"A
large number of installed systems work by fiat. That is, they work by being
declared to work."
–Anatol
Holt
The
biographical particulars for the late polymath Anatol Holt are well beyond the scope
of this posting. I now shall only say by
way of understatement that his personal and professional life was interesting
and accomplished, and by way of disclosure that a number of years ago I carried
on a correspondence with him and was on various occasions a guest in his home.
I have
not found the source for the quote set forth above that is so widely attributed
to him, but there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Tolly Holt in fact
said and/or wrote it.
Tolly, you called that one correctly! The Administration is now declaring
its Obamacare website to be
operational. "[W]e believe we have
met the goal of having a system that will work smoothly for the vast majority
of users" is the quote now being bandied about the Internet.
The
website is the least of the problems for Obamacare; it has just been fixed by
fiat. Obamacare has problems far, far
more extensive than its website. Money
transfer, information security and availability will persist no matter how well
the website works. The problems ain't
over yet, folks!
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