From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: peb@transcontech.co.uk ("Paul E. Bennett") Subject: Re: Make what user wants? Date: 1997/09/30 Message-ID: <875652458snz@transcontech.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 277382125 References: <5vnat7$ncf$1@news2.digex.net> <341F97D4.543C@dgb.nl> <342841CF.2494@doc.csusb.edu> X-Mail2News-Path: tcontec.demon.co.uk Reply-To: peb@transcontech.co.uk X-Mail2News-User: peb@transcontech.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 875659347 26795 peb transcontech.co.uk Organization: Transport Control Technology Ltd. Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <342841CF.2494@doc.csusb.edu> dick@doc.csusb.edu "Dick Botting JB341" writes: > The user asked that the new system print out on paper > about twenty pages of figures. We said OK.... Are you > sure that you want twenty pages offigures. The Client > said yes... [%X] > By the way... we got the output down to a single line... Others have referred to people being great pattern recognisers. Sometimes though it is difficult to spot a trend in the numbers alone. By all means sum and compare the numbers but wouldn't a graph in addition to this been helpful. Pictures make the patterns easier to recognise. -- Paul E. Bennett ................... Transport Control Technology Ltd. +44 (0)117-9499861 Going Forth Safely