Posted on 10/25/2013 10:46:10 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
If the Department of Health and Human Services and Obama were stocks, the short interests would be booming.
“A chicken in every pot” and “two chevys in every garage”. Gee, history repeats itself again. Hoovervilles have been replaced by Obamavilles.
What a great country (if it is Zimbabwe).
Not only do I have that book (and it’s the most used book on my work bookshelf), I have that exact same edition, and... HEY! WHERE DID IT GO?
“half-vast”
good one:)
I actually believe him, provided he means the end of November, 2015.
Otherwise, not so much.
Years ago I witnessed a similar disaster (witnessed, because I refused to get involved.) It concerned a conversion of a company’s system from one hardware platform to another. The company even moved to another location and had to keep the old computer room in the basement of the previous location. A consulting firm was hired. It promised to fix it in a month. No, no, a month is too long. OK, we’ll fix it in four weeks. After four weeks and a month the system wasn’t fixed. We’ll fix it in four weeks. And so on, so on, for over a year. Managers were fired, a VP was demoted (over this and over something he said to a faggot), the lease on the old basement room had to be renewed, when it ended, the converted system running on new hardware was still a disaster. The newer VP, who actually came from the consulting firm, was fired, another consultant was hired as VP. I was already in systems programming.
"i can supply all the troops in stalingrad with my luftwaffe."
I also know that in IT, “contractors” (like lawyers), who are paid hourly, are inherently incentivized to take as long as possible to work on projects.
In some firms, maximizing billable hours takes priority over doing a quality job, or even finishing the job at all. In the end, it’s all about billable hours. And the dumber the client, the easier it is to do - because nobody really knows if a program should contain five thousand lines of code or five billion lines.
And kickbacks run rampant in this business - because there’s so much potential for easy money. Who really knows if a programmer spent a hundred hours on a project or ten thousand hours? Sebelious lol? Nope - they just pay the bills and their cronies.
And if the application doesn’t work - guess what - they get to bill us some more! In the private sector at least there is some chance of accountability - to stockholders, customers, investors, etc - and a very real possibility that people can get fired for incompetence. Not so in Obama’s regime.
Bottom line: These guys will milk us as long as we let them. Then the next guys will come in and milk us some more. And the best part is - it’s taxpayer money - so no accountability - and nobody cares.
This thing was doomed before it started. The only question is how much damage will be done before we pull the plug.
Or who will be considered a "user."
Republicans who dare to point out it is not will be screamed at on TV talk shows.
Consumers who still have trouble signing up will be blamed for not following directions.
Doctors and insurers who express skepticism will be reminded just how difficult the regulatory environment can be made for them if they don't shut their yaps - right now.
By December, everything will be "fine" - and no one had better say otherwise, or else.
BWAHahahahaha!
I needed the humor break, thanks Jeffrey.
5.56mm
Reminds me of the cable guy saying he’ll be there at 3:00.
I don’t think so, Skippy. Try November 1, 2015 at the earliest + $600 million.
All the big software experts I have seen interviewed about it are laughing. They say it cannot be fixed and has to be totally scrapped. Should be very interesting come Thankggiving. :-)
They’re just trying to buy time so the media attention dies down. Four weeks should do it.
These frauds are talking about fixing a flat. The engine is blown, that is the main problem
Normal time for those. We have particular experience coding for back end integration with hospitals and insurance companies.
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