On 11/08/2016 12:13 PM, Ben Elliston wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 12:01:54PM +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > >> Let's see if they try and organise people to fill in their on-line >> censuses alphabetically, or by state, or star sign, or medicare >> number > .. which is how it should have been done in the first place. Why > build a system with such a high peak capacity when you could smooth it > out over several days (say, Queensland Monday, Victoria Tuesday, NSW > Wednesday) and do it with less kit?
Answers?: a) they automated what is done manually - always a bad idea. When things go wrong they go wrong bigger, faster and worse. b) like the space shuttle disaster, the people who understand these things were not the ones making the decisions c) hubris among those who did make the decisions. d) and maybe something of the Australian "she'll be right, maaaate." -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
