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June 14, 2004

Order of Magnitude Quiz: Telecommuting

Robert Weisman in the Boston Globe today cites a study by In-Stat/MDR that estimates the number of telecommuters employed by businesses in the US. What is the right number? (No, the article doesn't say how the study defines telecommuting.)

To see the answer, drag-select the seemingly-blank space between the x's:

X Twelve million and two hundred thousand X

Posted by D. Weinberger at June 14, 2004 03:01 PM

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A bit of an aside, but I believe printing text the same color as your background can get you in bad standing with google. Google would probably forgive you though.

Posted by: Sarah | June 14, 2004 05:38 PM

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