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Angry Birds is destroying the U.S. economy
14 Sep 2011 09:46 #1
by Wayne Harrison
Angry Birds is destroying the U.S. economy was created by Wayne Harrison
Every March, it is a requirement that every newspaper and website in every town in the United States run a story about how much money American companies lose because people watch the NCAA basketball tournament instead of working.
Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, the consulting firm that makes such estimates, has tried their hand at other games recently, too. A couple years ago, they gave a number for fantasy football, saying the hobby costs companies $10.5 billion in lost wages. So, when I heard today that people play 200 million minutes of Angry Birds a day, I wanted to know if the company had ever looked into lost productivity resulting from those dastardly pigs and their winged assassins.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... ds/244972/
Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, the consulting firm that makes such estimates, has tried their hand at other games recently, too. A couple years ago, they gave a number for fantasy football, saying the hobby costs companies $10.5 billion in lost wages. So, when I heard today that people play 200 million minutes of Angry Birds a day, I wanted to know if the company had ever looked into lost productivity resulting from those dastardly pigs and their winged assassins.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... ds/244972/
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14 Sep 2011 11:17 #3
by ScienceChic
:woo hoo: :banana: :cool0012: :goodpost: lol 
It's all part of my evil plan to take over the world - soon you won't need Facebook, Twitter, or angry Birds! Mwwuuuu-hahahahahaha!
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic Angry Birds is destroying the U.S. economy
SS109 wrote: 285Bound steals all my productivity. More fun than spreadsheets.
:woo hoo: :banana: :cool0012: :goodpost: lol It's all part of my evil plan to take over the world - soon you won't need Facebook, Twitter, or angry Birds! Mwwuuuu-hahahahahaha!
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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14 Sep 2011 17:28 #8
by jf1acai
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
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I thought Obama said it was ATM's that were to blame for the bad economy... 
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
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