Re: Order of Magnitude

Subject: Re: Order of Magnitude
From: Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- jci -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:12:03 -0500


Maybe it's industry-specific, but "order of magnitude" has always meant
"factor of ten" around here. Something that improves by merely 2-3 times
isn't an order of magnitude at all, but just "2-3 times faster."

Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224

Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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