Musings, leadership tidbits and quotes posted by a retired Navy Captain (really just a high performing 2nd Class Petty Officer) who hung up his uniform a bit too early. He still wears his Navy service on his sleeve. He needs to get over that. "ADVANCE WARNING - NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT!" A "self-appointed" lead EVANGELIST for the "cryptologic community". Keeping CRYPTOLOGY alive-one day and Sailor at a time. 2015 is 80th Anniversary of the Naval Security Group.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Noise versus difference
Given a choice, I prefer making a difference to making noise. Time for some of you to stop talking (noise making) and to start making a difference.
Signal-to-noise ratio is sometimes used informally to refer to the ratio of useful information to false or irrelevant data in a conversation or exchange.
Being a crypie I just had to throw this out there!
A good post, but unfortunately there are many of us who are unable to distinguish between making a difference and making noise. I have to include myself in that group because I am no different in many ways than the average self absorbed individual. But I would like to think that for the last 20 years of a naval career I kept my Shipmates best interest in mind. I still correspond with a number of those Shipmates even though it has been more than 32 years since I retired from the Navy. After all this time a number of these good folks often remind me that I made a difference in their lives, what else could an old Sailor ask for?
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It's a blog. Blogs are noise makers.
Fortunately, Ensign, this blog is a difference maker - quietly.
We commenters are the noise.
We commenters are the noise.
Signal-to-noise ratio is sometimes used informally to refer to the ratio of useful information to false or irrelevant data in a conversation or exchange.
Being a crypie I just had to throw this out there!
Captain Lambert,
A good post, but unfortunately there are many of us who are unable to distinguish between making a difference and making noise. I have to include myself in that group because I am no different in many ways than the average self absorbed individual. But I would like to think that for the last 20 years of a naval career I kept my Shipmates best interest in mind. I still correspond with a number of those Shipmates even though it has been more than 32 years since I retired from the Navy. After all this time a number of these good folks often remind me that I made a difference in their lives, what else could an old Sailor ask for?
Very Respectfully,
Navyman834
1170 ENS - Getting qualified is the difference. Noise is posting on blogs instead of getting qualified.
It's all about balance...
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