RE: Two persons per product"

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

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.

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.

If it's a half-mile relay, then maybe a bit less than 4 minutes.

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.

Tom Liotta

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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


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