OT : A psychosocial question

Kamog · #1 August 18th, 2006, 09:48 PM

Really? A bunch of empty aluminum cans from $1000 worth of beer 1 year ago is worth $1214 today? That's hard to believe. By "earn" $214 do you mean a gain of $214 above the original $1000, or do you mean it is $214 total?

Xrati · #2 August 19th, 2006, 10:10 AM

Aluminum is up over a year ago, but your right, those numbers are inflated as only a mathmatician could do. See my point? There's only one way I know to prove / disprove this. Anyone up to trying it?

capnq · #3 August 19th, 2006, 11:58 AM

Xrati phrased that badly. The point is not that you "earn" $214, it's that you have more money left after investing in the beer than in the stocks. The experiences you had while drinking the beer are supposedly a bonus on top of that.

Cipher7071 · #4 August 19th, 2006, 05:10 PM

capnq is right.

...and please don't confuse mathematicians with the advertisers and politicians who distort their statistics.

I think, therefore I am, narf.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 August 19th, 2006, 07:43 PM

I didn't say 'Prove mathematicians'.