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ctwxman writes "A year and a half ago my boss approached me, asking me to finish some college courses to get certification in what I've been doing for the past 20+ years. The courses are offered by Mississippi State University. Since I live in Connecticut, I am taking my lessons on DVD and videocassette with tests, quizzes and helpful advice from TA's online. It didn't take me long to realize how s-l-o-w the whole lecture process was. But with WinDVD4, I started ramping up the speed. It didn't take long to get to 2x normal speed. Other than the lectures taking half the time, I didn't miss anything. Yes, the speech is a little clipped, but these are college lectures. There are no speed demons delivering at the MSU lectern. I posted my 'discovery' to our online student bulletin board and found many other students were scared of the idea. But, for me wearing headphones (important I think), these hyper lessons are just as good as watching at normal speed. Now, The New York Times (sacrifice of eldest child required) has legitimized my claim with this article showing how and why others are rapidly jumping on the high speed watching bandwagon."
I'm from MS, so I can say this. The reason that this works is because we talk half as fast.
The estimated viewing time for this training video is 15.62 minutes.
More than 18 minutes -- Check the security videotape, see just what this employee was up to (e.g. possible unauthorized restroom break).
16-18 minutes -- Employee is a methodical worker, may sometimes get hung up on minor details.
15.63-16 minutes -- Asswipe. Not to be trusted.
Exactly 15.62 minutes -- Smartass. Needs attitude counseling.
14-15.61 minutes -- Employee is an efficient worker, may someteimes miss emportant details.
10-14 minutes -- Keep an eye on this employee; maybe developing slipshod attitude.
6-10 minutes -- Time for an employee conference and possible attitude counseling.
Less than 6 minutes -- Disable fast-forward button on the user's video player, re-block Slashdot.org on the company firewall.
Personally, I think the best thing a Uni student will ever own is a variable speed notetaker.
:)
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