Comments for statastic.com http://statastic.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:45:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on War, Peace and Video Games - pt. 2 by a thaumaturgical compendium » Blog Archive » Remaindered Links: Amusingly Creepy Edition http://statastic.com/2006/08/01/war-peace-and-video-games-pt-2/#comment-10073 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:57:55 +0000 http://statastic.com/2006/08/01/war-peace-and-video-games-pt-2/#comment-10073 [...] America’s Army, already a creepy, if fun, idea, is stepping up the creep factor with a an arcade version. The game “includes a significant amount of authentic Army videos and other information designed to immerse the player in the Army culture.” Except, you know, the blood. Because that would be icky. I suggest two improvements. First, you should ask those who get high scores for their home phone numbers, so that a recruiter can call. (Come on, haven’t you been watching any movies?) Second, if they could partner with Diebold, they could come up with a dual use voting/gaming machine! They need to stay ahead of the curve if they want to beat out the rival game-makers. [...] […] America’s Army, already a creepy, if fun, idea, is stepping up the creep factor with a an arcade version. The game “includes a significant amount of authentic Army videos and other information designed to immerse the player in the Army culture.” Except, you know, the blood. Because that would be icky. I suggest two improvements. First, you should ask those who get high scores for their home phone numbers, so that a recruiter can call. (Come on, haven’t you been watching any movies?) Second, if they could partner with Diebold, they could come up with a dual use voting/gaming machine! They need to stay ahead of the curve if they want to beat out the rival game-makers. […]

]]> Comment on A Nation of Spoiled, Trust Fund Warhawks? by Terraforming, v.2: getting the big picture on war and peace http://statastic.com/2007/02/07/a-nation-of-spoiled-trust-fund-warhawks/#comment-8823 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:05:45 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/02/07/a-nation-of-spoiled-trust-fund-warhawks/#comment-8823 [...]  orthogonal post from Statastic: [...] […]  orthogonal post from Statastic: […]

]]> Comment on Arbritage and the Forever Stamp by Statastico http://statastic.com/2007/05/14/arbritage-and-the-forever-stamp/#comment-4642 Mon, 14 May 2007 19:12:05 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/05/14/arbritage-and-the-forever-stamp/#comment-4642 A pre-emptive note: It seems unlikely that a speculator would find a guaranteed futures contract for 41.9 cents per stamp (after all, why not just buy the $.41 stamps yourself?). Nonetheless, there will be some period where a secondary market crops up where forever stamps will be sold at less than the official new rate. How long and the price will be determined by the existing supply of $.41 forever stamps. A pre-emptive note:
It seems unlikely that a speculator would find a guaranteed futures contract for 41.9 cents per stamp (after all, why not just buy the $.41 stamps yourself?).

Nonetheless, there will be some period where a secondary market crops up where forever stamps will be sold at less than the official new rate. How long and the price will be determined by the existing supply of $.41 forever stamps.

]]> Comment on If Planets Were the Size of Countries on Earth by strange maps - für Liebhaber von Landkarten und auf ihnen dargestellten Informationen bei im web gefunden http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-3776 Mon, 07 May 2007 15:41:13 +0000 http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-3776 [...] diesen Beitrag sind: Die Kommentare per RSS 2.0-Feed verfolgenEinen Kommentar hinterlassenEinen Trackback von Deinem Blogsenden [...] […] diesen Beitrag sind: Die Kommentare per RSS 2.0-Feed verfolgenEinen Kommentar hinterlassenEinen Trackback von Deinem Blogsenden […]

]]> Comment on Edison Flies a Kite by meneame.net http://statastic.com/2007/03/30/edison-flies-a-kite/#comment-2292 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:59:37 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/03/30/edison-flies-a-kite/#comment-2292 <strong>¿Qué altitud puede alcanzar una cometa?...</strong> &#34;¿Qué altitud máxima puede alcanzar una cometa? Pues según el tipo, entre los 30 y los 11.500 metros. Claro, que también habría que acotar qué entendemos por “cometa”. En este cuadro elaborado por Statastic podemos verlo de manera gráf... ¿Qué altitud puede alcanzar una cometa?…

"¿Qué altitud máxima puede alcanzar una cometa? Pues según el tipo, entre los 30 y los 11.500 metros. Claro, que también habría que acotar qué entendemos por “cometa”. En este cuadro elaborado por Statastic podemos verlo de manera gráf…

]]> Comment on Edison Flies a Kite by ¿Que altitud puede alcanzar una cometa? | La brujula verde http://statastic.com/2007/03/30/edison-flies-a-kite/#comment-2291 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:49:33 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/03/30/edison-flies-a-kite/#comment-2291 [...] de cometas Por Guillermo Carvajal 12/04/2007 Enlaces en otros blogsArchivado en: Ciencia Enviar por email No hay comentarios Enviar este artículo poremail [...] […] de cometas Por Guillermo Carvajal 12/04/2007 Enlaces en otros blogsArchivado en: Ciencia Enviar por email No hay comentarios Enviar este artículo poremail […]

]]> Comment on If Planets Were the Size of Countries on Earth by Last One!!! « Sarah’s Blog - EDTS523 http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-2277 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:47:35 +0000 http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-2277 [...] Last&#160;One!!! Ok, one more map from Statistic.com (this one just seemed appropriate considering last week&#8217;s PPt presentations&#8230;).  I always have trouble imagining the sizes of the planets.  Below is a map that shows if the planets were 1/3600 their area which country would be comparably sized. [...] […] Last One!!! Ok, one more map from Statistic.com (this one just seemed appropriate considering last week’s PPt presentations…).  I always have trouble imagining the sizes of the planets.  Below is a map that shows if the planets were 1/3600 their area which country would be comparably sized. […]

]]> Comment on If Planets Were the Size of Countries on Earth by We Are All Tajikistani « Changing Way http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-2265 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:03:02 +0000 http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-2265 [...] April 11th, 2007 Statastico got to wondering, what if the planets were shrunk down to the size of countries on Earth? And Strange Maps got to linking, and so you got to see it here. I kind of like Earth being Tajikstan, but I like Mars being Switzerland even better. Posted by Andrew Filed in Fun [...] […] April 11th, 2007 Statastico got to wondering, what if the planets were shrunk down to the size of countries on Earth? And Strange Maps got to linking, and so you got to see it here. I kind of like Earth being Tajikstan, but I like Mars being Switzerland even better. Posted by Andrew Filed in Fun […]

]]> Comment on If Planets Were the Size of Countries on Earth by 101 - If Planets Were Countries… « strange maps http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-2261 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:20:43 +0000 http://statastic.com/2006/08/16/if-planets-were-the-size-of-countries-on-earth/#comment-2261 [...] This is a size comparison map, taken from this page at the website statastico.com, which figures a number of intriguing maps. This one is home-made by the author of the site, who got to wondering about an eyecatching way to demonstrate the relative sizes of the planets in our solar system. She/he explains: [...] […] This is a size comparison map, taken from this page at the website statastico.com, which figures a number of intriguing maps. This one is home-made by the author of the site, who got to wondering about an eyecatching way to demonstrate the relative sizes of the planets in our solar system. She/he explains: […]

]]> Comment on Can DC Public Libraries Play Leapfrog? by Minerva Shelved http://statastic.com/2007/02/01/can-dc-public-libraries-play-leapfrog/#comment-665 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:29:29 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/02/01/can-dc-public-libraries-play-leapfrog/#comment-665 <strong>Making DC Public Libraries&#160;Virtual...</strong> There is an article at statastic about the case for transforming Washington, D.C.&#8217;s public library system (&#8220;Can DC Public Libraries Play Leapfrog?&#8221;). The author (known as Statistico) would like to see DCPL become the nation&#8217;s &#38;#... Making DC Public Libraries Virtual…

There is an article at statastic about the case for transforming Washington, D.C.’s public library system (“Can DC Public Libraries Play Leapfrog?”). The author (known as Statistico) would like to see DCPL become the nation’s &#…

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