It does not sound to me as though known management tools were used. Did they sit down with the government personnel in charge, and present their approach, and what the site would look like (menus, flow, etc) when finished? Were there testable milestones, and a final presentation of working software? It sure doesn't sound like it.

I have fond memories of her. On the one occasion I got to see her in person, I was a member of a student ACM chapter, and she was our guest speaker. I remember that she had very strong opinions, particularly about IBM.

At the time, the System 360 was all the rage, and had blue cabinets. She brought an 8080 to the presentation in a small, blue plastic case, commenting that she'd heard computers came in blue boxes. She also commented (again about the 360) that it couldn't be much of a machine, since it spent half of its time talking to itself, a reference to the operating system overhead.

I've often wondered what she'd think of computers and operating systems today, particularly Windows and Linux.

R.I.P. Grace Hopper. You're a hard lady to forget!

Yes! Let's teach all the kids to be programmers! Who needs butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers? With a whole nation of programmers, Obamacare is just a sampling of the good things to come.

I knew the Navy's drone program was sunk.

Be on the lookout for two headed fish!

News Flash! Intelligence agencies caught gathering intelligence! Film at 11!

We live in a remote area. There are two cell towers (AT&T and Verizon) in the county seat. They cover some, but not all of the local area. At our house, AT&T cell is blocked by a mountain. We get a little knife edge refraction signal, but you can't count on it. As far as using it for 911 calls, the idea is just silly.

If they get rid of the POTS, they pretty much get rid of phone service. Internet comes in by an rf link. We're pretty much the last house in the canyon we live in to get rf link internet or cell service. Everybody else uses smoke signals, satellite internet, or POTS.

Why doesn't the FCC do something useful, like bug the White House phones, and let the free market take care of the POTS demand?

Hang him, before he convinces someone important he isn't just a traitor in politically acceptable clothing.

Since we're introducing new concepts here, I propose something I call "Daylight Wasting Time." We all get up an hour later and go to bed an hour earlier regardless of the time of year. To heck with the lawn, having time to shovel snow, etc. And oh, yes: leave the clocks alone.

How we chose to run our state is our business. Period. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Horrors! The world is going to end. How will I know what to think today?

I have faith. The government could screw even open source up.

You bet. Just because somebody puts something in print doesn't mean it is correct, or that they are on are side. What amazes me is that the Guardian hasn't gotten nailed for violation of the British Official Secrets act.

I use the Pi as the processor/display generator for a RasPlex system. While IMHO it isn't really fast enough for all 1080 video, it's plenty good enough for 720. That makes it a cheap alternative for things like our bedrood system. Although the RasPlex software is still in development, it works well enough for the purpose at hand, and better than some supposedly mature software. It's downloadable at http://rasplex.com/ The Pi is a nice little building block when you need a small, relatively inexpensive building block. It's been criticised for requiring an extermal power supply, keyboard, etc etc. But that seems to me to be a part of the building block idea. I wouldn't really want something that committed me to too many details! And, as someone has pointed out, you don't really need a permanent display, keyboard, or mouse, since it can be controlled over the network. I think it would make a nice router, if you wanted to really customize things.

It just goes to show that if you want to do something questionable, you really need to either run for office, or work for the government.