On 14 Mrz., 16:57, Blair Leatherwood  wrote:
> Kurt Ullman wrote:
> > In article ,
> >  "Mac Breck"  wrote:
> >> Elko T wrote:
> >>> Mac Breck wrote:
> >>>> Dan Dassow wrote:
> >>>>> On Mar 13, 12:59 pm, Stefan
 wrote:
> >>>>>> On 10 Mrz., 01:59, deneb...{at}deepthot.org (Jay
Denebeim) wrote:
> >>>>>>> We seem to have had a major database
crash in the user database.
> >>>>>>> I'm very sorry about that. People might
have to re-join the
> >>>>>>> newsgroup. First time in several years
that happened. It seems
> >>>>>>> like we've been down since the 4th.
> >>>>>>> Jay
> >>>>>> Hey Jay,
> >>>>>> that's not a delurk-rastb5m-census, isn't it?
> >>>>>> Ste ;-) fan
>
> >>>>> I doubt it. The Census Bureau will not be sending
out census forms
> >>>>> until next week. :-)
> >>>> Why did the Census Bureau send me a letter (1 sheet of paper, 1
> >>>> envelope and postage.) just to say that they'd be
sending out the
> >>>> forms in a week?  Why not just send out the forms?
 It's not like I
> >>>> was waiting for the forms and was going to check on
why they hadn't
> >>>> arrived yet.
> >>>      To warn you. Lest you suffer the consequences of pleasant or
> >>> unpleasant surprise, when the actual forms arrive. And then sue the
> >>> Census Bureau for damages - that will not do. Censusee forewarned -
> >>> Bureau forearmed.
> >> Warn me?  Zzzzzzz.
>
> >> It's idiotic government waste.
>
> >      Probably, but the REAL idiocy is those dumb commercials.
>
> For us, maybe.  However, sending out a heads-up notice will be less
> expensive (and yes, I've seen an estimate of about $52 million for the
> advertising campaign, so that's not cheap), than sending out paid
> workers to follow-up on all of those people who will think that the
> actual census form is junk mail (and it's not, so don't get started on
> that discussion).
>
> You really do have to do a blitz campaign on things like this.  Yes,
> there will still be people who are blissfully (or willfully) unaware
> that the census is occurring (how many people know someone who said,
> "Oh, is Avatar in the theaters now?").  Even if this advance mailing
> irritates those of use in the upper intellectual and perceptual
> range--and that's all of us here, of course!--the greater public good is
> served.
>
> Blair
Get it the non-intellectual and pretty easy way: "We did it!"
http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/spread-message/dora.php
Stefan
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