This is semantics, it depends on what meaning you give the word "why"... you are talking about why as in causes here, but I don't think that was what you were asked about when somebody said "why isn't speed important?"
"Boston is not in Oklahoma because it's in Massachusetts, and Oklahoma and Massachusetts are two separate states and no city can belong to two states at once (afaik)." Doesn't that sound like an explaination?
Now, an explaination of "why isn't speed important", could be, for example, that it's not important because it doesn't affect your final productivity at all, or at least not in a considerable way compared to some N other factors.
Now, what's the cause of such a difference in the final users' productivity, maybe that can't be answered. But I don't think you were asked about it.
Sorry for wasting your time with this discussion, but I don't really see your point. Maybe I'm wrong after all but until now I don't see how that could be.
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This is semantics, it depends on what meaning you give the word "why"... you are talking about why as in causes here, but I don't think that was what you were asked about when somebody said "why isn't speed important?"
"Boston is not in Oklahoma because it's in Massachusetts, and Oklahoma and Massachusetts are two separate states and no city can belong to two states at once (afaik)." Doesn't that sound like an explaination?
Now, an explaination of "why isn't speed important", could be, for example, that it's not important because it doesn't affect your final productivity at all, or at least not in a considerable way compared to some N other factors.
Now, what's the cause of such a difference in the final users' productivity, maybe that can't be answered. But I don't think you were asked about it.
Sorry for wasting your time with this discussion, but I don't really see your point. Maybe I'm wrong after all but until now I don't see how that could be.