Chris,
The programs to do the web results were not technically
difficult, but they did take about 300 hours of my time
to develop over two years. Trivial, no.
Politics didn't even come into it, I just had a better idea
and went out and did it. Nobody complained or stood
in the way, because I didn't tell them about it until I was
ready to show it. If I did tell them, they would have been
continuously bugging me to get it finished faster, and to
change it to be like they envisioned it.
Please, tell us more about this political roadblocks that
have stood in your way...
Jerry
Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
rouler!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Warner" <jabrwoky@pacbell.net>
To: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
"Bay_Area_Autocross_List" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "Mark J. Andy"
<marka@telerama.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: Preregistration and computerized timing/scoring
> The only challenge that prevents us geeks from implementing an automated
> system is not technical, but political. Building the infrastructure,
coding
> the software, and deploying the system live. It's so technically easy
it's
> almost trivial. The hard part is getting people to accept it and use it.
I
> am a programmer, not a politician. That's why us geeks have failed so
far.
> We don't do politics.
>
> I bet 20 years ago people were saying it would be impossible to report the
> results in 2 days electronically.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John F. Kelly Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:20 AM
> To: Bay_Area_Autocross_List; Mark J. Andy
> Subject: Re: Preregistration and computerized timing/scoring
>
>
> -------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------
>
> Message text written by "Mark J. Andy"
>
> "Given where you guys run, I find it pretty hard to believe that you
> wouldn't have geeks jump all over each other for the easy work assignment
> :-)"
> -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
>
> The "geeks" have ALL thrown up their hands. That's going back over 10
> years.
>
> Our present "old fashioned" system does one important thing. It works.
>
> --John Kelly
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