You Interrogate Suspects: You Interview Witnesses

However, if you ask the question, then interrupt the answer, that is obstructive.

And "How do you know" is argumentative at best. A throwback to the Golden-Plated days of daytime talk show television

Some people ask questions seeking information.
Other people ask questions so they can interrupt, contradict, argue, & pretend they're right.

Witness the news style infotainment programmes. These, one step above those golden-plated days of daytime talk show television. The ones where people interrupt others and say, "please allow me to finish." And notice: the ones who say, "please let me finish," never do.

You give trivial complaints to rookies & interns. That is too obvious to anyone involved in serious issues. One successful bit of litigation arose from the fact that the first attorney I spoke to had worn a suit without a jacket and had a crease in his collar. I guessed that they treated the issue as trivial. But when they were served, the lawyers from two top law firms were engaged.

On "The Talk", Dr. Phil was asked "how can you tell if someone is lying. He said, because they will say, "To tell you the truth" or "to be completely honest...." But I disagree. That only means the person is irritated by the person who thinks he's going to get the answer he wants by repeating the question ad lunacy [sic]

How do you know when someone is lying?  
[Redacted] Strategy is not discoverable.

To emphasise, I will quote the most eloquent of all Presidential Orators: Lyndon B. Johnson, who said, "I ain't never learned nothing talking."

SVP: Yes? No? Agree? Disagree? And, Why? I would appreciate some feedback from professionals in the field. Thank you, S.

Sincerest regards,

Slim
Box 33
Pen Argyl, PA 18072

PS. After a report to the "City Inspector" who documented
the incident, I received word of impending "repairs". That
however, was the modus operandi vis-a-vis a prior incident cited as part of their strategy. History repeats itself. Regards, Slim.


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The War by Metaphor

 

For 12 years, my blog articles have been about global  political
and economic events. The only skill I admit to is the ability to
speak in metaphors.

This is what's happening.
Here is the metaphor.

First: put yourself in the other person's shoes.

You rob a bank, wound a teller, make off with $100,000.
The #police & the #fbi have identified you. You have a record.

You instruct your Lawyer & your Agent to release the following
statement.

"Our client wants to negotiate a deal.
He will return half the money ($50,0000) & write the teller a
letter of apology if the bank agrees to let him keep half the
money & prosecutors agree not to prosecute. And he will
stop robbing banks."

The Banks Managers refuse. The Prosecutors refuse. Your
Lawyer issues another statement.

The Banks are being selfish and greedy. The prosecutors
show depraved indifference to pubic safety. My client has
not choice but to continue robbing banks. Some may be
injured. Some may be killed. It's all their fault. My client tried.

Would you accept that?

Bonus: Mr. Hitler offers to end WW II if the allies agree to allow:
Germany to Annex Western Europe &
Stalin to Annex Eastern Europe.

Regards,

Slim

Box 33
Pen Argyl, PA 18072
Etats-Unis

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Tim Cooks Aapl 's Brand

This is a business article.  However, we must address some of the clutter.

On CNBC Mr. Wozniak cited Constitutional Rights.  

Here is the IV Amendment.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Now, let's move on to the business issue. Because it is the business issues that will make or break Apple's future in the medium and long term.

When I wrote Apple Meets Hollywood, I was discussing the corporate success parabola.

Two years ago I suggested that APPLE and Facebook buy AOL Time Warner CNN. The reason? Content. $1.5 Billion Dollars + 1.5 Billion Users = Profit$ It never happened. However, others have been buying up content. Now, Apple is looking for content (original content) for their devices.  

I also wrote

At the same time, another topic near and dear to my heart, is the move to move “In sync” with Cisco. Why? To make Apple products more useful to more people.

You all know the basic paradigm.

• An organization grows large.

• Economies to scale meet the law of diminishing returns.

• Efficiencies decline.

• Focus on the quality of some products causes the quality of others to suffer.

• There is contention among employees working on different projects.

• Profits will attract competitors.

• A large number of competitors will nibble at profits.

• Unique features of competing products will create pressure to improve your product.

• Pressure on employees (and on bosses) will effect morale negatively.

• Some competitors will go out of business due to bad products or management.

• Other competitors will blend together through M&A creating larger competitors.

• Those competitors will benefit from economies to scale as they grow.

• There will be market penetration. And innovation. And competition.

• They will innovate and or cut prices causing you more pressure.

• Big companies will begin to sell off bits of itself to:

• Concentrate on our core

• Do what we do best

• Cut costs

• Become more efficient

• Focus on R&D

• Better serve our valued and appreciated customers.

Now, APPLE is meeting with Cisco. Great Move.

The real issue with FBI v. AAPL does, ultimately come down to a business issue.  Tim Cook is running the risk of rebranding AAPL in the worst way.

ANALOGY

During the Jimmy Carter gas crisis, Detroit (Synecdoche for The US Auto Industry) refused to embrace the smaller, 4-cylinder automobile. 

This offered the Japanese Auto Industry to penetrate the market.  

Japanese cars were not only relabeled as the economical car, they were soon relabeled as the ecological car.

The US auto industry lost market share.

Now look at the cell-phone.

Mr. Cook knows what he is saying, and knows what some of his customers are hearing. But ignores what others are hearing.

As Yogi Berra said, "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."

As Mr. Cook is pounding and propounding TRUST, he is speaking only to those people he wants to speak to.  However, others listening.  When he says, "Trust" others hear what he has to say.  By way of metaphor, right now, a terrorist is saying, "Let's buy i-phones. We can trust Apple to protect our privacy."  And exaggeration?  No.

And remember, we did capture Osama bin Laden, by tracking him through cell phones. 

And we need not discuss all phones or all technology. The safe and face-saving course would be for Apple to hack into one phone, give the information to the FBI, and have done with it.

Mr. Cook, however, is in a lose-lose situation.

1. His competitors can relabel i-phones as The Terrorist's Phone.

2. He can lose the case in the courts and lose a lot more than his is willing or can afford to lose.

All this, strictly, from a business viewpoint.

Competitors can use this as an opportunity to penetrate Apple's market.  A spirit of nationalism will move the market, the consumer, away from Apple to their own countries phones.

In addition, it is possible someone else will hack the iphone. The entire issue will become moot, and Tim Cook and Apple will suffer loss of face.  In Asian markets, this will become a death-knell to the Apple brand.

The issue is not privacy, rights, or national security.  The entire issue involves how Tim Cook handles a threat to his brand, his market share, and his bottom line.

Warmest regards,

Slim.

Slimfairview@yahoo.com

If anyone finds this to be helpful, please don't hesitate to send me a really tricked out Mac Book or i-pad & to tuck a few dollars into the envelope along with the thank you note. 



Bob Asken
Box 33
Pen Argyl, PA 18072

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