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  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    From AN ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF THE BUREAU OF SHIPS DURING WORLD WAR II
    VOLUME IV
    U.S. Bureau of Ships
    FIRST DRAFT NARRATIVE PREPARED BY THE HISTORICAL SECTION BUREAU OF SHIPS
    Pg. 286
     
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    belasar Court Jester

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    It only proves our Bureaucrat's were superior to their inferior examples!

    All together now...


    USA! USA! USA!
     
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  3. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I suspect this place would give us a run for our money:

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    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Bureaucracies: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    You'll notice that quote comes from VOLUME FOUR!!! of the WWII history of Bureau of Ships. :facepalm:
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I work in a software development shop for one of the armed services. You ought to see the hoops that even the smallest of changes have to go through before it can be fielded.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    The work in question is talking about that back in the day when they didn't have computers to stream line things as much as you get. The big break through seems to have been putting all the information for a single item on a single IBM punch card. Who woulda thunk it.
     
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