On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> Hubert Hung-Hsien Chang wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Marc Printz wrote:
> > > Renfield Kuroda wrote:
> > > > (...)
> > > > Also, "time usage" is a sketchy one. Does that count time composing
> > > > emails? Just sending and receiving? Interesting numbers, but not very
> > > > conclusive.
> > >
> > > ...which reminds me: How long is the coastline of Norway? ;-)
> >
> > 21,925 km. in case you are really interested. :)
>
> I think you missed the point, which is that both measurements depend on
> the resolution at which you measure.
>
> In the case of coastlines, the measured length will increase as your
> notional measuring stick shrinks, because you start to include smaller
> and smaller variations. (Also, your measurement will vary greatly over
> short periods of time.)
>
> In the case of measuring use of information services, the result again
> depends on the resolution at which you measure. Do you count time
> spent pressing buttons, or each minute in which there was some
> interaction, or something else? This gets worse with self-reporting
> surveys where the measurements won't even be consistent.
>
>
> [ Did you check the archives? http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/ ]
>
>
Dear Ben:
I was humoring you. yes, I do understand and know your point.
I didn't read the original reaport which is in Japanese.
A few of the keitai-l-ers have posted the source.
If the voice is also based in packet then it is probably more reasonable.
Hubert
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Received on Sun Mar 25 17:11:59 2001