*Putting things in perspective…*
*WWII and the Website* *March 21st 2010 to October 1 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days.* *December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day.* *What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to the day Germany surrendered is not enough time for this federal government to build a working webpage.* *Mobilization of millions, building tens of thousands of tanks, planes, jeeps, subs, cruisers, destroyers, torpedoes, millions upon millions of guns, bombs, ammo, etc. Turning the tide in North Africa, invading Italy, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Race to Berlin - all while we were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific!!* *And they can't build a webpage. ........ think about that !!.............. No, really think about that. Do we have an incompetent government employing idiots.........or what?????* *Seems Donald Trumps tagline phrase suits best: "You're Fired"* On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Independent of whatever political views one might have on the whole mess, > this article is interesting if only for the graphic from the McKinsey > report. THis is consistent with my (dated) understanding of software (or > any kind really) projects -- PADDIS -- plan analyse design develop > implement support, with some loops in there. Looks like they started > somewhere in the middle and never got to the end, understandably. After > nearly $700M on a sole-source contract with politically-tied principals, > 60-70% "complete" after 3 years. > > --R > > > On 11/20/13 8:18 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > >> Alex wrote: >> >>> Ha! I'm not touching that one. >>> >> Tim - thanks for the link to ars article. It seems that politically >> the complexity of the new systems should have been highlighted as >> failure happened early in October instead of now. Massive >> infrastructure, dependencies, etc are understandable and could have >> been a reasonable explanation to the media about the seeming system >> failure. Biz extension could have been granted without the buzz the >> failure produced, I would guess. It is a complex system linking >> market insco with gov't. >> >> Does refuse2enroll still play in these environs? >> I am odd man out here, but with zero resources and another year away >> from funding by gov't dictates I will be refusing. Take the high road >> and realize death ain't the bad thing healthcare makes it out to be. >> We all gotta get there but being in good health makes that unrealistic >> for me anytime soon... >> mao >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
