Re: [PHP] DailyWTF - Maybe I Needing Later

2009-12-24 Thread tedd
At 11:17 AM -0800 12/23/09, Adam Randall wrote: Unfortunately, this is how government works too. About 10 years ago while maintaining the Golden Gate website I had to post contracts to their site. These would be for things like seismic retrofits, etc. Contractors would bid on the contracts, and w

Re: [PHP] DailyWTF - Maybe I Needing Later

2009-12-23 Thread Adam Randall
Unfortunately, this is how government works too. About 10 years ago while maintaining the Golden Gate website I had to post contracts to their site. These would be for things like seismic retrofits, etc. Contractors would bid on the contracts, and whoever came up the lowest was the winner. Nice to

Re: [PHP] DailyWTF - Maybe I Needing Later

2009-12-23 Thread John Meyer
On 12/22/2009 9:10 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Maybe-I-Needing-Later.aspx Read this, just loved it. Moral of the story (though some may turn it racist or otherwise moronic): maybe hiring at the lowest possible bidder isn't always the best idea. -- PHP Gen

[PHP] DailyWTF - Maybe I Needing Later

2009-12-22 Thread Daevid Vincent
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Maybe-I-Needing-Later.aspx You get what you pay for. Ondra M didn't use those exact words, but that's effectively what told his friend and colleague, Derrick. "There's a reason it costs one tenth as much to build in Kerbleckistan," were Ondra's exact words, "there'