Not a poker expert by far, but this could be because 2/3 can only participate in three straight draws (A2345,23456,34567) whereas 2/7 can be in seven straight hands. (A2345, 23456, 34567, 45678, 56789, 6789T, 789TJ)
The reason is entirely high-card strength vs all the hands including cards less than 7, like 65, 64, etc.
EDIT: And the value of pairing the 7 vs pairing the 3, again where high card strength matters--6X pairing the 6 won't matter as often.
Given there's only two hands, they are somewhat likely to showdown unimproved, not making a pair or better. If you analyzed ten handed tables, 2-7 fares the worst.
FEMA probably has a set of protocols and procedures around this and it is unreasonable to expect them to change their entire workflow to accommodate a couple of drones. Especially in a time of emergency, the best thing to do would be to not do random things and actually follow a set of rules so that you don't miss anything.
Rule-based bureaucracies are clearly the best organisational model for dealing with stable, predictable situations such as rapidly unfolding natural disasters.
To be fair, that article also stated that: "Japanese does not have a word for excessive preparation."
I haven't noticed that tendency in western cultures... so an organisational structure that works in an environment where everyone is super-committed for a whole bunch of reasons can (and does) fail spectacularly in one which is a bit looser, less structured, more self-focused, etc.
That said, I assume neither of us know anything about natural disaster management, so we're both really theorising on a deeply practical matter... Our thoughts on the topic are probably not worth the bits carrying them ;-)
Supposedly the current disaster-response structure was implemented specifically because of shortcomings in the 9/11 disaster response (along with one other major natural disaster, I forget which)
Since when have these been around? Also, can you share some details on how the Google search easter egg infrastructure works? I've always found these very interesting. They kind of give a human touch to what sometimes feel like "cold" search result pages.
Early 2012. I forget the exact date - I started them as a demo in I think Dec 2011 and then they sat around on my workstation unchanged for a couple months, so I think they went out around Feb 2012.
