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Unpredictable - definitely, but we are trying to persuade the business world on this. see answers inline >>> <thomas@inorbit.com> 12/10/01 04:11PM >>> On Mon, 10 December 2001, "alan shore" wrote: > For example, if it takes one man 4 minutes to run one mile, how long will it >take two men? Maybe 2 minutes, maybe 4, maybe a bit less than 4 (-- maybe even a bit more). It depends on how the problem is truly defined. If each man runs a half mile concurrently, then 2 minutes. ANS - Neither man has completed the full one mile course, therefore the business world will NOT accept this If they each run the full mile (and the slowest runs a mile in four minutes and we're timing to the point the last man crosses the finish line), then 4 minutes. ANS - If the reliance is the slowest man, then why use 2 men. The business world will say, its costing twice the amount, to obtain the 4 minute result. If it's a half-mile relay, then maybe a bit less than 4 minutes. ANS - again why use 2 men when the second man does NOT see the path of the first man, what results would be obtained? In short, if management judged this technique to be the same as something like running a mile, the results are "unpredictable". Now, if the run included such elements as "you must step on every 'X' you find on the pavement along the way, and if you reach the finish line and find you missed one, you must go back to the 'X' previous to the one you missed and begin again from there; further, the designated letter may change at any point along the way to a 'Y' or 'Z' or any other letter -- there might be clues that tell you when a change is in effect", then it might easily be worthwhile to have a second set of eyes during the run. ANS - Don't get me wrong, I'm all for obtaining the correct result, but at what cost? What cost-analysis studies have been performed for either or both the single pair of eyes against the 2 pair of eyes. If it can be proven that 2 pair of eyes will result in a better/cheaper or safer product, then by all means go for it. Otherwise 1 pair of eyes will do. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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