what's that thing that says that getting something 99.99% right is going to be like ten times harder than getting it 99.9% right?

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it's like omega something? It was a book I think, some sort of business principle.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't think that extra effort is really worth the 0.09%

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

isnt it maths?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue201/omega1.jpg

"The closer you get to perfection, the more difficult it is to improve. Yup."

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

That sounds like Zeno's Paradox about the arrow.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Particle zero one zero, or the Omega molecule as Starfleet calls it, is infinitely complex -- yet harmonious. The molecules exist in a flawless state. Infinite parts functioning as one. To the Borg it represents perfection. Yet noone, not even the Borg, has yet been able to harness its power. Each time the Borg attempted to employ it as a power source, they failed. A single stable Omega molecule is said to contain the same amount of energy as a warp core.

http://www.geocities.com/shirkahr/Perfection.html

― Tonight at ten (kenan), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The law of diminishing returns, no?

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

that's related, but i don't think it's the same thing

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I swear I neither made this up nor got it from a fucking star trek episode.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.isixsigma.com/

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 27 September 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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