Sunday, January 01, 2017
Natural punishment 2
Following on the Natural punishment theme.....
Government technocrats love to "fix" old systems that are working just fine. A golden example, reported by a small Idaho weekly paper:
If the Community Colleges of Spokane knew how much being the test case for a new computer system would cost in overtime, blown deadlines and disruption to students, faculty and staff, the schools would not have volunteered for the job, Chancellor Christine Johnson said. “We didn’t expect it would be this troubled (of a) system,” Johnson said recently of the $100 million software system purchased to run most aspects of accounting, finances and student affairs for the state’s network of 34 community colleges. Now an estimated $10 million over budget and SEVERAL YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE, the system known as ctcLink still isn’t working properly at the two institutions that volunteered to be guinea pigs – the two-school system in Spokane and Tacoma Community College.As usual the new monster was meant to make CENTRAL CONTROL easier so Emperor Inslee could order all heretics silenced with a snap of his/her filthy fingers. Trouble is, Nature doesn't want CENTRAL CONTROL. In software as in all else, Nature has an optimal level of modularity. The college had already reached this optimal level, with separate systems for separate departments. The fagass shiteating copkilling Repooflicans in the alleged "legislature" didn't object to this idiocy, because they're fagass shiteating copkillers. They're too busy doing IMPORTANT THINGS like making malicious false accusations against local police and making malicious false accusations against local police. With no auditing, no checks and balances, poor old overworked Nature had to pick up the slack. So she did. This idiot system will never work. Thanks, Ralph!
Labels: Emersonian justice
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