I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
Brilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.
You couldn't make it up!
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic
Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help
draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and
feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
Brilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn
from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.
You couldn't make it up!
I've sampled about one in ten of the PDF files in Module 1,
On Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:46:28 +0000, Pancho wrote:
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic
Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help >>> draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and
feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
Brilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn >>> from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.
You couldn't make it up!
There are 265 witness statements currently available at https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents (select the Evidence tab),
210 from Module 1, and the rest from the current Module 2.
I've sampled about one in ten of the PDF files in Module 1, and a larger proportion in Module 2. The absence of searchability seems confined to
and pervasive in Module 2, for witnesses appearing from 10 October up
to today. I'll send them an email reminder.
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic
Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or
help draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the
thoughts and feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness
statement it begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in
a published book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
Brilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn
from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.
You couldn't make it up!
I suspect the civil service are so busy telling each other what a
wonderful job they are doing that it forms an echo chamber.
I have some
sympathy for Cummings in that he noticed things are wrong, but little confidence he had the skills to improve the workings of a massive
political bureaucracy.
Recently I was
listening to a recording of the physicist Richard Feynman state how
impressed he was that a senior Army officer could make an important
decision in minutes, and that it took him days to decide even small
things.
Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
I suspect the civil service are so busy telling each other what a
wonderful job they are doing that it forms an echo chamber.
Supposition isn’t a sound base on which to build a point of view.
I have some
sympathy for Cummings in that he noticed things are wrong, but little
confidence he had the skills to improve the workings of a massive
political bureaucracy.
Recently I was
listening to a recording of the physicist Richard Feynman state how
impressed he was that a senior Army officer could make an important
decision in minutes, and that it took him days to decide even small
things.
You might like to consider reading the book ’On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’, by Norman Dixon, available on Amazon (not Kindle) and doubtless other outlets. Generals don’t come out of it too well, due to having a very, very ‘thin skin’, a major (apologies for the pun) reason why
people join the military officer corps.
One story, concerning an Admiral, who was in charge of an exercise in the Mediterranean… He signalled another ship to turn to port, unaware that this would put it on a collision course with his own ship. The other officers on the bridge could see what was about to happen, but said nothing. Why?
Because to do so would be a criticism of the Admiral’s decision, and junior officers don’t criticise seniors.
The Navy lost a ship that day, and very many sailors.
On Tuesday, 7 November 2023 at 15:46:44 UTC, Pancho wrote:
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of DominicBrilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help >>> draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and
feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn >>> from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.You couldn't make it up!
Impartial view: (a) Cummins didn't like Carrie Johnson (b) he's embarrassed about his dismissal (c) he didn't want to be the fall guy.
(a) is definitely true (Princess Nut Nuts), (b) is always true (no-one likes to be publically sacked), (c) is irrelevant given (a) and (b) are already proven.
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic >Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
On 08/11/2023 11:40, Spike wrote:
Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
I suspect the civil service are so busy telling each other what a
wonderful job they are doing that it forms an echo chamber.
Supposition isn’t a sound base on which to build a point of view.
I have some
sympathy for Cummings in that he noticed things are wrong, but little
confidence he had the skills to improve the workings of a massive
political bureaucracy.
Recently I was
listening to a recording of the physicist Richard Feynman state how
impressed he was that a senior Army officer could make an important
decision in minutes, and that it took him days to decide even small
things.
You might like to consider reading the book ’On the Psychology of Military >> Incompetence’, by Norman Dixon, available on Amazon (not Kindle) and
doubtless other outlets. Generals don’t come out of it too well, due to
having a very, very ‘thin skin’, a major (apologies for the pun) reason why
people join the military officer corps.
One story, concerning an Admiral, who was in charge of an exercise in the
Mediterranean… He signalled another ship to turn to port, unaware that this
would put it on a collision course with his own ship. The other officers on >> the bridge could see what was about to happen, but said nothing. Why?
Because to do so would be a criticism of the Admiral’s decision, and junior
officers don’t criticise seniors.
The Navy lost a ship that day, and very many sailors.
And such things have happened all too often in the cockpits of
commercial flights where the First Officer is too timid to argue with
the Captain and the flight plunges helplessly to certain death.
FWIW, I also have a lot of sympathy for Boris. The idea that you can
make a decision, define a path to take, with little data, and stick to
it when that data changes, is utterly alien to me. Recently I was
listening to a recording of the physicist Richard Feynman state how
impressed he was that a senior Army officer could make an important
decision in minutes, and that it took him days to decide even small
things. I can totally understand Boris being unsure. I'm still not sure
if the second lockdown was a good idea, or even the first. I think civil servants, +Cummings etc, like strong decisions because it makes their
life easier, not because it leads to better outcomes.
On 07/11/2023 21:34, Iain Archer wrote:
There are 265 witness statements currently available at
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents (select the Evidence tab),
210 from Module 1, and the rest from the current Module 2.
I've sampled about one in ten of the PDF files in Module 1, and a larger
proportion in Module 2. The absence of searchability seems confined to
and pervasive in Module 2, for witnesses appearing from 10 October up
to today. I'll send them an email reminder.
The question is why would they do that?
It bloats the file size and is hard to navigate. With all the
editor/creation tools that I know, it is not a natural thing to do.
FWIW, I also have a lot of sympathy for Boris. The idea that you can
make a decision, define a path to take, with little data, and stick to
it when that data changes, is utterly alien to me. Recently I was
listening to a recording of the physicist Richard Feynman state how
impressed he was that a senior Army officer could make an important
decision in minutes, and that it took him days to decide even small
things. I can totally understand Boris being unsure. I'm still not sure
if the second lockdown was a good idea, or even the first. I think civil >servants, +Cummings etc, like strong decisions because it makes their
life easier, not because it leads to better outcomes.
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
Brilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
On 08/11/2023 09:03, Pancho wrote:
FWIW, I also have a lot of sympathy for Boris. The idea that you can
make a decision, define a path to take, with little data, and stick to
it when that data changes, is utterly alien to me. Recently I was
listening to a recording of the physicist Richard Feynman state how
impressed he was that a senior Army officer could make an important
decision in minutes, and that it took him days to decide even small
things. I can totally understand Boris being unsure. I'm still not sure
if the second lockdown was a good idea, or even the first. I think civil
servants, +Cummings etc, like strong decisions because it makes their
life easier, not because it leads to better outcomes.
<https://www.azquotes.com/quote/766102>
"One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make
quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better." (Larry >Niven)
You might like to consider reading the book ’On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’, by Norman Dixon, available on Amazon (not Kindle) and doubtless other outlets. Generals don’t come out of it too well, due to having a very, very ‘thin skin’, a major (apologies for the pun) reason why
people join the military officer corps.
One story, concerning an Admiral, who was in charge of an exercise in the Mediterranean… He signalled another ship to turn to port, unaware that this would put it on a collision course with his own ship. The other officers on the bridge could see what was about to happen, but said nothing. Why?
Because to do so would be a criticism of the Admiral’s decision, and junior officers don’t criticise seniors.
On 07/11/2023 15:10, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic
Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help
draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and
feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
Brilliant! They have created a pdf without text search.
On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:03:44 +0000, Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me>
wrote:
On 07/11/2023 21:34, Iain Archer wrote:
There are 265 witness statements currently available at
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents (select the Evidence
tab), 210 from Module 1, and the rest from the current Module 2.
I've sampled about one in ten of the PDF files in Module 1, and a
larger proportion in Module 2. The absence of searchability seems
confined to and pervasive in Module 2, for witnesses appearing from
10 October up to today. I'll send them an email reminder.
The question is why would they do that?
It bloats the file size and is hard to navigate. With all the >>editor/creation tools that I know, it is not a natural thing to do.
It's almost certainly been converted from an original Word document
by someone who doesn't know how to use Word properly. Or, more
charitably, learned to use Word back in the days when PDF was still a
closed format and Word didn't fully support it. It's a common error.
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement it
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31180752/INQ000273872.pdf
STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE TO COVID INQUIRY
DOMINIC CUMMINGS 11 October 2023
‘Nothing was ready for the war which everybody expected.’ War and Peace
‘Definitely on digital, project management we’ve got nothing to learn from the private sector.’ Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary.
‘Fascinating that the same problems recur time after time, in almost
every program, and that the management of the program, whether it
happened to be government or industry, continues to avoid reality. So
many programs fail because everybody doesn't know what it is they are supposed to do.’ George Mueller, leader of the Apollo program.
On 20:12 8 Nov 2023, Mark Goodge said:
On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:03:44 +0000, Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me>
wrote:
On 07/11/2023 21:34, Iain Archer wrote:
There are 265 witness statements currently available at
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents (select the Evidence
tab), 210 from Module 1, and the rest from the current Module 2.
I've sampled about one in ten of the PDF files in Module 1, and a
larger proportion in Module 2. The absence of searchability seems
confined to and pervasive in Module 2, for witnesses appearing from
10 October up to today. I'll send them an email reminder.
The question is why would they do that?
It bloats the file size and is hard to navigate. With all the
editor/creation tools that I know, it is not a natural thing to do.
It's almost certainly been converted from an original Word document
by someone who doesn't know how to use Word properly. Or, more
charitably, learned to use Word back in the days when PDF was still a
closed format and Word didn't fully support it. It's a common error.
The PDF contains images of printed pages rather than the text of the
pages. It is such a difference that this choice seems almost
deliberate.
A solution would be to do as Todal mentions and run the PDF through a
OCR reader ... although not everyone, including myself, has such a
program.
On 07/11/2023 03:10 pm, The Todal wrote:
I recommend readers to have a look at the lengthy statement of Dominic Cummings, if they haven't already seen it.
It barely resembles the sort of thing that a lawyer would draft (or help draft) for a witness. It is a creative work to express the thoughts and feelings of Mr Cummings. And unlike any other witness statement itI thought the whole point of a witness statement was that a witness can
begins with the sort of quotations that you might find in a published
book, rather than a mere witness statement.
say anything they like?
The PDF contains images of printed pages rather than the text of the
pages. It is such a difference that this choice seems almost
deliberate.
A solution would be to do as Todal mentions and run the PDF through a
OCR reader ... although not everyone, including myself, has such a
program.
<https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&kl=uk-en&kn=1&kz=-1&kaj=m&kak=-1&kaq=-1&kax=-1&q=pdf+scan+online+ocr&ia=web>
On 10/11/2023 07:59, Jeff Layman wrote:
The PDF contains images of printed pages rather than the text of
the pages. It is such a difference that this choice seems almost
deliberate.
A solution would be to do as Todal mentions and run the PDF through
a OCR reader ... although not everyone, including myself, has such
a program.
<https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&kl=uk-en&kn=1&kz=-1&kaj=m&
kak=-1&kaq=-1&kax=-1&q=pdf+scan+online+ocr&ia=web>
There is also freeware that you can run locally on your PC. I
successfully use a Docker version of OCRmyPDF. I run this on a
Raspberry Pi type device, it runs continuously, waiting, and
automatically converts any file dropped into a specific folder.
I have set up my document scanner to save files to this folder, and
thus automatically OCR any documents I scan.
FWIW, I tried a couple of online conversions services from the URL
above, they both failed.
The document took 9 minutes to add OCR using my Orange Pi 5.
At present this takes two steps on my PC but I would like to do it in
only one.
(1) "Print" the email using utility software (a print driver called
PDFill) which. This creates an image file in jpeg format of the text.
(2) Create a PDF containing the image file.
The purpose is to send a non-revisable document, reminding the
recipient of an earlier email.
On 14:13 10 Nov 2023, Pancho said:
On 10/11/2023 07:59, Jeff Layman wrote:
The PDF contains images of printed pages rather than the text of
the pages. It is such a difference that this choice seems almost
deliberate.
A solution would be to do as Todal mentions and run the PDF through
a OCR reader ... although not everyone, including myself, has such
a program.
<https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&kl=uk-en&kn=1&kz=-1&kaj=m&
kak=-1&kaq=-1&kax=-1&q=pdf+scan+online+ocr&ia=web>
There is also freeware that you can run locally on your PC. I
successfully use a Docker version of OCRmyPDF. I run this on a
Raspberry Pi type device, it runs continuously, waiting, and
automatically converts any file dropped into a specific folder.
I have set up my document scanner to save files to this folder, and
thus automatically OCR any documents I scan.
FWIW, I tried a couple of online conversions services from the URL
above, they both failed.
The document took 9 minutes to add OCR using my Orange Pi 5.
As an aside, how can I easily create a short PDF document which
contains an IMAGE of the original text, like the Dominic Cummings
document mentioned here.
At present this takes two steps on my PC but I would like to do it in
only one.
(1) "Print" the email using utility software (a print driver called
PDFill) which. This creates an image file in jpeg format of the text.
(2) Create a PDF containing the image file.
The purpose is to send a non-revisable document, reminding the
recipient of an earlier email.
On 20:12 8 Nov 2023, Mark Goodge said:
On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:03:44 +0000, Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me>
wrote:
On 07/11/2023 21:34, Iain Archer wrote:
There are 265 witness statements currently available at
https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents (select the Evidence
tab), 210 from Module 1, and the rest from the current Module 2.
I've sampled about one in ten of the PDF files in Module 1, and a
larger proportion in Module 2. The absence of searchability seems
confined to and pervasive in Module 2, for witnesses appearing from
10 October up to today. I'll send them an email reminder.
The question is why would they do that?
It bloats the file size and is hard to navigate. With all the
editor/creation tools that I know, it is not a natural thing to do.
It's almost certainly been converted from an original Word document
by someone who doesn't know how to use Word properly. Or, more
charitably, learned to use Word back in the days when PDF was still a
closed format and Word didn't fully support it. It's a common error.
The PDF contains images of printed pages rather than the text of the
pages. It is such a difference that this choice seems almost
deliberate.
A solution would be to do as Todal mentions and run the PDF through a
OCR reader ... although not everyone, including myself, has such a
program.
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