I had a friend who worked for the government who would complain that they were forced to always take the lowest bid for a project even if they knew it would end up meaning higher costs in the long run.
Yeah. Low bidder doesn't always mean cheapest on the job: it often means that they underbid to get the job and they'll make it up later on changes in scope.
Another issue is that some agencies just don't have the money to pay for good work: my old firm wouldn't bid on Forest Service or Park Service work, because they just didn't have the money to cover our costs.
I've been on both sides now, government and contractor, and I have to admit that the system is kind of fubar.
Actually, soldiers are considered and essential, as far as ATC said yesterday. It's just civilian contractors stateside where it gets iffy. Civ.cons overseas are more likely to not be furloughed, but at US bases, well...
Font geeks, can anyone tell me off the top of their head what the title font on the page is? [link]
Also, can anyone explain to me why photoshop got so complicated? I want to do some really simple stuff that I could have done in 1995, and it's so freaking complex!
Looks like Ariel, maybe bold, to me.
Soldiers are essential, but won't get paid until the shutdown is over. Since this Friday is the halfway point in the pay period, they'll get a paycheck for one week instead of two. It's going to screw up the financial lives of a lot of enlisted soldiers. They're already paycheck to paycheck in the best of times.
I have to admit that the system is kind of fubar.
It's totally fubar, but I can't see a way to fix it that gets a buy-in from all concerned parties.
Fingers crossed that the latest earthquake in Japan is relatively minor in terms of damage.
can anyone tell me off the top of their head what the title font on the page is?
Depends on the fonts you have installed on your machine, but:
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif;
In other words, your browser looks for Helvetica Neue first (which is well-known but not universal), then falls back to Arial, and so on down the list.
I'm only vaguely afraid anymore of my tendency to play spot the wordpress theme and then go straight to the css for that theme.
It's totally fubar, but I can't see a way to fix it that gets a buy-in from all concerned parties.
And yet, even with the Fubar, Medicare works better than most private insurance. Government contracting with all of its screwups manages to get roads built. Having done contract programming in both the private and public sector, I would say both are fubared in their own way.
It looks pretty good in Ariel, bold, on the graphic I'm making. Thanks. (I did know it was a sans-serif font!! I can learn from you people!)
