Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Futility of blogging on Government computers

Government computers cannot handle Java. For some reason, every time a little bit of script tries to run on my Dell POS computer, it leaves out something vital. Or refuses to submit forms. I've lost many an entry this way. I could be the next Shakespeare or a less-cranky Norman Mailer, but you'd never know. The government censors me via IT incompetence. And on my lunch break!

My one-penny cellular phone blogs better than this computer.

I don't blame Dell, by the way. Anything we touch becomes crappy. It is part of our culture. We take commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), pay the "list price" for them, and put so many restrictions on them that they become effectively useless.

Enough of that. Maybe you'll be able to see this post. Maybe you won't. Exciting, isn't it?

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