have not heard of that!
bell labs employees were used to mold the shape of the first handset
though... see:
http://www.smecc.org/robert_nordenswan.htm
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From: "Brad Parker" <brad_at_heeltoe.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:43 AM
Subject: Anyone know if this story is true?
>
> Anyone know if this story is true?
>
> http://www.phonehelp.com/p-1-50.htm
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> (story about bell labs experiment where handset cords are made shorter
> and shorter and help desk calls are monitored to find 'knee' in help
> call curve to use as optimal length of handset cords)
>
> certainly a little off topic - if there is a better place/list someone can
> suggest I'm all ears. (alt.bell-labs.stories? :-)
>
> I'm pretty gullible, so I believed it the first time I read it. I ran
> into it again recently at this URL...
>
> -brad
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>
>
Received on Sun Jan 18 2004 - 13:45:31 GMT