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I don't understand software pricing
(This post has been sitting around in my Future Blog Posts folder for a long time, so I thought I'd finally post it.)Okay, so, in economic terms, firms price goods so as to maximize profit, with total profit being determined by marginal profit multiplied by the number of items sold at a given price (the latter being determined by the demand curve ( Read more... ) -
This sort of thing also works with giant octopi
So we're working on characters for the Tombs of Horrors pre-made setting, which cnogard is running this weekend. These characters are likely to die horrible, messy deaths. Mine has embraced this idea; he is a Trap Enthusiast, a connoisseur of hideous lethal devices. froborr is playing a Paladin/Lasher named Cordelia Belmont, who rides a lion named Gracie. dejapes's ( Read more... ) -
I Live After All
I was planning on making a post for New Years', and then I didn't. This post is essentially pointless, but I feel like posting it anyway.
1) There is no alchemical symbol for carbon. This must be rectified. Any suggestions?
2) It is possible to buy hagfish over the internet&mdash but I want live hagfish, darn it! Or possibly a hagfish stuffed ( Read more... ) -
Oh Wow, Trout is Back!
I thought it was completely dead! It hadn't updated since about 2002!
Trout is one of those websites that has exercised a truly disturbing degree of influence on my life. It is easily the most obscure of those websites (yes, even more obscure than Toastyfrog), and I don't believe I've ever met anyone else who reads it ( Read more... ) -
It's Just A Question
Do you ever think to yourself- while you are running an errand, say- something like the following: "Why am I here? Why am I holding this slip of paper in my hand? Why are the lights so harsh? Why is everything done in primary colors? Who are all these people? Who designed this thing, anyhow? I don't know. I don't like it here, very much. I wish I ( Read more... ) -
Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in Light of...
This is startlingly beautiful ( Read more... ) -
Posted Before It Gets Any Longer
1) Although I have done no formal study-- I am not quite that bored-- yet-- I have noted that car commercials seem to be a frequent occurrence on television. Many of these commercials rely on emotional appeals regarding the apparent fun-ness of driving the car in question. This state of affairs perplexes me. People do not buy cars very often, and ( Read more... ) -
Preliminary Weird Biology List
(I'm just posting this quickly before I go to sleep so that I remember to do something with it tomorrow eventually. It is often a good exercise for me to think of the most interesting plants and animals I can, quickly; I suspect that it exposes biases in my assessment of things.)
(Yes, this is preparatory to trying some Real Blogging. Using long ( Read more... )
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