During the United States Civil War, Missouri had years of "troubles". Neither Missouri or Maryland officially joined the Confederacy.
Monday, September 3, 2018
Friday, July 27, 2018
Middle Out
George H. W. Bush (known as George W. Bush, at the time) lost his bid for re-election in part because another candidate had convinced the electorate “the devil is in the details”. H. Ross Perot had convinced the voters that the Devil is in the details and he had the charts and graphs to prove it.
When the Republicans moved in to the DC area as a result of the 1980 election, the Rush Room was established at Blackie’s House of Beef. I have heard that WRC (TV 4 in the area) also tried to a comparable liberal’s room hosted by then comedian, Al Franken. The Rush Room was a tremendous success. The room for liberals failed (but that was in the 1981-89 time period).
Dr. John Park told me that you need to have an understanding two levels up and two levels down to be able to write well at a given level. Dr. Park had been a professor at the University of Minnesota and had written a major part of the then Defense Communications Agency’s Satellite Handbook.
In the DC Area, the usual conflict in System Design or issues in general is usually between “Top Down” and “(Bottom or Bottoms) Up”. If you are a System Engineer, you realize that all these conflicts are about where you hold the requirements fixed.
Charles Krauthammer died recently. After he died, I read his book. All TV Commentators should go through his process.
When you try to sell something as a consultant, you a confronted with the task of trying to tell a person with funds, what you can do for them.
I used three of Robert E. Machol’s columns the journal Operations Research (at the time, a Professor at Northwestern University) to prepare humorous talk for a competition. The three:
1. Miles Law
2. Billings Phenomenon
3. Sutton Effect
The Billings Phenomenon gets its name from an American humorist Josh Billings. Josh was a contemporary of Mark Twain. He told a story about a farmer that wanted to know why his white horses ate more hay than his black horses. (I think the story goes that the farmer satisfied his curiosity by counting feet and dividing by 4).
Consultants face the real problem that if their results are well communicated the customer is likely to say why did it cost so much?
When the Republicans moved in to the DC area as a result of the 1980 election, the Rush Room was established at Blackie’s House of Beef. I have heard that WRC (TV 4 in the area) also tried to a comparable liberal’s room hosted by then comedian, Al Franken. The Rush Room was a tremendous success. The room for liberals failed (but that was in the 1981-89 time period).
Dr. John Park told me that you need to have an understanding two levels up and two levels down to be able to write well at a given level. Dr. Park had been a professor at the University of Minnesota and had written a major part of the then Defense Communications Agency’s Satellite Handbook.
In the DC Area, the usual conflict in System Design or issues in general is usually between “Top Down” and “(Bottom or Bottoms) Up”. If you are a System Engineer, you realize that all these conflicts are about where you hold the requirements fixed.
Charles Krauthammer died recently. After he died, I read his book. All TV Commentators should go through his process.
When you try to sell something as a consultant, you a confronted with the task of trying to tell a person with funds, what you can do for them.
I used three of Robert E. Machol’s columns the journal Operations Research (at the time, a Professor at Northwestern University) to prepare humorous talk for a competition. The three:
1. Miles Law
2. Billings Phenomenon
3. Sutton Effect
The Billings Phenomenon gets its name from an American humorist Josh Billings. Josh was a contemporary of Mark Twain. He told a story about a farmer that wanted to know why his white horses ate more hay than his black horses. (I think the story goes that the farmer satisfied his curiosity by counting feet and dividing by 4).
Consultants face the real problem that if their results are well communicated the customer is likely to say why did it cost so much?
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Things
On 7/10/18, I counted 88 entries in Things That Matter. The book’s subtitle is “Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics.” The population should be of the order of 3x10x50 = 1500. 88/1500 = 0.058666667. The first decade might be sparse. 88/1000 = .08800. So Krauthammer’s Things That Matter consisted of 5 to 9 percent of his Things.
Appropriate for a particle physicist, I’ve captured the first level of Things That Matter today in Things. They are 88 things.
Appropriate for a particle physicist, I’ve captured the first level of Things That Matter today in Things. They are 88 things.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty
A relevant NSF publication is available in PDF is available from The National Academies Press at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18870
Charles Krauthammer died very recently. He had time to listen. He listened and polished a narrative to get from where you were to where you ought to be.
I heard of him in 1981 when he was a liberal. My first major professor Myron L. Good said that if you weren't a liberal when you were young you didn't have a heart and if you weren't a conservative when you matured you didn't have a head.
The NSF report includes a quote at the beginning it is:
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.”
—Goethe
Charles Krauthammer died very recently. He had time to listen. He listened and polished a narrative to get from where you were to where you ought to be.
I heard of him in 1981 when he was a liberal. My first major professor Myron L. Good said that if you weren't a liberal when you were young you didn't have a heart and if you weren't a conservative when you matured you didn't have a head.
The NSF report includes a quote at the beginning it is:
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.”
—Goethe
Friday, June 8, 2018
Pain on the left?
CNN announced today that Anthony Bourdain hanged himself in his hotel room in France.
A female fashion editor, Kate Spade, committed suicide recently.
I hadn't thought of this aspect of Trump Disarrangement Syndrome. It must be hard for honest people on the left these days.
A female fashion editor, Kate Spade, committed suicide recently.
I hadn't thought of this aspect of Trump Disarrangement Syndrome. It must be hard for honest people on the left these days.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
The Democrats and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Debbie Wasserman Schultz deserves to be on my Florida liars list. I decided almost six years ago that Diane Baccus-Horsley also deserved to be on the list.
Judge Roberts accepted her erroneous rhetorical narrative rather than my lawyer's closing. I have learned to bee suspicious of anyone who sounds like they were coached by Gloria Alredd or her daughter Lisa Bloom.
https://dr2htay.blogspot.com/2012/09/florida-liars-list-9912.html
Judge Roberts accepted her erroneous rhetorical narrative rather than my lawyer's closing. I have learned to bee suspicious of anyone who sounds like they were coached by Gloria Alredd or her daughter Lisa Bloom.
https://dr2htay.blogspot.com/2012/09/florida-liars-list-9912.html
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Scientific Method
Thanks to Neil deGrasse Tyson:
Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into thinking something is true that is not, or that something is not true that is.
Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into thinking something is true that is not, or that something is not true that is.
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