Feds Prep For E-Gov Shutdown 290
dcblogs writes "If the federal government is shutdown midnight Friday, the feds plan to stop updating government Web sites that aren't delivering essential services. 'Most Web sites will not continue, only those Web sites that are part of these accepted activities would continue to operate,' the senior White House official said Tuesday. 'Accepted activities,' refers to essential, life and safety-related government services. The IRS, however, will continue to accept tax returns filed electronically and to process payments. 'We need to be able to collect the money that is owed to the U.S. government,' the official said. Paper-based returns won't be processed."
Re:What is the meaning of 'shut-down?' (Score:4, Funny)
What is the meaning of 'shut-down?'
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Re:I only wish... (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, my work on automation software flight plan management for the FAA is very oppressive to you. Douchebag.
This function could just as well be performed by the private sector, more efficiently, and by people who do not regard their paymasters as douchebags. Welcome to the real world.
Re:I only wish... (Score:5, Funny)
BigWingzDaddy: I'm in ur airspace, landing on ur runways (JFK #7) #jfk
TehFlyinator: Hai guise you know what my altitude is in feet? IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAND! #lolz
CommercialCeilingCat: Now taking off my zig (JFK #2) #jfk
LearJetGangsta: Sorry I nearly hit u CCC, was holding the damn iPhone wrong #nearcollision #holdingitwrong
CommercialCeilingCat: np