2010 Census: Fingers and Toes

[anEinherjer]

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080403_9574.php

Giving up on their 23rd and a half century handhelds (oooo ahhh), they're going back to doing it by hand. Cost to you and me? $2 Billion +/-.

Really - some executives at Harris Corp have earned some ****ing jail time for fraud. No doubt they'll just get a cushy country club membership and a "try harder next time" scolding.

[nehemiah]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/02/14FE-user-managed-pc_1.html

that's a pretty kewl link.

nerd.

[slowpokemcgee]

How hard can it be? Push a few letters and numbers into the computer and hit enter. Am I missing something or were all their counters 85 years old?