Saturday, December 04, 2004
Christmas Season is Upon Us
by Tom Bozzo
John decides he doesn't want to get too close to Santa Claus.
Julia's sleep is undisturbed.
Some conversational snippets (party of economists)...
Colleague #1 (due to start having children Real Soon Now): So, does the second [child] increase the work linearly or exponentially?
Me: Oh, logarithmically...
[...]
Colleague #2 (to table): Economies of scale are exhausted with the second. If you're going to have three, you might as well have four, five, six...
From the company Christmas party:
John decides he doesn't want to get too close to Santa Claus.
Julia's sleep is undisturbed.
Some conversational snippets (party of economists)...
Colleague #1 (due to start having children Real Soon Now): So, does the second [child] increase the work linearly or exponentially?
Me: Oh, logarithmically...
[...]
Colleague #2 (to table): Economies of scale are exhausted with the second. If you're going to have three, you might as well have four, five, six...
