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October 4th, 2011, 05:28 AM
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a sage is behind the curtain?
Errr, Ummm
froggie just let his online character facade slip a bit 
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October 4th, 2011, 12:43 PM
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murky swamp water
ok, so now say for the two scenario's there is a way to gain an advantage over your competitors. the question becomes, how is such a given advantage affected by the number of said riders (say the competitors all have equal skill relative to one another, except for our hero of course)?
such that:
A = hero's advantage over other riders
Y = value of the prize
X = cost of the ride
where Y>X
P = number of riders
fixed cost scenario
there is a merry go round with twelve horses and a brass ring that has value greater than the cost of the ride.
a lone rider will always experience plus ev, cause he is gonna get the brass ring.
but if the ride fills up with more riders and the value of the brass ring and the cost of the ride doesn't change, then there may reach a point where our hero will experience either zero ev or negative ev if the numeric value of the ratio of the value of the brass ring to the cost of the ride isn't high enough.
fill in the blank lol, ______________[/QUOTE]
diminishing cost scenario
but suppose that the carnival had a promotion where the cost X of the ride was reduced by dividing the original ride cost by the number of riders while keeping the value of the brass ring the same.
fill in the blank lol, ______________
Last edited by sagefr0g; October 6th, 2011 at 09:04 AM.
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October 4th, 2011, 01:09 PM
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Where is the real froggie!
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October 4th, 2011, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by blackjack avenger
Where is the real froggie!
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BJavenger.......lmao.....it's him....the ole redchipper , voodoo loving guy, himself......... 
I'm afraid Froggo has found better bugs in another pond for the time being, until said bugs become scarce! He's trying to eat as many bugs as possible right now, nothing lasts forever. Gotta eat while the eatin is good.
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October 4th, 2011, 02:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Machinist
BJavenger.......lmao.....it's him....the ole redchipper , voodoo loving guy, himself.........
I'm afraid Froggo has found better bugs in another pond for the time being, until said bugs become scarce! He's trying to eat as many bugs as possible right now, nothing lasts forever. Gotta eat while the eatin is good.
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lmao, you guz are buggin me  
no but yup jus catchin bugs in the swamp here, maybe some day this amphibian will crawl onto dry land and evolve, like some people i know, lol.
so but yeah, nothing lasts forever, gotta eat while the eatin is good, jus what i told aslan, that what you told him?
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October 4th, 2011, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sagefr0g
lmao, you guz are buggin me
no but yup jus catchin bugs in the swamp here, maybe some day this amphibian will crawl onto dry land and evolve, like some people i know, lol.
so but yeah, nothing lasts forever, gotta eat while the eatin is good, jus what i told aslan, that what you told him? |
You KNOW that's what I tell everybody oh slippery one.
Funny you should mention him.......Anyways.....
Sittin here takin a break from chores............lookin at 4 horses..........thinking........
Or maybe questioning,,,,,,, are these guys +EV or -EV as I watch them eat 2 bales of hay at 6 bucks a bale!!!!.!
(Shaking my head). Uughhhhh. Every day they eat that......hmm
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October 4th, 2011, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Machinist
You KNOW that's what I tell everybody oh slippery one.
Funny you should mention him.......Anyways.....
Sittin here takin a break from chores............lookin at 4 horses..........thinking........
Or maybe questioning,,,,,,, are these guys +EV or -EV as I watch them eat 2 bales of hay at 6 bucks a bale!!!!.!
(Shaking my head). Uughhhhh. Every day they eat that......hmm
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i was thinkin the same thing about the gas tank on my car.......hmm
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October 4th, 2011, 05:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Machinist
You KNOW that's what I tell everybody oh slippery one.
Funny you should mention him.......Anyways.....
Sittin here takin a break from chores............lookin at 4 horses..........thinking........
Or maybe questioning,,,,,,, are these guys +EV or -EV as I watch them eat 2 bales of hay at 6 bucks a bale!!!!.!
(Shaking my head). Uughhhhh. Every day they eat that......hmm
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Don't you have a pasture? That is free food. They leave great fertilizer for the garden too.
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October 4th, 2011, 07:10 PM
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Your brass ring game scenario sounds like which of the following?
A. A Ponzi scheme
B. A pyramid scheme
C. An Amway sales meeting
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October 4th, 2011, 08:33 PM
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yep
Quote:
Originally Posted by tthree
Don't you have a pasture? That is free food. They leave great fertilizer for the garden too.
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Problem is we is in the middle of a dang ole drought. I have talked to a few of the farmers here......they cant remember such a bad year. I think we are sitting at 3 or 4 inches of rain for the whole year here..
We havent had any pasture all year since spring......It's horrible.....The cotton fields will yield nothing here.....unless its irrigated..
Very bad down here....we got maybe 2 inches out of the last tropical storm.....50 miles west they got 6 plus...
We have about ten acres to pasture on but when it isnt growing......well....... 
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