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The government had very detailed specs for the manual, that required the
company to write one from scratch. The specs changed at the end of the
process, requiring a much shorter and more basic manual, but the money
had already been spent.
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>From: David Chisma [SMTP:chisma -at- C031 -dot- AONE -dot- NET -dot- AU]
>
>I noticed this piece on
>http://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/news/1752501.html and am curious
>whether anyone on the list has the lowdown on the techwriter's side of
>the story.
>
>Jim Beatty, Sun Legislature Bureau Vancouver Sun
> VICTORIA -- The B.C.
> government blew $400,000 on a
> photo radar manual that is so
> elementary it tells users an
> image of the sky indicates the
> camera is pointed too high, the
> Opposition Liberals said
> Monday.
>
> "It's a rip-off," Liberal critic Gary
> Farrell-Collins said of the
> 22-page guide. "You would think
> that the instruction manual on
> how to use the camera would
> have been included."
>
>
