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@t-online.de
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian White G3SEK" <G3SEK@ifwtech.co.uk>
To: <rtty@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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