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Subject: Of all the things to have a nightmare about...
DarthAmerica    5/29/2006 3:38:12 AM
...POWERPOINT!!!

Dont get me wrong its a useful tool for briefings/presentations. But am I the only one who got more than a little annoyed by people who got overly creative with a PP presentation?

I'm quite sure this will bore people to death but surely somebody has experienced this besides me?


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gf0012-aust    Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/29/2006 3:57:09 AM
Powerpoint capability is the tool de riguer for a military presentation. it means that you can distract the audience .... ;) rules for promotion, politically sing, politically dance, be an expert at obfuscation - and know your powerpoint. ;)
 
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DarthAmerica    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/29/2006 12:09:15 PM
So true, thats exactly what it is. How did I know you would understand...;)
 
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S-2    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...Courtesy of AR   5/29/2006 1:08:42 PM
"This is my PowerPoint. There are many like it, but mine is XP. My PowerPoint is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My PowerPoint without me is useless. Without my PowerPoint, I am useless. I must format my slides true. I must brief them better than the others who are trying to outbrief me. I must brief the impact on the CDR before he asks it of me. I will. My PowerPoint and I know that what counts is not the number of slides, the colors of the highlights, nor the format of the bullets. We know that it is the new information that counts. We will brief only new information. My PowerPoint is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as my brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its fonts, its accessories, its formats, and its colors. I will keep my PowerPoint slides current and ready to brief. We will become part of each other. We will... Before God, I swear this creed. My PowerPoint and I are defenders of our country. We are the masters of our subject. We are the saviors of my career. So be it, until victory is ours and there is no enemy but peace."
 
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shek    Ten-hut!   5/29/2006 4:53:40 PM
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DarthAmerica    RE:Ten-hut!   5/29/2006 5:13:28 PM
MAKE IT STOP!!!
 
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stbretnco    powerpoint hell   5/29/2006 9:32:57 PM
As an Ops NCO, I have come to loathe microsoft, powerpoint, briefings (that take hours instead of being brief), and "visits" from higher. I REALLY hate the officers who can take a 5 minute brief and turn it into a 2 hour dog and pony show.
 
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Yimmy    RE:powerpoint hell   5/29/2006 9:53:12 PM
A long breifing can be an ideal opportunity to learn how to sleep with your eyes open. A long de-brief on the other hand, at the end of a long hard exercise, is pure sadism.
 
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Yimmy    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/29/2006 9:55:43 PM
Come to think of it... you have just given me an idea.... I shall make a fortune! The military can't use Powerpoint in the field obviously, as there are no power points (hehe...)... so I shall invent the wind up Powerpoint computer. I shall sell thousands to the military and make my fortune, and put many thousands through irritable Hell for decades to come!
 
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S-2    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/29/2006 9:59:09 PM
Give it just a bit. Somebody, I'm sure, is working on something far worse.
 
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shek    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/29/2006 10:06:42 PM
Give me $50, and I can buy or make an adapter that allows me run a laptop off a SINCGARS battery for hours on end. Power is not the issue, and with Panasonic Toughbooks, neither is durability.
 
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Nanheyangrouchuan    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/29/2006 11:56:18 PM
PowerPoint Ranger might be offended by this post.
 
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Nanheyangrouchuan    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/30/2006 12:01:15 AM
Powerpoint is to try to give people something to look at so they don't pay so much attention to a completely useless speech. I've been more impressed with those who use Quicktime for presentations. Dolby DBX and flashy graphics do a much better job at glossing over wasted time.
 
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stbretnco    RE:Of all the things to have a nightmare about...   5/30/2006 7:00:08 AM
Yimmy, You obviously haven't seen the setups for formal AARs(after action reviews) in the field. We have portable PowerPoint comps and projectors. It's damned near illegal for an observer controller to leave home without it. After all, company level AARs just aren't complete without a full PP slidesgow. (and to the cheese d1ck who came up with that, may you wind up in your own personal hell)
 
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gf0012-aust    as well as   5/30/2006 7:20:23 AM
anyone used "mindmapping" type software? thats the next corporate virus sitting in the queue waiting to drive decision makers mad. basically its software that allows you to post random ideas and equally random concepts and then "link" them altogether into one virtual but lucid process. apparently in defiance of normal laws of physics, clusters of unstructured centrifugal thought result in a compressed, focussed and actionable solution. ;) naturally you then present the final package to a captive audience via powerpoint, cappucino and cream biscuits.
 
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Heorot    RE:Jimmy - wind up computer.   5/30/2006 7:56:41 AM
It's already been done! Only $100 too! link
 
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