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Article #1384Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware
From: R. Tang
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 18:02
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 18:02
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In article <413jjl$jhs@sundog.tiac.net>, Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> wrote: >docjoe@interramp.com (Joe Ragosta) wrote: >You know, I remember reading about an intersting study in user productivity >once (the name Tayler comes to mind, but I'm not sure). The study wanted >to find out about the effect of lighting upon production on some sort of >manufacturing floor. The experimenters increased the light, and -- sure >enough -- the productivity increased. So they increased the light again, >and the productivity increased again. Hmmm... They increased it again >(it was getting rather *bright* in there), and sure enough -- productivity >increased yet again. Then they tried decreasing the light, and you know >what -- the productivity increased. The experimenters finally figured out >that the reason productivity kept increasing was because *someone* was >paying attention. This is, of course, the prime example of a little knowledge being dangerous. Now, explain how THIS study fits in, theoretically, with the Mac. vs. Windows studies. -- Roger Tang, gwangung@u.washington.edu, Artistic Director PC Theatre The most unAmerican thing you can say is "He/she makes too much money."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.u.washington.edu!gwangung From: gwangung@u.washington.edu (R. Tang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware Date: 21 Aug 1995 18:02:33 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Message-ID: <41ahnp$a2t@nntp5.u.washington.edu> References: <stephenkDD9Ay3.H7D@netcom.com> <danpop.808786740@rscernix> <docjoe-1808952118480001@ip198.wilmington.de.interramp.com> <413jjl$jhs@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu