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| GAO: Census has computer problem | |
| 2010-05-02 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #13 Well, 10,000 manual tabulators and two months, got to let them go home after eight hours ;-) |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-05-02 17:32 |
| #12 100 million forms. Three scanners, one form per second -> one year. 360 scanners, 10 sec per form -> one month. Or, 6500 manual tabulators, three minutes per form. Remind me, how many people did the census hire? Sounds doable, what's the problem? General Groves is dead, I'll project manage, give me a call. (And that's typing with one finger, other hand's got butter on it from the popcorn.) |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-05-02 17:28 |
| #11 The main problem is the scanning of the paper census forms. Truly a s-l-o-w, i/o bound operation. You mean, this hasn't been a problem ever since, say, 1790? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-02 15:19 |
| #10 SCAM ALERT What will follow will be some long-winded explanation at forces them to abandon the corrupted data and use either: (a) controlled manual count that they oversee (b) some computer generated modeling program to "ensure accurate accounting of underserved populations" Translation, more safe Democratic seats get created and more minority/union representational demographics are created to serve all their income redistribution needs! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2010-05-02 15:10 |
| #9 I just want to take a moment to enthuse over the latest whateverfuckingshinything Apple has unveiled. I would go into detail except the trailer for the show is 99 cents. I hear it is sweet and should buy one to be disconnected with. Itn temptin, I'm usually just get cheeply disconnection from WINDOZE! lol get it! WINDOZE! There... that's enough to hold the fan boys for an hour. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-02 10:16 |
| #8 Paper counting? It's not like we have millions of literate unemployed people who could be used to do, you know, a manual count. Shovel ready so to speak, constructive use of 'stim' money to perform an actual Constitutionally mandated government function. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-02 09:51 |
| #7 The main problem is the scanning of the paper census forms. Truly a s-l-o-w, i/o bound operation. A big lesson about the lack of efficiency in centralized paper handling. Nationalized healthcare, anyone? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-05-02 09:02 |
| #6 Probably like the global warming computer problem - input anything and the Dims gain 40 seats. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-05-02 07:03 |
| #5 It looks (from the article) like the usual- they had to throw out a $700m system designed by cronies, and ad-hoc this system together last-minute (no doubt with other cronies.) But the government is going to run the nations health-care system... It'll be great! |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2010-05-02 06:24 |
| #4 What's so different about this time? Computers aren't as powerful as they were ten years ago. Oh, wait ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-05-02 03:32 |
| #3 Did it have the White House running the operation? Thought so.... |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-05-02 01:11 |
| #2 Is it a Mac? Didn't think so. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2010-05-02 01:02 |
| #1 Paging Herman Hollerith to the white courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-05-02 00:43 |