...yes ... and blame the morons to whom the military contracts specification
of their supplies. (remember the $9600 allen-wrench?)
Some grad student at Johns-Hopkins, given the spec for a 1" allen-wrench,
simply sscaled down the 3-mil tolerance to the 3/32" size. The vendors then
had to hire three or four inspectors to find the hundred or so wrenches that
met the spec, since no manufacturing process known to man would produce,
consistently, the .09375" hex key to a tolerance of +/-0.00028."
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Dittman" <dittman_at_dittman.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Bidding Against NASA
> > Remember when they spend your tax dollar, the checking account has no
> > limits. Remember the Pentagon spending $400+ for an ash tray, and over
> > a grand for a common claw hammer???
>
> And remember how these prices are not due to the actual item,
> or the Pentagon wanting to spend this much, but rather due to
> the cost of the government bureaucracy put in place by the
> legislative branch of the government?
>
> Don't blame the military or NASA. Blame the Congress and
> civil service. The excessive paperwork and procedures are
> what causing high prices and slow advancement.
> --
> Eric Dittman
> dittman_at_dittman.net
> Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
>
>
Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 13:43:15 BST