Census Bureau To Scrap Handhelds — Cost $3 Billion

GovTechGuy writes "The Census Bureau will tell a House panel today that it will drop plans to use handheld computers to help count Americans for the 2010 census, increasing the cost for the decennial census by as much as $3 billion, according to testimony the Commerce Department secretary plans to give this afternoon."

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Wow that is so funny

[Anonymous Coward]

this is bigger than the abacus scam of '24.

Re:Surplus

[A beautiful mind]

Yeah, they are hideous. The links didn't grab attention like these do, but they were available when someone wanted to post. Just too much contrast.

I know that /. is trying to heed the call of time and modernize itself, but this is a step in the wrong direction imo. But then again, I don't like the new javascript discussion system either. I've been using Nested mode for years and that seems the best way to look at comments and keep track who is replying to what.