Alan Dicey wrote:
> Blair Leatherwood wrote:
> 
>>
>> For some reason, I'm associating it with a story about reverse 
>> entropy; it may come from that story, or it may be another one in the 
>> collection. I can't place that one either--I know it's called "The 
>>  Effect" by a fairly well-known author.  The
concept is 
>> that the more you use something, the "better" it gets. 
That's really 
>> helpful, isn't it? ("I'm looking for a song by somebody about 
>> something; it has a tune and and goes da-da-da-da.  Can you help?").
>>
>> Blair
>>
>>
> David Brin, "The Practice Effect" 1984.  It's a novel, and
doesn't match 
> the original posters question, though.
> 
> http://www.davidbrin.com/practiceeffectsample1.html
> 
> 
I didn't think so, but his question took me off in that direction, and 
(since I couldn't come up with the title or the author--I did think it 
was David Brin, though), I thought I'd throw that into the discussion.

Blair
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