TSA Paid $1.4 Million for App that Directs Travelers Left or Right in Lines

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• There is nothing the gov't cannot eff up, this is yet another example. Not like we hear needed one.

• Does the app say, "This line is shorter but the person serving this line is an idiot so move to the other line."
  HOw about, "Ha you think you are in the fast moving line don't you? Well consider this, when you are second in line, the person serving this line is going to go on a 45 minute break and you will be SOL."
  etc

  • You don't need this app, just find whatever line I'm in, and get in the other one. I have a knack for picking the worst line to get in.
    One time I pulled up in a toll booth lane, and there was only one person in front of me. The one person that tried to pay a $1 toll with a $100 bill. The toll taker gave him his change in $1 bills. The guy sat there and counted his change. I couldn't change lanes because someone else had pulled in behind me.

• Bam, just wrote an app in 10 minutes to do exactly what that one does.

  https://jsfiddle.net/nqdj33zq/1/

  Can I have my $1.4 million now?

  • No, it has to meet government specs, and you have to be Obama's friend.

• Perhaps they should have spent money to ferret out the child molesters, terrorists and other criminals on their payroll first.

  • That would have cost too much, and left us "unprotected"!

• SMH

• Another software program written by the Wookie's College friend? You know, the one who's company wrote the ACA website that cost billions.

  • No, it didn't cost enough for it to be the Wookie's friend.

• The real question is, why are they using i-Pads, when reasonably priced hardware works just as well, if not better?

• Because we're not smart enough to see which line is shorter or moving faster?

• Why is directing people into various lines supposed to be random? I thought the idea was to keep the lines moving are efficiently as possible.