On 2007-04-20, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Apr 2007 12:25:40 GMT, Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> >> But if a wrong idea is circulating and nobody ever tries to correct it, >> people will continue with the wrong idea. All I did was make a simple >> remark, that as I suggested anyone could ignore, but that would allow >> those willing to learn, to further investigate. >> > But is it a "wrong idea" if 999 people interpret the phrase one way, > and just 1 insists upon an interpretation that, while correct in a small > technical area, results in misunderstanding when speaking with the other > 999? > > The lay person sees "productivity" as movement on the x-axis (I'm > "here" [start of job], I need to get "there" [end of job]).
I dare you. Give some people some data: Like the productivity of each month in a year and ask them to put those numbers on a graph. I bet most will put the months on the x-axis and the productivity on the y-axis. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
