Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2003-03-09 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:22 PM 12/18/2002 -0600 Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: According to labor statistics, productivity for American workers continues to climb. I can understand how that is measured for industries in which there is a measurable *thing* produced, such as cars or toasters, but how do those statistics get

RE: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread J . v . Baardwijk
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: donderdag 19 december 2002 8:03 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer) Thereby confirming what everybody knows: that government employees don't

RE: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Lalith Vipulananthan
Erik wrote: working towards it). That thing is money = revenue = sales. Everything is fungible to an economist or a finance guy. So, to first order, I Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?! Lal GSV Confused ___

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread The Fool
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Other than that, lines of code per coder per month might tell you something, maybe. Of course, you have to average that over the lifetime It's something very close to ~ 3 lines code / Day. ___

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:13:02 -0500 On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:46:55PM -, Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: Erik wrote: working towards

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote: Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?! Interchangeable. Is it easier for you to post a question like that rather than surf to something like http://dictionary.com/ and find the answer? Well, he might not know about it?

RE: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Lalith Vipulananthan
Jon wrote: Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?! Interchangeable. Is it easier for you to post a question like that rather than surf to something like http://dictionary.com/ and find the answer? Well, he might not know about it? Lal, you can also try

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:36 PM 12/18/02 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: Everything is fungible to an economist or a finance guy. Please! Watch your language! OK, what was the problem word, fungible or economist? ;) Julia ___

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: Embarassingly enough, I knew about both of those already, but the word looked made up. Silly me for such a strange assumption. Lal GSV I Blame The Culture List And not your Xompitor? Doug Or however you spell it.

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-18 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 08:22:30PM -0600, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: According to labor statistics, productivity for American workers continues to climb. I can understand how that is measured for industries in which there is a measurable *thing* produced, such as cars or toasters, but how do

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: According to labor statistics, productivity for American workers continues to climb. I can understand how that is measured for industries in which there is a measurable *thing* produced, such as cars or toasters, but how do those statistics get determined for

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-18 Thread Steve Sloan II
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: According to labor statistics, productivity for American workers continues to climb. I can understand how that is measured for industries in which there is a measurable *thing* produced, such as cars or toasters, but how do those statistics get determined for

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-18 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:36:16PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: My first reaction is -- every company produces a measurable thing (or is working towards it). That thing is money = revenue = sales. Everything is fungible to an economist or a finance guy. So, to first order, I would think

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-18 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:19:07PM -0600, Steve Sloan II wrote: Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: According to labor statistics, productivity for American workers continues to climb. I can understand how that is measured for industries in which there is a measurable *thing* produced, such as cars or

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:36 PM 12/18/02 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: Everything is fungible to an economist or a finance guy. Please! Watch your language! --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle