Note, (for above discussion): Presidential campaign accounts (and perhaps those for Senate and House) remain "open" for 2 years so that various expenses can be paid, etc. There was no need to cut off credit cards on election day.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Nov 09, 2012 9:09:43 am PST #96 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2012 9:11:52 am PST #97 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
-t - Nov 09, 2012 9:29:25 am PST #98 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I've been paying too much attention to government/potical news lately. I just sat looking at the word LOTUS for a couple of minutes trying to figure out what the "L" stood for. Legislature? No one uses that right?
No, sometimes words in all caps are still words and not acronyms, self.
msbelle - Nov 09, 2012 9:29:26 am PST #99 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
today is sucky. people are being helpless and yucky. I wanna go home.
-t - Nov 09, 2012 9:30:44 am PST #100 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry msbelle. I'm not into today, either, let's boycott.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2012 9:34:47 am PST #101 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have some helpless and panicking people too.
I told them--if you're not seeing the images in the right place, and you know where they are--copy them over, nuh? It's only a test scenario with an ad hoc architecture. I can't believe they've been spinning their wheels for hours and getting more and more asscappy and now they want a call. Copy and fucking paste, people!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 09, 2012 9:38:37 am PST #102 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
From that ORCA article:
Among other issues, the system was never beta-tested or checked for functionality without going live before Election Day, two sources said. It went live that morning but was never checked for bugs or efficiencies internally.
"Hey, it worked in the unit test, who needs QA!"
Vindicates my profession, I tell you what.
Jesse - Nov 09, 2012 9:39:28 am PST #103 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Note, (for above discussion): Presidential campaign accounts (and perhaps those for Senate and House) remain "open" for 2 years so that various expenses can be paid, etc. There was no need to cut off credit cards on election day.
Oh yeah -- I wasn't saying I thought it was right or made sense, just that I could imagine the (stupid, but maybe not evil) train of thought that led to it happening.
I got a call from a local UPS lady, who said she would "ask" the driver if he could come back to my house. Are you fucking kidding me with that? Should I call the main number back to report that, since it's so ridiculous?
DavidS - Nov 09, 2012 9:50:23 am PST #104 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, that ORCA failure explains why the Romney people were so shocked that they lost on election day. They thought they were hitting their numbers and getting out their voters.
That is an incredible failure in the organization and running of the campaign.
le nubian - Nov 09, 2012 9:51:57 am PST #105 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
even if they GOTV, there is some question regarding whether they would have one. Their models vastly underestimated Obama's voters - so much so that their GOTV would have made it closer, but probably would not have affected the final outcome.