At 09:06 AM 11/08/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >The most reasonable explanation is that they didn't expect everyone to >try and log on at about 7:30, after dinner. Someone had already >predicted this and had it published in the age - on August 4 >http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-letters/t-20160802-gqjqj7.html
Obviously whoever did (any???) models other than on the back of an envelope forgot to consider load balancing options. I'm sure in the next 5 minutes we could come up with at least 10. This is NOT like a single highway that you take years to build. It's not like a lack of process control, where each individual decides to drive a car and where they go to work. They had control over every single variable involved in the project. There is a bit of irony here that the data they want is in order to do better planning. If this project is any example of their models for general social planning research, is it any wonder we don't have the right number of schools, roads, hospitals, and whatever other social system we rely on? Bottom line: the ABS leadership has lost the plot. Jury is out on Malcolm, who is just trying to keep his job now. See this for a bit of levity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbrSUtk8M8&sns=em Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker Blog: www.janwhitaker.com Some psychopaths become serial killers, and other psychopaths become prosecutors. - Bob Ruff, Truth and Justice, June 2016 Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
