"A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is inversely related to the speed at which the queue is served."

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Source : "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 108), 1968.

Anthony Stafford Beer

#Moving Quotes #Doe Quotes #Speed Quotes

“The necklace is the anchor; it's the classification of jewelry that says what the whole idea is about.”
“A Glass Eye leaped out from behind a parcked smail-trasport, blocked thier way. "Did you drop something?" Dodge asked the assassian. "Caus I think I see you..." he unheathed his sword and swung, decapitating the Glass Eye in one blow, "...head over there.”
“I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.”
“In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.”
“And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.”
“It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.”
“What sort of attractions do you think lured our coreligionists out of the ghetto and into the mainstream of European culture? Was it the wit of MoliÃ¨re, or the ingenious stage mechanisms of PixÃ©rÃ©court? Or was it simply the opportunity to cast an eye, without shame, upon the living, unclad human form?”
“He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.”

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