The Board Of Directors role-playing exercise had two big lessons. 
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<li>When people talk about economics, I expect them to make sense. Some 
poor kid got stuck with the role of an econ professor; they made some 
undefended anti-globalism statements, and I tore them to shreds. Needless
to say, I didn't get their vote. 
<li>Both CEOs were called out of the meetings and given news which would 
have negatively impacted the ability to come to a consensus. Neither of us
revealed the information. I was too focused on just winning the 
short-term consensus,
with no regard for the future. Just like a real CEO. 
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... here in NoVA land there is currently a massive radio ad campaign for a
Rocky Mountain Radar radar-jamming product called the Phazer, which claims
to jam police radar (legally, because it doesn't actually put out any RF,
it is entirely passive) "or they'll pay for your ticket". When faced with
such a deal, I have heard many people say "how could they possibly back it
up that kind of a promise if it didn't work, they would be losing money
left and right paying for people's tickets". Then I recall the quote from
the inventor, "I could ship an empty black box with a weight in the bottom
and only get 22-24 percent back."
<br>-- Richard A. Steenbergen on NANOG today.
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