http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/06/29/if-you-torture-the-data-enough-they-will-confess-anything/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:34:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/06/29/if-you-torture-the-data-enough-they-will-confess-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Wishing My American Friends A Great Independence Day Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:30:53 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/06/29/if-you-torture-the-data-enough-they-will-confess-anything/#comment-1205 [...] Obama is rapidly affecting all layers of government. Messages about “open data“, “transparent by default” or “cloud computing” have mobilized formidable brainpower across government. [...] [...] Obama is rapidly affecting all layers of government. Messages about “open data“, “transparent by default” or “cloud computing” have mobilized formidable brainpower across government. [...]

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]]> http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/06/29/if-you-torture-the-data-enough-they-will-confess-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Nick Jones Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:37:02 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/06/29/if-you-torture-the-data-enough-they-will-confess-anything/#comment-1164 I agree Andrea. I would much rather have a government that was trustworthy and reliable and got on with the job of administering the country in an effective an unobtrusive manner. I have better things to do than mash up government data, it would be great if I didn't have to worry about the fine grained details of govermnment, and my government only bothered me when a significant strategic decision had to be made. Cynically I suspect the main driver for individual citizens to mash up government data is because they need to monitor governments which aren't reliable enough to be left alone to do their job. Which is rather sad. I guess that "open by default" is a good idea, but I wish it wasn't so necessary. I agree Andrea. I would much rather have a government that was trustworthy and reliable and got on with the job of administering the country in an effective an unobtrusive manner. I have better things to do than mash up government data, it would be great if I didn’t have to worry about the fine grained details of govermnment, and my government only bothered me when a significant strategic decision had to be made. Cynically I suspect the main driver for individual citizens to mash up government data is because they need to monitor governments which aren’t reliable enough to be left alone to do their job. Which is rather sad. I guess that “open by default” is a good idea, but I wish it wasn’t so necessary.

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