Ummmm....


Nice finger, at least..... Wait, that doesn't work in the same way without seeing the picture.

I thought it was ok-- I guess maybe you could cut back on the rage and expand on the software shipping analogy...?

BTW I'm on the other side of the world and still I feel angry about the way this has been handled. I can't imagine how pissed off Americans must be by now...

It is forever captured on the blog search engines, btw... If anyone missed it...

(The one bad thing about RSS feeds)

I went to school in New Orleans; it will always be part of me.

I’m heartbroken and devastated that so many dehydrated people were left to drown days after the hurricane passed.

Oh, that's why I couldn't get to it via bloglines. Rory, I don't think you have anything to regret about that post. It was angry but it wasn't thoughtless anger. It was considered, impassioned and, although exaggerated for effect, basically true. I can understand why you took it down because it was very personal and maybe too political for a high-profile employee of a high-profile company. Still, I'm glad I have a record of it. And shit I sound pompous, but I'm British so it's genetic :P

Rory, you as a coder should know you can't fault the web server for not servicing requests, if the request never makes it to the server.

Maybe it was a browser problem (mayor), or perhaps a routing issues (governor), that kept the server from servicing the requests.

But I was impressed how quickly the server responded when it finally was asked. Once the city and state reliquished their sovereignty, the city was finally evactuated and people fed.

Perhaps you should rant off to the New Orleans officials for denying access to the Red Cross to bring in supplies.

Perhaps the HR department for FEMA should actually call references and check resumes before highering a director.

Being from Texas I want to point out that the TEXAS National Guard made it into New Orleans with supplies before the LOUISANA National Guard made it in.