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This guy sounds fucking stupid. It's partially because of fucking stupid guys like this, the economy went down and now IT firms are hiring H1b's!!!! BLAH
First and foremost, from the articles that I have read on ATCs, I've come to see that they are of the small bunch that does their best to avoid using computers. One article which comes to mind was in one of the April 2002 issues of the New Yorker (it's by Malcolm Gladwell titled "The Social Life of Paper").
Anyway, ATC's have been used as a key example within some recent works such as a book called The Myth of the Paperless Office, by Abigail Sellen and Richard Harper. In the book, ATCs make use of shuffled and digested scraps -- or "strips," as so-called and expertly used by air traffic controllers -- and what is scribbled on them are mere extensions of the thought process. It is with these strips that are placed strategically on certain positions on tables that controllers are able to instantly relay information from one to another. I also recall that is one reason why these software packages don't do so well with ATCs.
Zones: For the past couple years, the minimum distance between two movie theaters has been dropped dramatically in search for higher profits. I believe Lucas has held to this Zoning somewhat by saying he would only have his movie seen on movie rooms that met to his standards. I don't recall Sony saying anything similar for Spiderman.
Age of viewers: If you go ticket by ticket, a movie that attracts X adults will make more revenue than a movie that attracts X children. Why? Adult tickets cost more than that for children! Sure you can toss in the factor that it takes at least one parent to take a group of one or more kids, but it attracts kids, thus more kids seeing it. This is one reason why you can argue that Harry Potter still made more success than Spiderman. Dollar for dollar, Spidey wins, but if you go by how many people went to see the movie, the damned male witch wins out. =P
I would assume that there's more to this than just mere ratios. There also has to be a lot of statistics involved. One of the major reasons why statistics developed in the early part of the 20th century was because Ma Bell wanted as much uptime as possible (i.e. the Five Nines). I'm sure there must be some translation of the telephony approach.
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This guy sounds fucking stupid. It's partially because of fucking stupid guys like this, the economy went down and now IT firms are hiring H1b's!!!! BLAH
Is this the same damn court that made a frenzy with the declaration the Pledge of Allegience is illegal?
What the hell is that, some twisted sequel to the Grinch?
First and foremost, from the articles that I have read on ATCs, I've come to see that they are of the small bunch that does their best to avoid using computers. One article which comes to mind was in one of the April 2002 issues of the New Yorker (it's by Malcolm Gladwell titled "The Social Life of Paper").
Anyway, ATC's have been used as a key example within some recent works such as a book called The Myth of the Paperless Office, by Abigail Sellen and Richard Harper. In the book, ATCs make use of shuffled and digested scraps -- or "strips," as so-called and expertly used by air traffic controllers -- and what is scribbled on them are mere extensions of the thought process. It is with these strips that are placed strategically on certain positions on tables that controllers are able to instantly relay information from one to another. I also recall that is one reason why these software packages don't do so well with ATCs.
A couple things you guys kinda forgot:
Zones: For the past couple years, the minimum distance between two movie theaters has been dropped dramatically in search for higher profits. I believe Lucas has held to this Zoning somewhat by saying he would only have his movie seen on movie rooms that met to his standards. I don't recall Sony saying anything similar for Spiderman.
Age of viewers: If you go ticket by ticket, a movie that attracts X adults will make more revenue than a movie that attracts X children. Why? Adult tickets cost more than that for children! Sure you can toss in the factor that it takes at least one parent to take a group of one or more kids, but it attracts kids, thus more kids seeing it. This is one reason why you can argue that Harry Potter still made more success than Spiderman. Dollar for dollar, Spidey wins, but if you go by how many people went to see the movie, the damned male witch wins out. =P
I would assume that there's more to this than just mere ratios. There also has to be a lot of statistics involved. One of the major reasons why statistics developed in the early part of the 20th century was because Ma Bell wanted as much uptime as possible (i.e. the Five Nines). I'm sure there must be some translation of the telephony approach.