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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:23 PM
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Does anyone say "metrics" in real life?
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:29 PM
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1. I do, but not that often.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:31 PM
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4. I can't think of a single sentence in daily life using that word.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:30 PM
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2. I do, regularly....
I said it all the time with one meaning when I was in mathematics. I said it regularly now with a different meaning now that I'm in software development.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:33 PM
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5. hubba, hubba, look at them metrics.
Nah, it's still a word that hasn't escaped jargon.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:34 PM
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7. (shrug) Ok.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:41 PM
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13. I say it almost daily.
I work for an online business, we have sales metrics, software milestones and metrics, performance metrics... it's simpler than saying "the quantifiable values of...".
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RichardRay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:39 PM
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33. Yup, gotta love those metrics.
Where would be be in software development without them. (But it would probably be more fun...)
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JimGinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:47 PM
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38. Just The Other Day My Son Asked Me Which Wrenches I Needed - I Said "The Metrics"
:evilgrin:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:30 PM
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3. I do
but it's a commonly-used term in my profession.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:34 PM
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8. I wonder how it seeped into GDP.
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:34 PM
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6. I dont think Ive ever used that word in my life.
Probably one of the very few. :hi:
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:35 PM
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9. You and me both.
:hi:
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:43 PM
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15. I guess we're the only ones who dont heart math.
Too many numbers and stuff. :toast:
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:36 PM
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10. Almost every day...but its job related...
Outcome metrics to be specific.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:37 PM
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11. All the time in my job. n/t
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ithinkmyliverhurts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:39 PM
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12. I named my first son Metrics.
I love him 1.387656834 times more than his younger brother Stan.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:42 PM
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14. Lol, Hale fellow, well Met.
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:43 PM
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16. Yes, I and my colleagues. n/t
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:45 PM
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19. Do any of you know any dirty jokes using "metric"?
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:43 PM
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17. Yes, but it's an admittedly occasional thing.
Like when Obama won every metric in the primary, INCLUDING the popular vote.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:47 PM
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21. The thread is limited to real life, not GDP, use.
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BzaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:44 PM
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18. Yes.
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 05:44 PM by zlt234
But then again, this OP was a response to my post in another thread, so I probably don't count.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:45 PM
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20. calling out a fellow DUer?
not very neighborly.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:48 PM
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22. Who's named Metric, other than ithinkmyliverhurts' son?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:49 PM
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23. You know very well what you're doing
Don't play innocent. You're a bad actor.
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:51 PM
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24. yeah, when I'm selling wrenches on Craigslist - nt
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:53 PM
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25. Only when I go to Canada, eh?
Fortuantely, my car does the km/h and liters for me, so I don't need to convert them.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:54 PM
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26. a lot of SABR stat geeks use it...
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muryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:56 PM
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27. Yup
But I use a lot of words that aren't necessarily in common usage in my area.
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deadmessengers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:57 PM
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28. All the time.
When you're constantly measuring performance against benchmarks, that term comes in handy.
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Snarkoleptic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:58 PM
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29. Corporate America uses this term constantly when they try to quantify intangibles.
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:59 PM
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30. Yes I do.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:09 PM
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31. Like
Metricsystem?

When I am explaining the system of millimeters and deciliters.

When I am drunk.
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Donald Ian Rankin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:32 PM
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32. Yes, but I'm a mathematician.
so I don't know if I count as "in real life".
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:44 PM
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36. My profession as well. We keep metrics on what people do n/t
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:42 PM
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34. I guess we just embrace it...
Last week the boss sent out a memo that was peppered with "new, with-it" catch phrases. He reached out to someone and something blue skies...gads I was ready--to use a medieval term "puke."
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:44 PM
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35. Money people, eningeers, managers
It's just a substitute for 'measurement standards'.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:45 PM
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37. Yes. Regularly.
It's not that unique of a term.
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:45 PM
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39. daily
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sailor65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:45 PM
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40. In my field,
it's used often.
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:52 PM
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41. Sure, haven't you ever heard someone say they had to call a pair of metrics before?
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 08:53 PM by Major Hogwash
Bad boyz, bad boyz, whatcha ya gonna do, whatcha ya gonna do when they come for you?
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 10:35 PM
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42. I heard on the internets that our children is learning the metrics.
Every other country uses the metrics for measurements but us.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 10:37 PM
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43. Sometimes. But there are a few things I'd prefer to measure in inches.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 10:37 PM
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44. Yes, as in "I met Rick's sister and she was cute, but too young"
Rick then hit me for even noticing.
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