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Post by epaul on Feb 22, 2017 0:44:12 GMT -5
...I have owned, after Bill's comments, my regret for some aspects of the video I posted... We are afraid that is not good enough, James. We have, with due consideration and infinite mercy, ruled that in order to avoid the direct imposition of ordinance #24, section b, article 4, you shall in a strongly suggested act of penance be required to sing "God Save the Queen" in your skivvies while wearing a cowboy hat. (If you do not have a cowboy hat, a derby with a small feather shall suffice.) As this is your first offense of this particular nature and as this is a merciful court, you need not post your penancicle performance on YouTube (unless, of course, you wish to).
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Post by jdd2 on Feb 22, 2017 3:04:21 GMT -5
james--don't worry about it. All this is much ado about nothing.
The same thing, pacing and word for word, could easily have been done (and still could be) by Alec Baldwin on SNL and nobody (except trump) would give a hoot.
(And their ratings would go up even further.)
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 6:23:53 GMT -5
james--don't worry about it. All this is much ado about nothing. The same thing, pacing and word for word, could easily have been done (and still could be) by Alec Baldwin on SNL and nobody (except trump) would give a hoot. (And their ratings would go up even further.) SNL- the Democrats booby prize for having lost the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 9:12:20 GMT -5
What is a six sigma genius? Six sigma is also backwards-looking. It won't tell you how to come up with the next hot product or iPhone. Traditional quality control people also suggest that only its terminology is new. And as Bruce hinted at, large companies that have adopted it have lagged the S&P 500. Right. It's a concept that doesn't translate domains very well. I learned and taught the basic engineering tools (Taguchi Methods, Global 8 D problem solving, Statistical Process Control, and about a half dozen others without as much real world content) with Ford in the mid-90s when they adopted the precursor to Six Sigma from Motorola University. Those 3 and particularly SPC are still very much in use at the plant level in most companies and are quite useful when properly applied (many companies skip the part about determining whether processes are in control and jump right to the statistical avalanche producing a lot of paperwork without much quality or process control). Then General Electric (Jack Welch) turned the whole concept into a management philosophy and coined Six Sigma, in the process turning some simple ideas into certification requirements that are a nifty money maker for certification companies (I'm not Six Sigma certified. Even though I've run quality control programs I'm typically not qualified for quality management positions since I don't have the certificate. But that's a rant for another day.) Then it becomes the whole "continuous improvement" religion, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of many MBA holders like myself who can't believe how nonsensical that thing is.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 22, 2017 9:34:20 GMT -5
We're ALL hallucinating, all the time. What we perceive as "reality" doesn't exist. This is what Trump understands. You give him more credit than he deserves for driving the bus. He's an opportunist more so than a visionary. A surfer who caught a great wave. Sure, he's riding it well. The old techniques don't work on a wave like this, so everybody else is caught in their own traps. He's goofy enough. And he's lived his whole life by his own rules, so he's not encumbered like everybody else with the new reality. But he's not a genius as much as he's in the right place at the right time. But maybe that's the true definition of genius. . . . , **sigh**
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 10:02:58 GMT -5
We're ALL hallucinating, all the time. What we perceive as "reality" doesn't exist. This is what Trump understands. You give him more credit than he deserves for driving the bus. He's an opportunist more so than a visionary. A surfer who caught a great wave. Sure, he's riding it well. The old techniques don't work on a wave like this, so everybody else is caught in their own traps. He's goofy enough. And he's lived his whole life by his own rules, so he's not encumbered like everybody else with the new reality. But he's not a genius as much as he's in the right place at the right time. But maybe that's the true definition of genius. . . . , **sigh**Any serious understanding of how things actually work (as opposed to Bubble-land spin) can only leave one absolutely awestruck by Trump's command of details. He laid out an agenda during the campaign (that was my first hint that he was dead serious. My wife was going to his website and citing concrete ideas that made sense while every time she tried Hillary's site, she couldn't find anything but platitudes) and he's followed through with specific organizational moves to make it happen. No, the odds that he just latched on to some populist memes by the luck of the draw just can't be true. He went against every grain of conventional wisdom and built a machine to make it happen. And the opposition circus just feeds the success. Sure, call him whatever you want. Protest in the streets. Resist every initiative. Sue, sue, sue. Meanwhile the agenda rolls. Yes, six sigma genius.
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Post by brucemacneill on Feb 22, 2017 10:12:36 GMT -5
In my experience, luck is a matter of very careful planning.
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Post by epaul on Feb 22, 2017 11:05:26 GMT -5
Well, if he were a genius you would have thought he would have gotten his cabinet squared away and filled as many judgeships as he could, especially the big one, before firing his cannons and raising the Jolly Rodger.
Trump is clearly suffering from premature proclamation.
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 11:09:52 GMT -5
Well, if he were a genius you would have thought he would have gotten his cabinet squared away and filled as many judgeships as he could, especially the big one, before firing his cannons and raising the Jolly Rodger. Trump is clearly suffering from premature proclamation. And when would have been the best time for that? Last October?
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Post by epaul on Feb 22, 2017 11:31:32 GMT -5
There are over a hundred vacant judiciaries at the Federal level, including the Supreme Court, 18 in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and 91 in the U.S. District Courts.
Say, for instance, that a genius wanted to change U.S. immigration policy, wouldn't a genius first take actions to create a more favorable judicial environment to float his boat in? Acting like "Good Trump" for a couple "lulling" months while getting his judicial ducks in a row would have cost his immigration agenda nothing and instead offered it much smoother sailing.
I'm just an observer, but Trump's impulsive hastiness, as I see it, should be a disappointment to the Right and a relief to the Left. A too hasty arrogance carries the seeds of its own failure.
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Post by james on Feb 22, 2017 11:44:19 GMT -5
...I have owned, after Bill's comments, my regret for some aspects of the video I posted... We are afraid that is not good enough, James. We have, with due consideration and infinite mercy, ruled that in order to avoid the direct imposition of ordinance #24, section b, article 4, you shall in a strongly suggested act of penance be required to sing "God Save the Queen" in your skivvies while wearing a cowboy hat. (If you do not have a cowboy hat, a derby with a small feather shall suffice.) As this is your first offense of this particular nature and as this is a merciful court, you need not post your penancicle performance on YouTube (unless, of course, you wish to). In the absence of either of the hats mentioned, I went with a tea cosy. Hope that's satisfactory.
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Post by epaul on Feb 22, 2017 11:48:38 GMT -5
You're good, James.
(I hope everything is still good with the neighbors)
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 11:51:47 GMT -5
There are over a hundred vacant judiciaries at the Federal level, including the Supreme Court, 18 in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and 91 in the U.S. District Courts. Say, for instance, that a genius wanted to change U.S. immigration policy, wouldn't a genius first take actions to create a more favorable judicial environment to float his boat in? Acting like "Good Trump" for a couple "lulling" months while getting his judicial ducks in a row would have cost his immigration agenda nothing and instead offered it much smoother sailing. I'm just an observer, but Trump's impulsive hastiness, as I see it, should be a disappointment to the Right and a relief to the Left. A too hasty arrogance carries the seeds of its own failure. So did all those vacancies just come up in the last month? How long have they been vacant? Why do you think that is?
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 11:59:26 GMT -5
Well, if he were a genius you would have thought he would have gotten his cabinet squared away and filled as many judgeships as he could, especially the big one, before firing his cannons and raising the Jolly Rodger. Trump is clearly suffering from premature proclamation. And while we're at it, you do realize he couldn't even nominate a cabinet until January 21st (have to actually be President to do that), don't you?
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 12:02:32 GMT -5
Say, for instance, that a genius wanted to change U.S. immigration policy, wouldn't a genius first take actions to create a more favorable judicial environment to float his boat in? Acting like "Good Trump" for a couple "lulling" months while getting his judicial ducks in a row would have cost his immigration agenda nothing and instead offered it much smoother sailing. It's probably a hell of a lot more efficient to just issue a new executive order than try to reshape the entire judiciary (particularly in California) which may not actually happen in its entirety in any of our lifetimes.
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Post by epaul on Feb 22, 2017 12:14:58 GMT -5
Well, we have different observations, it appears. Mine is that Trump is mis-playing his hand. I would have put my tie-breaker guy on the Supreme Court before I started laying out my cards. First things first. And slipping in a couple strategic Appeals Court guys sure wouldn't have hurt.
But, I think I've already said that a couple times, and repeating it won't make it more persuasive. And it was pointless idleness, to begin with. But, we knew that.
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Post by james on Feb 22, 2017 12:17:26 GMT -5
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 22, 2017 12:21:26 GMT -5
My point exactly. If you know how the mechanics actually work, Trump's a genius.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 12:49:30 GMT -5
In my experience, luck is a matter of very careful planning. Someone once said about most rich people (other than those who inherited all their money). They are likely either smarter than you or they work much harder or both.
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Post by Doug on Feb 22, 2017 13:48:32 GMT -5
Well, we have different observations, it appears. Mine is that Trump is mis-playing his hand. I would have put my tie-breaker guy on the Supreme Court before I started laying out my cards. First things first. And slipping in a couple strategic Appeals Court guys sure wouldn't have hurt. But, I think I've already said that a couple times, and repeating it won't make it more persuasive. And it was pointless idleness, to begin with. But, we knew that. Yep and most people thought he was misplaying his hand when there were 17 guys trying to get the nomination.
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