The phrase =93 our business increased 200% =93 has no single meaning. It i= s similar to saying , =93 We meet bi-monthly=94 Gus ( crybaby ) in Denver > On 2014m07d25, at 22:01, Sean Breheny wrote: >=20 > Rich, >=20 > You are only partly correct about percent - you are right that a 200% > increase is not a doubling. But it is not a quadrupling either. It is a > tripling. >=20 > It has nothing to do with exponentiation. The formula is percentage > increase =3D 100 * (amount of increase) / (original amount). >=20 > 300% would be a quadrupling. 400% a quintupling, etc. >=20 > Sean >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Richard R. Pope > wrote: >=20 >> IVP, >> The one that burns me is the one that uses terms like our business >> increased 200%. First of all 200% is not a doubling. It is an increase >> of four times. Second of all is they don't tell you that last year they >> sold 12 pieces and this year they sold 24 pieces. They make it sound >> like they went from 400M to 800M. Yeah, right. Very rarely do I see >> percent being used correctly. It is the number raised to the power of >> the percent. 300% is eight times not a tripling. >> And yes you are correct about companies that sell cheap stuff that >> people won't waste the time and effort to complain about. This is a lot >> like our police department. If you don't report the crime then the crime >> didn't happen. We have the lowest crime rate in the area but this isn't >> because crimes aren't happening here it is because the police ignore the >> crimes unless it involves a bigwig or someone just jumps up and down >> screaming and yelling about it. >> Another one is this drive to legalize MJ. Somehow it is being seen >> as a harmless drug. This is a lie. It is a very dangerous drug. In one >> year there are definitive measurable and permanent changes to the brain. >> In five years of constant and regular use the person is no longer able >> to do higher math functions. Some people are loosing the ability to >> speak clearly and concisely by then. The damage is wide spread and >> permanent. it clearly shows up in a MRI. The whites, yellows, and blues >> are gone. They have been replaced by orange, red, and worst of all >> black. Black shows little or no brain function. >> MJ can not be used. It can only be abused just like cigarettes. >> Alcohol can be used or it can be abused. Unfortunately most people now >> abuse alcohol. MJ combines the worst of alcohol and cigarettes. MJ also >> destroys the kidneys, liver, lungs, heart, and spleen. In 15 years it >> does the same amount of damage that a heavy smoker and drinker does in >> 25-30 years. >> Also because MJ is being viewed as being harmless more and more >> people are toking and driving. MJUIs, that is MJ under the influence, >> now out number DUIs in CA. It is awful. The police are for all practical >> purposes ignoring MJ violations. >> Our dictator Obama decreed that federal MJ laws in places that have >> legalized it locally shall not be enforced by the justice department. It >> is a crime for a law enforcement officer to ignore a crime that is in >> progress. But the highest law enforcement officer in our country is >> doing exactly that. We have already lost one generation to MJ and now we >> are going to lose a second. >> Enough rant. I had to get this off my chest. My opinion and two >> cents worth. >> Thanks, >> rich! >>=20 >> On 7/25/2014 8:56 PM, IVP wrote: >>>> for every customer that complained there were 9 others that didn't >>> That is partly my problem with some products. If the product is >>> cheap enough then some (many ?) people might consider chasing >>>=20 >>=20 >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >=20 >=20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .