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Glitches in Massive Government Databases?
HBergeron asks: "Rather then post this as another YRO in the litany of new government datamarts there is a more fundamental question for all the coding Slashdot readers out there. This story, in Government Executive magazine, outlines the range of programming glitches in what is a relatively simple database. As a matter of public policy (and taxpayer money) is this level of non-functionality to be expected in these sorts of projects? Is the contractor just ripping off the taxpayers with bad code? How hard is it to write software like this that works?" The article focuses on the SEVIS database, but have others noticed similar trend in other government information systems?
This make me glad I don't pay taxes
It's like they say, you get what you pay for. Cheap prices are only cheap if your time has no value.
Wait! But what about Linux?
Time to end the sarcasm for the day..
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
Neo: I just had a deja vu.
Morpheus: What? What did you see?
Neo: I saw the same Bush pass by twice.
Morpheus: Was it exactly the same Bush?
Neo: I dunno... could've been some kind of father son thing.
Morpheus: A deja vu is a glitch in the database. It usually happens when they change something. Particularly, votes.
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Crudely Drawn Games
That's exactly what the CIA wants us to believe! Saaaaaay...aren't you the same Professor D who was involved with the faked moon landings!
C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
One billion (with a B) dollars
Canadain?
That would be like what, like US$ 150,000?