no charge.


Meeting Main Presentation Schedule


The main presentation is followed by Special Interest Group (SIG) break out meetings,
except for the Career SIG, which meets at 6 pm, before the pizza and program.


Career SIG


Meeting Starts at 6:00 PM

Topic: Meet with a local recruiter about job hunting methods and prospects.

Leader: Bill Knight


Programmers SIG


Topic: TBD

Speaker: Jeff Rush

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