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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
| Subject | Re: NASA Had To Bring in the OLD Guys to Fix Hubble Telescope - Broader Message ? |
| References | <95WdnTrQW_F5jyb_nZ2dnUU7-RHNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <WhHuK.305753$70j.272066@fx16.iad> <UfudnQkpJql4PSb_nZ2dnUU7-K_NnZ2d@earthlink.com> <zrRuK.344770$JVi.231893@fx17.iad> <ZcSdnSz11JdJiCD_nZ2dnUU7-LHNnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
| Message-ID | <Rr9vK.30238$Me2.3876@fx47.iad> (permalink) |
| Date | 2022-06-30 04:15 +0000 |
Cross-posted to 5 groups.
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."
> 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
--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship.
\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
/ \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.
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