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“Early on in the product, to play music took eight or nine seconds, and it’s just unusable when it’s like that,” Mr. Limp said. “Now it’s often 1,000 millisecon
by david927 11y ago
“Early on in the product, to play music took eight or nine seconds, and it’s just unusable when it’s like that,” Mr. Limp said. “Now it’s often 1,000 milliseconds
If only there was another way to say 1,000 milliseconds...
- narsil 11y ago10e6 microseconds? ;) The quote came from Dave Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president for devices. I feel that people in senior positions such as the person quoted are far more focused on metrics and tangible results (e.g. "reduced Q4 defect ppm by X%") so it probably becomes second nature to alter the phrases used favorably. To a passive listener or someone skimming the article, milliseconds can seem far better. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people need to think for a second before realizing 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
- loco5niner 11y agoaka, marketing-speak
- wpietri 11y agoI think you're making him look unnecessarily bad by not giving the full quote: "Now it’s often 1,000 milliseconds or 1,200 milliseconds."
- maxxxxx 11y agoIt annoys me often in articles that they switch between units in the same sentence. I often read things like "Less than 40% of people did this but an amazing two fifths of participants did that". Most people have no idea how to compare the two. I bet a lot of people don't know whether a 1000 milliseconds is more or less than eight seconds.