From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 27 7:53:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from megaweapon.zigg.com (megaweapon.zigg.com [206.114.60.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C3615EC6 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:52:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@zigg.com) Received: from localhost (matt@localhost) by megaweapon.zigg.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA04179; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:50:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@zigg.com) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:50:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Behrens To: Michael Robinson Cc: chat@freebsd.org, Jeff.Baker@acadhotline.net.au, stephen@math.missouri.edu Subject: Learning curves (was Re: Newbee) In-Reply-To: <199908271411.WAA28419@netrinsics.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Michael Robinson wrote: : >Picture this, if you will: : > : >A graph with two axes, the vertical being time and knowledge : >invested, and the horizontal being what you can accomplish. : All well and good, but that seems backwards. Time is almost always the : domain of a function, and proficiency should then be the range of the : function. Sorry, I never was good at math. I leave that to the eggheads. The important thing is that people understand it. I would wager from the widespread acceptance of the phrase that it is widely understood despite its apparent inconsistency with mathematical practice. : Where did you get this information? The first time I heard the phrase "steep learning curve", that picture jumped into my mind. The bit about Windows I added myself as part of an argument I was having with some colleagues. I wish I could cite something for you, but I can't. Matt Behrens Owner/Administrator, zigg.com Chief Engineer, Nameless IRC Network To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message