05-24-2015, 01:59 PM
Agh yes, good old TRIM. A lame, expensive out of tune computer system that is about as shitty as the billion dollar lemon and antiquated system that the Department of Unsocial Security use. No real surprise there, dopey politicians not spending money on infrastructure and instead relying on 1980's style technology. Fools.
But as much as TRIM is a shite system, it has been a handy one for bureaucrats, and it doesn't surprise me that a bureaucrat designed it. You see it is a massive data collection program, and it is very easy for a savvy, cunning and/or dishonest Government employee to hide stuff within it. It's a labyrinth of nooks and cranny's. It's easy to tag a file with an irrelevant or clandestine name and file it in the system in a way that only the person filing it will know how to retrieve it or will know what key or specific words to use to find it. You see if for example you are a Wodger and you have a lot of documentation on say Pelair, you could file those documents under the file name 'Wodgers Mum', or 'Baggage Handlers Rule'. Unless you know what the key words are and type them in you won't find the files. Now common sense would say file it under the name 'Pelair' or something like that. That way anybody could find and access the file. However common sense and transparency aren't CAsA's strong points are they?
The upshot is that it is a classic public servant designed system that can be manipulated at will. Naturally there are the old chestnuts such as 'we aren't sure what the document has been filed under', and 'the system is corrupted or faulty and some of the documents and/or pages have disappeared or been deleted', and 'that public servant doesn't work here anymore and we don't know what happened to the file'! Yes, a system designed to be clunky and unworkable if you want it to be, perfect for a calculating smoke and mirror operation like a Government agency! But a word of warning to the uninitiated - TRIM can also be used to store lots of dirt files on you which can be conveniently 'found' and used against you at the departments timing of choice.
Now, speaking of TRIM. I would imagine that it is that time again when Beaker TRIM's his facial fuzz in preparation for this Wednesday nights fun and frivolity?
'TRIMmed skies for all'
But as much as TRIM is a shite system, it has been a handy one for bureaucrats, and it doesn't surprise me that a bureaucrat designed it. You see it is a massive data collection program, and it is very easy for a savvy, cunning and/or dishonest Government employee to hide stuff within it. It's a labyrinth of nooks and cranny's. It's easy to tag a file with an irrelevant or clandestine name and file it in the system in a way that only the person filing it will know how to retrieve it or will know what key or specific words to use to find it. You see if for example you are a Wodger and you have a lot of documentation on say Pelair, you could file those documents under the file name 'Wodgers Mum', or 'Baggage Handlers Rule'. Unless you know what the key words are and type them in you won't find the files. Now common sense would say file it under the name 'Pelair' or something like that. That way anybody could find and access the file. However common sense and transparency aren't CAsA's strong points are they?
The upshot is that it is a classic public servant designed system that can be manipulated at will. Naturally there are the old chestnuts such as 'we aren't sure what the document has been filed under', and 'the system is corrupted or faulty and some of the documents and/or pages have disappeared or been deleted', and 'that public servant doesn't work here anymore and we don't know what happened to the file'! Yes, a system designed to be clunky and unworkable if you want it to be, perfect for a calculating smoke and mirror operation like a Government agency! But a word of warning to the uninitiated - TRIM can also be used to store lots of dirt files on you which can be conveniently 'found' and used against you at the departments timing of choice.
Now, speaking of TRIM. I would imagine that it is that time again when Beaker TRIM's his facial fuzz in preparation for this Wednesday nights fun and frivolity?
'TRIMmed skies for all'