Subj : Re: Motherboard change? To : comp.os.linux From : n2themiddle Date : Mon Aug 09 2004 11:42 am "Wally" wrote in message news:... > A friend wants to move his Linux hard disk from one PC to another, which > will entail a change of motherboard, and probably a change in CPU from an > AMD (probably Duron, 400-ish MHz) to Intel speaking of intel: A Better Way to Improve Intelligence The National Director Should Oversee Only the Agencies That Gather Data The Washington Post By John Hamre Monday, August 9, 2004; Page A15 The field of view of our intelligence community is too narrow. The community is relatively small and its component institutions isolated. It is understandably and necessarily preoccupied with protecting sources and methods. And bureaucracies naturally fight for resources. In that environment, intelligence bureaucrats, like bureaucrats in any organization, strive to please their policy bosses. Taken together, these factors contribute to an endemic narrowness of perspective. The shorthand label given to this problem is "groupthink." We need to fight that narrowness by creating more competition for ideas in the intelligence assessment world. The competition among ideas is improved when different organizations reporting to different bosses compete for better insights and perspectives. Bringing together the entire intelligence community under a single boss who exercises budget and personnel control would further constrain the constructive competition we need within the intelligence community. The two great problems -- connecting the dots and avoiding groupthink -- are in tension with each other. Implementing an organizational solution to just one of the problems will worsen the other. not connecting the dots and avoiding groupthink are two sides of the same coin. they're both symptoms of poor analysis. the best way of improving analysis is through rigorous accountability, in the most objective way possible, then followed by rewarding the best analysts and discarding the worst analysts. moreover, training and seminars go only so far. it's highly critical that the right analysts are hired in the first place. once a highly competent team is formed and developed, they will both connect the dots and avoid groupthink on the wrong paradigms. it always, always, always comes down to the people, and the best way of controling that is through budget and personnel authority. .