Braben and Bell in the Radio Times

Commander Mysenses · Post by **Commander Mysenses** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:20 am

Fri 15th Aug
5/6 Harrier Jumpjet

JohnnyBoy · Post by **JohnnyBoy** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:41 am

Apologies for digging up the "UK Government couldn't organise an IT project in a brewery" debate, but I stumbled upon this article and it sums the situation up on one page...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... technology

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:22 pm

Ah you see the report specifically mentions Qinetiq...

When I worked for DERA and it was split I was lucky to end up (i.e. I changed jobs until I knew I was going) in Dstl rather than QQ.

Odd, that it doesn't mention EDS (benefit project) or Crapita (NHS project) specifically.

JohnnyBoy · Post by **JohnnyBoy** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:23 pm

DH, allow me to lead you to a rich seam of government dumbf*ckery: http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/search/label/IT

My favourite article is "Stuck In IT Hell With The Commissars", if only because it makes a thought-provoking attempt to show how these IT projects could be made to be more successful.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:28 pm

That's a cool blog - puts mine to shame (as per my sig) but I manage to spill out some bile ridden angst on a slightly more regular basis (i.e. weekly +/- 2 days).

JohnnyBoy · Post by **JohnnyBoy** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:14 pm

Friday 22nd August - Brits Who Made The Modern World.
"Computer Games. In the last episode of the documentary series, Peter Snow discovers how the British computer games industry was started by two Cambridge undergraduates."

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:43 pm

At last! There's a strange drumming sound. Can anyone else hear it?

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:59 am

LittleBear wrote:
At last! There's a strange drumming sound. Can anyone else hear it?

No, it`s just you.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:33 pm

Lestradae wrote:
LittleBear wrote:
At last! There's a strange drumming sound. Can anyone else hear it?
No, it`s just you.

Well I can hear it too, but it's interfering with the voices!!!!!!!

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:54 am

TGHC wrote:
Lestradae wrote:
LittleBear wrote:
At last! There's a strange drumming sound. Can anyone else hear it?
No, it`s just you.
Well I can hear it too, but it's interfering with the voices!!!!!!!

<in your head>
killthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthem
</in your head>

Captain Hesperus

JohnnyBoy · Post by **JohnnyBoy** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:23 am

Captain Hesperus wrote:
TGHC wrote:
Well I can hear it too, but it's interfering with the voices!!!!!!!
<in your head>
killthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthem
</in your head>

It's scary what queuing in supermarkets does to people....

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:25 am

JohnnyBoy wrote:
Captain Hesperus wrote:
TGHC wrote:
Well I can hear it too, but it's interfering with the voices!!!!!!!
<in your head>
killthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthemkillthem
</in your head>
It's scary what queuing in supermarkets does to people....

What? What?? What!?

JohnnyBoy · Post by **JohnnyBoy** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:14 pm

Lestradae wrote:
What? What?? What!?

It's scary. What queuing in a supermarket does to your head. Instigating voices. The voices that say "kill them".

...oh, forget it...

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:08 pm

I don't need to queue in a supermarket, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:51 pm

JohnnyBoy wrote:
Lestradae wrote:
What? What?? What!?
It's scary. What queuing in a supermarket does to your head. Instigating voices. The voices that say "kill them".

...oh, forget it...

Yeah, sure, I do know ... my replies were a joke, too, perhaps an inside one that only the Doctor Who fans on the forum will have got ...