Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:05:32 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Michael Robinson" <robinson@netrinsics.com>, <matt@zigg.com> Cc: <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Learning curves (was Re: Newbee) Message-ID: <000a01bef0ae$5f73e880$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <199908271549.XAA29148@netrinsics.com>
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> It seems that the professionals (i.e. "eggheads") use flat slope (i.e. > "shallow learning curve") to refer to a difficult-to-learn task, and steep > slope (i.e. "steep learning curve") to refer to an easy-to-learn task. > > -Michael Robinson Which is only logical. A steep slope means that one variable changes rapidly with respect to the other one. A shallow slope means you have to move one variable pretty far to move the other one just a little. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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