Beware the stupid and industrious!
Quote of the day
A Wikipedia editor named MalcolmMcDonald reminded me of this quote, and I had to search long and hard to find it, and who said it:
"I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Most often two of these qualities come together. The officers who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Those who are stupid and lazy make up around 90% of every army in the world, and they can be used for routine work. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately!" - Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, apparently quoted in On the German Art of War: Truppenführung, Lynne Rienner, 2001, edited and translated by Bruce Condell and David T. Zabecki
Variations of this quote have been attributed, without supporting citations, to Erich von Manstein and to Alfred Graf von Schlieffen.
I wish there was a way for Wikipedia to follow Herr von Hammerstein-Equord's advice and remove MalcolmMcDonald immediately.
Sarcasm or ignorance? Or maybe something else?
http://lanemotormuseum.org/collection/motorcycles/303-kamasura-250-vrx-1987
No, your eyes do not deceive you. The Kamasura 250 VRX, described in the text as having "refined and elegant styling" and "generous performance combined with flexibility" is, in fact, a motorized bicycle. The text probably came directly from the sales brochures.
What page 111 of The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle tells me about the Kamasura VRX-250, however, is: "It is only of interest for the sales technique used in the U.S. to unload them onto the unsuspecting public. By mail, people were asked to become test riders to help evaluate a new motorcycle. A free motorcycle was promised for just $367 in freight charges; the 'revolutionary new motorcycle' that arrived was a motorized bicycle worth around $150."
I am not sure why the Lane Motor Museum displays their Kamasura 250 VRX with the sales hype as the text instead of explaining what happened. Maybe they figure a picture is worth a thousand words and they expect us to get the joke. Or maybe they're just stupid. Or maybe they think we are.
A Wikipedia editor named MalcolmMcDonald reminded me of this quote, and I had to search long and hard to find it, and who said it:
"I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Most often two of these qualities come together. The officers who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Those who are stupid and lazy make up around 90% of every army in the world, and they can be used for routine work. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately!" - Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, apparently quoted in On the German Art of War: Truppenführung, Lynne Rienner, 2001, edited and translated by Bruce Condell and David T. Zabecki
Variations of this quote have been attributed, without supporting citations, to Erich von Manstein and to Alfred Graf von Schlieffen.
I wish there was a way for Wikipedia to follow Herr von Hammerstein-Equord's advice and remove MalcolmMcDonald immediately.
Sarcasm or ignorance? Or maybe something else?
http://lanemotormuseum.org/collection/motorcycles/303-kamasura-250-vrx-1987
No, your eyes do not deceive you. The Kamasura 250 VRX, described in the text as having "refined and elegant styling" and "generous performance combined with flexibility" is, in fact, a motorized bicycle. The text probably came directly from the sales brochures.
What page 111 of The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle tells me about the Kamasura VRX-250, however, is: "It is only of interest for the sales technique used in the U.S. to unload them onto the unsuspecting public. By mail, people were asked to become test riders to help evaluate a new motorcycle. A free motorcycle was promised for just $367 in freight charges; the 'revolutionary new motorcycle' that arrived was a motorized bicycle worth around $150."
I am not sure why the Lane Motor Museum displays their Kamasura 250 VRX with the sales hype as the text instead of explaining what happened. Maybe they figure a picture is worth a thousand words and they expect us to get the joke. Or maybe they're just stupid. Or maybe they think we are.