[RTTY] RE: A little LOTW Gotcha

DJ3IW Goetz dj3iw at t-online.de
Thu Feb 10 07:21:21 EST 2005


HI,

can we bring this LOTW stuff to an end now? 
Let's return this reflector to what it is meant for: RTTY.

73 de Goetz
dj3iw at t-online.de
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian White G3SEK" <G3SEK at ifwtech.co.uk>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RE: A little LOTW Gotcha


> Bill Turner wrote:
> >Point taken, so let me rephrase: QSL's are apparently more of a 
> >security risk than mere cash.
> >
> >How's that?
> 
> It's because the banks actually use two very different kinds of 
> programmers for the same project.
> 
> First come the ultra-cautious programmers who build the security 
> systems. Almost by definition, these are not imaginative "people 
> persons", and they are not good at writing user interfaces.  So next the 
> banks bring in a bunch of different programmers, who do have an instinct 
> for the needs of users, and they write the interface that the users will 
> see.
> 
> It's a problem as old as computing itself. Both sets of programming 
> skills are needed; but it's impossible for any one person to possess 
> them both in full measure... and that second problem is as old as 
> humanity.
> 
> So far, LoTW has only had the first guy. It's as simple as that.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 73 from Ian G3SEK





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