Comments on: Hurricane Katrina Timeline: a chronicle of disaster

By: Carlie J. Coats, Jr.

Carlie J. Coats, Jr. — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:18:54 +0000

What you call “Intelligent Design” in your article,
“A Challenge for Brad DeLong” has long been known
by another name in Computer Science, at least:

Creationism: n.

The (false) belief that large, innovative
software designs can be completely specified
in advance and then painlessly magicked out
of the void by the normal efforts of a team
of normally talented programmers. In fact,
experience has shown repeatedly that good
designs arise only from evolutionary,
exploratory interaction between one (or at
most a small handful of) exceptionally able
designer(s) and an active user population —
and that the first try at a big new idea is
always wrong. Unfortunately, because these
truths don’t fit the planning models beloved
of management, they are generally ignored.

– The New Hackers Dictionary, ed. Eric S. Raymond.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/creationism.html

By: william ogle

william ogle — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:40:16 +0000

where is the timeline. just another political bash job.

By: alliemcneil

alliemcneil — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:37:59 +0000

I also have a site http://nolacare.blogspot.com/, and I wanted to thank you for your site and the info about the Timeline- very helpful. I too have been researching the documents- that might interest you. The Nolacare site is about Katrina Survivor issues- and also for workers in the area- what to expect next from this disaster. I saw what you said about FEMA trying to stop the photographers- why is that their jurisdiction? We need the process documented- Monday CNN did show the bodies at the Memorial Hospital( Tenet) neatly lined in the flooded chapel- a bible was opened, and they were neatly covered- It was very sad- but also very moving that the staff, nurses and doctors tried so hard to provide a dignified death in such an insane inhumane disaster- we need the media to document this terrible piece of history….

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:37:58 +0000

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