On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:02:04 +1130
Hello Mike from Lourens:
" On Wednesday 15 August 2001 08:53, Lourens Steenkamp wrote:
" > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:31:53 +1130
" > Lourens replied to Mike:
" >
" > " Otherwise, no, there's only 25 hours in each day.
" >
" > 25??
" > A lecturer of mine used to say: "If 24hrs a day is not enough, you
" just
" > have to learn to work at night"
"
" IBM actually have a 36 hour global day. 36 hours work are done in any
" 24 hour
" period from the point of reference. They divide the world up into 4 x 9
" hour
" segments and as one programming shift is going home in Baton Rouge, the
" next
" group is taking over the same project in Stockholm followed by those in
" Delhi
" (actually Agra) and so on. The people in Baton Rouge effectively see
" 36 hours work done from the time they come in each morning.
"
Thanks for that interesting info.
This would have brought a grin (at least) to the face of Albert ...
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