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| Topic: Society |
11:57 pm EST, Dec 12, 2003 |
Many of these rules, reflections and quotations came from my role as Chairman of the "transition team" for President Gerald R. Ford and my service as White House Chief of Staff. Others came from experiences as a U.S. Naval Aviator, a Member of Congress, Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Secretary of Defense, Presidential Middle East Envoy, business executive, Chairman of the US Ballistic Missile Threat Commission, and other experiences. These reflections and quotations have been gathered over the past 40 years. There are many good rules here, but here is my personal selection: 1. Learn to say "I dont know." If used when appropriate, it will be often. 2. It is easier to get into something than to get out of it. 3. Dont divide the world into "them" and "us." 4. Keep your sense of humor. 5. If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. 6. Dont be a bottleneck. 7. Look for what's missing. 8. For every human problem there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong. 9. Simply because a problem is shown to exist doesnt necessarily follow that there is a solution. 10. If you develop rules, never have more than ten. Rumsfeld's Rules |
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| Topic: Society |
11:55 pm EST, Dec 12, 2003 |
Colin Powell kept a set of rules on his desk. Here are a few: Get mad, then get over it. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. Be careful what you choose. You may get it. Check small things. Share credit. Have a vision. Be demanding. Powell's Rules |
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| Topic: Humor |
2:01 am EST, Dec 11, 2003 |
In the Spring of 2004 join the People's Campaign for Justice in the Recording Industry in a National Day of Action to demand that consumers stop degrading the quality of life for America's music industry executives. Show the world that conglomerates create better music. "Senior executive vice presidents can't drive Ferraris on an iTunes paycheck!" RIAA Day of Action |
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| Topic: Business |
1:49 am EST, Dec 11, 2003 |
In the Spring of 2004 join the People's Campaign for Justice @ Wal-Mart in a National Day of Action to demand that Wal-Mart stop degrading the quality of life for America's workers. Show Wal-Mart that good jobs build strong communities. Myth: Wal-Mart's Goods are "Made in America."
Fact: Wal-Mart is the Largest Importer of Chinese Goods. I have a neighbor who travels regularly to Asia to import shoes for Wal-Mart. I'm still looking for the guy who imports the $29 DVD players. Wal-Mart Day of Action |
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Plenty is Wrong With the Wal-Mart Picture |
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| Topic: Business |
1:45 am EST, Dec 11, 2003 |
A drama is taking place about the future, not just of America's economy, but the global marketplace. Congress ought to start now investigating the practices of America's largest retailer. Most important, consumers should begin to consider whether the lowest price is worth any cost. There is a Wal-Mart Day of Action planned next month for January 14. This will give us all an opportunity to consider whether the lowest price, regardless of its cost, is worth it. The comments of Earl Blumenauer, Representative from Oregon, from the floor of the House, on Monday, December 8. Plenty is Wrong With the Wal-Mart Picture |
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Larry Thompson's Testimony to 9/11 Commission |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
1:31 am EST, Dec 11, 2003 |
A piece of information is like a piece of a puzzle. Oftentimes, only when a piece of information is combined with many other pieces of information does the big picture emerge. ... Information must lead to action. ... Prior to 9/11, our ability to "connect the dots" ... was substantially inhibited by the lack of communication and collaboration ... [Since then,] we have made great progress ... Restrictions imposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court severely hampered value information sharing ... and were thankfully overturned. While I wholeheartedly endorse renewing all sunsetted PATRIOT Act provisions, it would be difficult for me to overemphasize the importance of making section 218 permanent. Without it, our ability ... could be seriously compromised. My experiences, both before and after September 11th, have led me to a simple yet critical conclusion: Integration works. By amending FISA to authorize investigations of unaffiliated foreign individuals ... we will improve our ability to gather intelligence about both apparent and real lone-wolf terrorists. If we presume that drug dealers are too dangerous to be released on bail, then we should presume the same about terrorists. Larry Thompson's Testimony to 9/11 Commission |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
12:25 am EST, Dec 11, 2003 |
I am shocked to find veriscary.com unregistered. I am further shocked to find that Google contains exactly zero results for the search term VeriScary. |
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| Topic: Humor |
12:13 am EST, Dec 11, 2003 |
Gallant Knights, to Internet: "We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril." Internet: "I don't think I was." Knights: "You were. You were in terrible peril." Internet: "Look, let me go back in there and face the peril." Knights: "No, it's too perilous." |
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Stratton Sclavos at Red Herring Conference |
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| Topic: Technology |
11:26 pm EST, Dec 10, 2003 |
(My rephrasing of Mitch Ratcliffe's notes) Sclavos: "The next three years of innovation in technology is about integration. ... We route half the calls in North America and will move that to the Internet in the next year. The RBOCs are both our largest customers and our largest competitors. This is not your grandfather's Internet. It's time to stop playing consensus builder and go commercial, like every other industrial revolution. We need to move the complexity back into the center of the Net. The edge can't be so complex. SiteFinder was a way of monetizing DNS searches. We're not going to let this go. We are laying the groundwork to bring back SiteFinder, and we will find new ways to monetize DNS. We will talk more about this in the future." Here we go again with the "we've always done it that way" argument. I find it telling that Sclavos thinks the Internet is just another industrial revolution. Stratton Sclavos at Red Herring Conference |
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Stratton Sclavos at Red Herring Conference |
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| Topic: Technology |
11:19 pm EST, Dec 10, 2003 |
(Rephrasing of notes from Ross Mayfield) Sclavos: "There are 400 million plus users, and the majority of them like SiteFinder. 200 people are against it, and they turned the press against it. SiteFinder was a way to monetize DNS lookups. We have to move the complexity back into the center of the network and remove it from the edge." Oh. My. Maybe the SEC should institute mandatory drug testing. Stratton Sclavos at Red Herring Conference |
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