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| Subject | Re: NASA Had To Bring in the OLD Guys to Fix Hubble Telescope - Broader Message ? |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux, alt.politics, soc.culture.usa, sci.space |
| References | (1 earlier) <WhHuK.305753$70j.272066@fx16.iad> <UfudnQkpJql4PSb_nZ2dnUU7-K_NnZ2d@earthlink.com> <zrRuK.344770$JVi.231893@fx17.iad> <ZcSdnSz11JdJiCD_nZ2dnUU7-LHNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <Rr9vK.30238$Me2.3876@fx47.iad> |
| From | "25.BZ959" <25BZ959@nada.net> |
| Date | 2022-06-30 21:27 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <0I2dnUw0Q4Ae0CP_nZ2dnUU7-XPNnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink) |
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On 6/30/22 12:15 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2022-06-30, 25.BZ959 <25BZ959@nada.net> wrote: > >> On 6/29/22 1:30 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> On 2022-06-29, 25.BZ959 <25BZ959@nada.net> wrote: >>> >>>> However it may be too much to blame "Big Tech" for creating >>>> "the mess". >>> >>> You're right, the fact that J. Random Luser is a sucker who >>> will fall for anything shiny just encourages messes. >> >> OOOOH ! SHINY !!! >> (Buffy) > > I've heard this referred to as "trout management": dangle something > shiny with a hook in it in front of them and they'll strike every time. > It's probably just an update of that famous quote that's commonly (and > possibly mistakenly) attributed to P.T. Barnum: "There's a sucker born > every minute." I'd suggest : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQMDSw3Aqo As for Buffy, I think she was referring to a pretty red and silver combat axe - just before she split Nathan Fillon in half, bottom to top :-) >> J Random tends to go for STATUS really. Why else would anybody >> pay double for unextraordinary PCs/phones/etc from an anal >> corporation just because there's a pic of a fruit on it ? > > Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. > So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry > about money no more. > -- Forrest Gump > I *almost* invested in some tech upstart called "MicroSoft", and RedHat too ....... almost .......... :-)
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