The Mendoza Line…
Anybody who has ever been a fan of baseball is familiar with the Mendoza line. It’s an expression derived from Mario Mendoza, a player who was a strong defensive player, but a very poor hitter. In a five-year stretch from 1975–1979, Mendoza’s batting average was well below .200, which for the non-fans means that Mario got a hit fewer than 20 times out of 100 attempts (or At Bats). The clubhouse joke that established “the Mendoza Line” quickly became part of baseball lexicon, and today any position player’s batting average that falls below .200 …
Picture this. You’re about to get embark on a road trip and when you enter your vehicle you quickly realize that something is different. Your car has no seatbelts, no speedometer, no side mirrors, and moments after you get on the road you are shocked to see that all the signs, lights and markings that you have come to rely on are missing. There are no painted lines on the roads, no speed limit signs, no stop signs, no traffic lights, no directional arrows — absolutely nothing that makes you believe that the trip ahead of you will be safe…
MOST OF THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN 2017, BUT NEVER PUBLISHED AS I JUDGED IT TO BE TOO PROMOTIONAL. HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF MR. ZUCKERBERG’S RECENT BLOG, A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking, WHICH ADDRESSES FACEBOOK’S INTENT TO PIVOT TO A SECURE AND PRIVATE SERVICE, I HAVE NOW DECIDED TO PUBLISH THIS OPEN LETTER TO THE FOUNDER OF FACEBOOK. OVER TO YOU, MR. Z.
I am reaching out to you today as you are the undeniable leader of Facebook Nation (FN), the largest organized entity in the world, having surpassed the Republic of China this past year. With 2.3 Billion…
Anybody who’s ever read the iconic MAD magazine would be familiar with the wordless Spy vs Spy cartoon. First published in January, 1961, it features two agents involved in stereotypical and comical espionage activities. One is dressed in white, and the other in black, but they are otherwise identical. A parody of the political ideologies of the Cold War, the strip is now in its 68th year and continues to delight its loyal readers.
Nations spying on one another is as old as the creation of geographical borders. And when the notion of spying entered the public persona, through literature…
Bill Montgomery
CEO at VIBE Cybersecurity International LLC. I’m a passionate, high-energy leader who is bent on helping render our connected world a safer, more secure place.
