The Mysterious Black Box
First off, let me apologize. It's been almost 2 months since my last post. Second off, let me apologize again. It's pretty egocentric of me to feel like I need to apologize to you for not gracing you with my wisdom and insight more frequently. So sorry for the lag in posts, and sorry again for the slight egomania. There. Now that we have that all cleared up let's get down to business. Most people in the business world are familiar with something called a black box. This is a different black box than the one found in the cockpit of an airplane (which is actually bright orange). For those of you that haven't encountered that term in this context, it's really nothing more than a generic description of any process where there is an input and an output, but nobody knows what happens in between. For example my auto mechanic is a black box. I take the car to him, he does some things that I don't understand and he gives the car back....