atw: (Veering slightly OT:) Word to Frame
- From: "Stuart Burnfield" <slb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:12:02 +0800
> The vertical axis is the amount of learning and
> the horizontal axis is accumulated time.
>
> If you learn something quickly, the amount of time taken is
> small and the amount of learning high - so the curve is steep.
>
> If something is difficult to learn, it takes a long time to
> learn, and so the curve is relatively less steep.
Maybe these is one of those cases (like 'quantum leap') where the
vernacular meaning is wildly different from its original meaning.
It makes more sense if you think of the horizontal axis as
productivity. So a steep learning curve would mean that you
have to learn a lot before you can begin to do much useful work.
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield "I thought diaeresis was an
Gentoo Communications embarrassing intestinal
slb at westnet dot com dot hey you disorder, till I discovered
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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