Morning Discussion

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• shit, its up to 207 now? i'll be buying tix : .ka`boom.zZz.
• It's megamillions not powerball : Crimsonbeak
• oh cool, i'll look forward to it : ucanbfuzzy
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  I'll hold you to it. : magistersmax
  • yea i'm bookmarking this : whereiwannab
• thanks : ass-street
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  "It should also be mentioned that this test was performed several months ago" what : Luminair
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    NDA : Hiro
    • POINT=MISSED : Luminair
• nice. : Ormsbee
• whoooo daddy wants! : Hiro
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  Can I just have a new Macbook Pro instead? : hawkeye
  • sure, u guys better start PMing your address info; i got this. : deviantpaul
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  I had a dream that I won the lottery. At first $2 million, but later it turned into only $800k. I was sti : perstephanie
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    what if you die tomorrow. : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • then since i have no will, my dad will get a bunch of money. : perstephanie
  • Fuck, that's what I'd do with the money. : Rice-Rocketeer
• just give me the cash equivalent : RikiTiki2
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  don't forget to tip the person that sells you the ticket 15% : Spoetzl
  • tipping etiquette must be observed, even in these trying financial times : Juno
  • lol : boring gegtik
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  Why do people only seem to play when the amount gets really large? Doesn't this just mean there are less... : deadhorse
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    People who play the lottery aren't good with math. : mroizo40
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      So you think it is a bad idea to spend $1 on a chance to win $207 million? : pyrogen
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        You should learn about expected value: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value : mroizo40
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          I have read about it. I'm not talking about it strictly as a wise investment, but it is just $1. Who gi... : pyrogen
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            People 'don't give a fuck' week after week, year after year.

            Dec 12, 2008 2:01pm PST
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            People 'don't give a fuck' week after week, year after year. : mroizo40
            • It's less about the single dollar, but this sort of 'it's just a dollar' thinking ends up seeping up acro... : mroizo40
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              Even if you played 2x a week for the whole year, that's $104. If people are buying 20 tix at a time, the... : riptyde
              • risk/reward-wise, though, you are better off just investing that money in an ING account or something. : Arctic Fox
            • Sure, but that is different then betting $1 when it gets up to the $200 million range. : pyrogen
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    No, the odds are the same regardless of the amount you win. : pyrogen
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      but your expected value goes down (and is always less than $1 anyways, so yes, it is a bad idea to spend ... : boofy
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        I'm really amazed at how much anti-lottery people value $1. : pyrogen
        • I think it's more to do with the belief that the lottery will not get you any money than the value of the... : exigence7
      • It is a mathematically bad idea to spend $1 on the chance to win, but your potential enjoyment for that h... : riptyde
  • Chances of winning are the same, chances of sharing the prize go up. : riptyde
  • pot odds : Cheeziologist
• posting just in case. : moe6
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  I don't want one. Just buy me an M3, or a 335i coupe at the least. : zerog83
  • Agreed, but it needs an M on it for me (my wife, I mean). : bombay
• nice man, cheers : steve_o
• nice. I'm totally going to cross my fingers and toes for you. : hirez
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  Fuck that, trip to Vegas and a night out for all Shackers. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    If that's the case, then I want $20k; 5 for gambling, and 15 for a top-shelf hooker. : zerog83
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      or 15,000 $1 hookerbots. : mroizo40
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        fuck that, I'm going all out on the hottest hookerbot I can find. I'll buy her off for 48 hours and even ... : zerog83
        • oh, and there will be pics+divx : zerog83
      • bender'd : jigstah
• Aw, HELL YEAH. : Rice-Rocketeer
• cool and if i win ill buy it for 20 people! gotta buy a ticket still tho : podizzle
• powerball was only up to 40mil yesterday, and they only have drawings on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I don... : AssGoblin
• I'll remember this post! : Pacalon
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  so does anyone want to talk about the iodrive? looks neat, if it was like $200 I'd consider it : Chandler55
  • maybe it'll be neat in a few years. but for now I have no need to be on the bleeding edge : hamachi
• That review is all synthetic benchmarks, lame :( : sanchez
• Can I just have the cash? : WaterSign
• i would like to be remembered as well. : .frame