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# they`re a bit slow off the mark with that article
the Government is supposedly already setting up the tendering process for those private (but utterly honourable) companies to put in bids to build the system

.. I signed 'refuse' months ago and will give a damned sight more than a tenner
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:48, archived)
# I bet Skynet is the forerunner for the contract
\Judgement Day like Arnold Schwarzenegger's exploding waistline is inevitable
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:50, archived)
# which
month does that fall in ?
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:52, archived)
# Usually 31st of December 1st of January with the Gregorian Calendar
but that's just a traditionalist concept. I say it will come in April at the start of the new tax year it makes for better accounting.

A god did bellowth "Repent thy sins and you owe the government £1,500 in undeclared revenue!"
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:53, archived)
# bah
the goverment I say.
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:56, archived)
# it`ll end up going to some muppets like Accenture or EDS
who of course are only accountable to their board of directors and shareholders

.. with their protoypes built in the states, with proper data on UK citizens being used to test it

not a chance.. I`ll do jail before I go for any of that (I need some practice on the PlayStation anyway)
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:53, archived)
# I doubt it's "slow off the mark"...
most likely triggered by a press release or statement; probably from the Lib Dems, given the quotage.
(, Thu 18 Aug 2005, 11:52, archived)