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Originally posted by deanjo View PostNo matter how hard I try, what language I use, 999 != 1000. Maybe that is also the reason why when I try to substitute 3 for Pi I get wildly different answers.
"Oh look, this normally costs $1000, but they have it on sale for $999 today. What a bargain!"
Yeah, right. It's OK when the sellers want to bullshit me. It's their job. But when Phoronix bullshits me too, it's not OK. It's one thousand bloody dollars, OK?
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Originally posted by RealNC View Post999 is a marketing gimmick and no one should play into that. For all intents and purposes, it's 1000.
"Oh look, this normally costs $1000, but they have it on sale for $999 today. What a bargain!"
Yeah, right. It's OK when the sellers want to bullshit me. It's their job. But when Phoronix bullshits me too, it's not OK. It's one thousand bloody dollars, OK?
But to be playfully pedantic here for just a second, people like you are the reason that bridges fall down.
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Originally posted by Larian View PostIf you want to split hairs, one is accurate and the other is a generalization. I think you might be making a mountain out of a molehill here.
But to be playfully pedantic here for just a second, people like you are the reason that bridges fall down.
It's not a real issue of course. It's just that I go into facepalm mode every time I see someone do this and think: "Dude, $49.99 is practically $50, which is way easier to remember when thinking about price ranges." One cent in 50 dollars or one dollar in a 1000 dollars is not going to make any difference whatsoever. The only thing this achieves is making you look like you actually believe that 49.99 is really cheaper than 50 and 999 cheaper than 1000, as if this would put those products in different price ranges. It bloody doesn't!
I'd better stop now, have to watch my blood pressure.
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