That one guy who successfully signed up for Obamacare...

So something that's "fortunate" is also a "bad way to bild" something? You don't appear to be very good at thinking and communicating.

Brandon wrote: So something that's "fortunate" is also a "bad way to bild" something? You don't appear to be very good at thinking and communicating.

Thank you Brandon for your astute observations on my clumsy typing (and proofreading). I edited the comment so it doesn't offend your delicate sensibilities.

Now... why don't you take a intelligent stab at telling me how my comment is wrongheaded?

I'll wait.

You edited the comment because it made you look like a fool. While it no longer contains errors that would embarrass a high school student, it still contains no content relevant to the ACA.
If I were you, I'd stick to trying to coast off of a play you wrote nine years ago.

Brandon wrote: You edited the comment because it made you look like a fool. While it no longer contains errors that would embarrass a high school student, it still contains no content relevant to the ACA.
If I were you, I'd stick to trying to coast off of a play you wrote nine years ago.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/212738304/hC0BCE405/

Brandon wrote: You edited the comment because it made you look like a fool. While it no longer contains errors that would embarrass a high school student, it still contains no content relevant to the ACA.
If I were you, I'd stick to trying to coast off of a play you wrote nine years ago.

I suspected as much. You couldn't give me an intelligent answer to my comment.

I've coasted off of more than that show since 2004, three others to be exact. About 300 pages worth of material that has seen the light of day on a stage.

And I will be in the Czech Republic in Nov. researching material for a new work.

And I would only look foolish if I had made the edit, not owned up to my mistakes and coasted on like I had no idea what you were talking about. And the original mistakes still reside in the quote in your comment.

I never had to coast off of any of my plays. In the busy world of play writing and screen writing there are a lot of fish in that pond. I've never relied on them to support me.

This concept may be hard for you to grasp but many writers write for the love of writing, not for future expectation of making lots of money.

And that's why my comment about the ACA is very valid, because I have made my living as a programmer. I've been working on database designs and software coding since we had those wooden frame things with the metal wires and little beads.

The web interface is the portal for millions of people needing affordable health insurance. The database behind the portal is the engine that slices and dices the data and should transmit that data intact to the insurance companies.

Neither the web portal nor the database is working properly for most people. If the major interface between a person and health care isn't relevant, then I don't know what is.

Your turn Wayne.

Of course. You're a successful writer who just happens to have to time to work for The Flume when you're not spending all day on internet forums.
You don't need to worry about software problems in a system that you had nothing to do with. They can be fixed. The ACA will be around for a lot longer than you will.

Brandon wrote: Of course. You're a successful writer who just happens to have to time to work for The Flume when you're not spending all day on internet forums.
You don't need to worry about software problems in a system that you had nothing to do with. They can be fixed. The ACA will be around for a lot longer than you will.

Whatever Brandon. Go out and play now. I think you've spent enough time making yourself look silly.

(P.S. I work from home, I'm on the internet all day. Go ahead and call my employer up if you don't believe me. Medical Business Resources in the Tech Center 303-721-0099. Yes... I deal with insurance companies and claims. I've written numerous software interfaces where we receive and transmit data to clients like Kaiser [to name one].

Our software works.)

Brandon wrote: You don't need to worry about software problems in a system that you had nothing to do with.

What?
I didn't build the accounting software program I use daily and have to train others on but I do still get to worry about it.

And if you think it will be fixed you don't have a lot of experience with other government software boondoggles both statewide and federal. Even private companies like me sometimes never do get a new software system working well and have to start from the ground floor again.

Walter L Newton wrote: I work from home, I'm on the internet all day.

I said internet forums. Pay attention.

Walter L Newton wrote: Go ahead and call my employer up if you don't believe me. Medical Business Resources in the Tech Center 303-721-0099. Yes... I deal with insurance companies and claims. I've written numerous software interfaces where we receive and transmit data to clients like Kaiser [to name one].

Do you work for that company because you "love writing?" lol

Walter L Newton wrote: Our software works.)

Has it also been in use for more than a week or so?

Brandon wrote: Of course. You're a successful writer who just happens to have to time to work for The Flume when you're not spending all day on internet forums.

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And since you brought it up (nice opening... thanks), I would invite all persons who are interested in the Elk Creek 4a issue to grab this Friday's copy of The Flume.

There will be a 2500 word article that I penned on the issue and the paper will also be running some companion stories on Elk Creek and 4a.

I'm actually taking a break from programming or writing today.

Tomorrow I start on the 4 page Real Estate Guide which will cover Park County foreclosures, new building permits and home sales for the 3 quarter.

Brandon... you'll have a whole lot of material from me over the next 3 weeks that you can make fun of.

The ACA software doesn't work. That's relevant.