Re: NASA Had To Bring in the OLD Guys to Fix Hubble Telescope - Broader Message ?

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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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