Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 27, 2021

Love the direction of the sign below the door.

I’m sure copies of this cartoon are going to go up all over the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, MD.

That is why the metric system works – less arbitrary than the other agrarian system.

Meanwhile, in Ketcham Idaho, a twisting, rattling, woeful, wail emanates from a certain grave, followed by whispered words carried on the wind…

“Don’t let my name be appropriated by the misinformed, the oblivious, and the petty. Especially not by anyone evincing all three.”

That seems to be about right.

If you are going to misspell “standards”, why not “stanturds”?

There IS a government department of weights and measures… but standards aren’t (mostly) done by the government. ANSI, ISO, IETF, etc. are NGOs. And they do very important work despite the joke that the great thing about standards is that there are so many.

Ents? They measure Ents?

How can anyone ever step up and measure up to these standurds.

Well, it IS an employee’s market.

What Ernest Lemmingway is deliberately doing is a childish expression of his not having any self-control in hopes of eliminating other people’s voices while trying to get away with telling blatant lies that have no factual basis whatsoever.

Everyone has their own opinions but should also be grown up enough to own their opinions, and to accept whatever consequences they bring. It’s clear that Ernest does not understand that responsibility but I hope he does soon for everyone’s sake.

This must be at the Pentagon and the contractor is probably Boeing. The door does to reach to the ground, the for handles is mounted the wrong way, not enough space for the lettering, “watch your step” sign upside down…

The current government surprises me every day with its idiocy. Let’s go, Brandon!

and that is what we are back to with Biden. Graft, corruption, immorality, greed and incompetence. He has been in politics for 40+ years and nobody can name a positive accomplishment. With his ratings hitting rock bottom he has started to dig.

Let’s go Brandon!

Right. Much better when we spent trillions so corporations could send jobs & manufacturing off shore (leading to the current inflation and supply lines issues) and Elon Musk could afford to build his own space force.

at least not the Nashinil Centir of Edukashin

Gee, not sure I get this one. NIST may not be widely known, but it employs smart people who do essential work. Further, if there existed such a door at NIST it would have been installed by a private-sector contractor, not by a government scientist.

it’s great that the morons of the world have found a slogan to rally around. one that instantly identifies them so the rest of us can avoid them…

that looks much too organized for them

There goes the Brandon-Lemming again. Comment elsewhere to see him drop off the top of the list.

set the bar real, real low. It was said of Chester Arthur (another Republican president) that he never stole more than you’d expect. Will never be said of ol’ 45.

Science usually requires very precise measurements and standards but the only science politicians know is political science – scare the masses with an issue then demand more taxes and power so they (and only they) can fix it. Then comes the mandates from President Brandon and the mad scientist, Fauci, who funded (with our tax $) the killing of puppies for Sand Flea research and gain-of-function research for the bat virus. The damage is immeasurable so Wiley’s comic makes sense.

I guess many of the people who think govt is inefficient has never worked for private industry. When I left the service, I thought civilian companies would make more sense. More fool I!!!

NIST is great. For example, if you have a question about the decay rate of cesium atoms for atomic clocks, they have a guy there that works on that full time.

I worked for a state employment office that had a ‘no guns allowed’ sign on the inside wall next to the door. You could only see as you left the building.

What’s wrong with that? They do precision guesswork. Close enough for whatever…

Guy isn’t old enough to have ever been surprised.

You remind me of my cousin who has now taken up residence in the Phillipines. He now takes personal pride in being so wacko in his postings that he gets banned from that social media platform, and then whines about cancel culture. (Makes me wonder if he is sucking up to the Duarte regime, now that I think about it).

I don’t get it. Looks perfectly Federal Government to me. If the king does it wrong, he must be right.

I miss the days when corporations and the rich paid taxes, the funds of which allowed government to function as it should.

Denigration of our government is a fool’s game only played by fools. The regressives have been an a jihad against government since Reagan, tearing down the country in the process. Government is essential. It will always be inefficient if it is run properly because it has to attempt to serve EVERYONE.

Government is the foundation of our country. Without the government we would have a violent chaos dominated by those with more guns and a willingness to use them to get their way.

The regressives hate our government and hate our country and everything our country used to stand for. They have done their best to tear the country apart by weakening the government, and thereby the civil society.

Our experiment in democracy is almost over because of the hatred espoused by the regressives. I’m glad I’m old, I won’t see the final denouement.

AN ALTERNATIVE TO ERNEST LEMMINGWAYPlease post comments to ernest lemmingway here. As TIMBOB2313 and DOESNTPLAYWELLWITH OTHERS reminded me, if we reply to him, his comment is featured BECAUSE it got the most replies. He’s the bulLy in the back of the class who needs attention and will make it nasty for the rest of us. . .

measure it with a micrometer, mark it with a piece of chalk, then cut it with an axe.

People complain about ‘standards’ until they need them. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a a science laboratory and non-regulatory agency of the US government tasked with promoting innovation and industrial competitiveness. It began as a metrology laboratory in 1901, advancing the science and understanding of measurements. Today, its scope has expanded to include advanced technologies such as nanoscale science, neutron research, information technology, and cyber security. Since 1990, NIST has been producing the 800-series of special publications to address the security and privacy needs of the United States government. The series includes guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications generated out of NIST’s Information Technology lab. NIST also brings together the manufacturing industry, academics, and the government with the goal of advancing manufacturing in the United States by facilitating the adoption of new technologies and training the manufacturing workforce, coupled together this boosts competitiveness. It helps US organizations improve competitiveness and performance by identifying and sharing top management practices, principles, and strategies, such as cybersecurity risk management. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a voluntary schema of cybersecurity best practices risk assessment tools that organizations can use to shape their own cybersecurity activities.

Oh, it’s not just the government. I got into an elevator at a place with “Hilton” in the name. There were lovely posters in the elevator, all permanently affixed to the wall more than 10 degrees off level.

Zeke dun made it to guvmint mploymint…

remember the boob job done on Alabama so Mr. Narcissist could be appeased? Ha.ha. Well, they are a bunch of boobs therein voting GOP every time.

Besides the misspellings, the upside -down sign and the misplacement of the last word, I’m really surprised they got all of it on the door and centered. That was a miracle.

If you must reply to the troll and put it as the featured comment, at least flag it too.

WOW, you are REALLY showing (as pretty much ALL of those who agree with your garbage do) your maturity level! Way to go!! I look forward to seeing no more of your comments!

Absolutely true story. I was in my local government building a while ago and I came across a door that had written on it “Pull To Open”. The handle was on the other side of the door. door.

I will take bashing Don the Con any day, what a scumbag!

Oh, boy, I see it’s once again feeding time at the troll trough. When will they ever learn?

Of course, the government does not build its own offices, or install its own doors, or paint its own signs for those offices and doors – that’s all done by civilian contractors. So this makes no sense.

Biden is not the greatest president ever, but he is SO much better than the other choice. If your ship is sinking you get on the only available lifeboat and you don’t complain about it. If you want to get back on the sinking ship, go right ahead.

Nepotism at it’s worst, but your nephew couldn’t get a decent job without you.

That’s what you get when they install corrupt, incompetent hacks. Then they say, “see, we need to shrink government because it doesn’t work”.

just circle back to that…

FJB

This is why we need to fully fund Mental Health programs in all the states.

They serve confefe there

Lemmingway should be flagged wherever he appears. He is copying and pasting the same post on different toons just to tie up people who take the bait.

Democrats are trying to spend trillions on gender programs — this is a lie.

supply chain withers thanks to the politicization of a vaccine that doesn’t work as advertised — this is a lie.

the federal government faces bankruptcy — this is a lie.

Republicans sit there and do nothing — this is a lie. Qupublicans are actively undermining the democracy, trying to create a theocracy.

Well spoken. There should be a Gaggle of WOKETTEs arriving shortly to Blame it on Trump.

Ernie – you are just a bore.

Another idiot.

I really like the fact that everything is misspelled and out-of-place, regardless of who is at the helm.

Thimk.