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They should just buy a bunch of iPhones (or iPod Touches) and a team of programmers to build a program using the new SDK. Its reasonably location aware, has ma
by maximilian 19y ago
They should just buy a bunch of iPhones (or iPod Touches) and a team of programmers to build a program using the new SDK. Its reasonably location aware, has mapping, has everywhere internet, is reasonably robust, and is super intuitive. Plus, the census folks could listen to music while walking around.
The numbers they use always baffle me. How can anything cost $11 billion dollars let alone just counting people?
- noonespecial 19y agoIts the 10 x 10 x 10 rule. An individual is 10 times more effective working alone than working as an employee. An employee is 10 times more effective than a government bureaucrat. So: An individual could produce a surprisingly accurate count for $100,000. A private company could produce a surprisingly accurate count for $1,000,000. A government agency could produce a surprisingly accurate count for $10,000,000. (The rest of the billions are earmarks that have nothing to do with the census.) I won't mention the UN.