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mscion | # 91 | 2014-12-09, 19:17 | Report

Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post

I wonder where the money typically comes from... You know, if it's Europe, we'll have to expect a decline overnight. If China, Russia, Australia, US&Canada are active, the story is different...

Maybe a similar spread to Dave999's earlier post about ubuntu edge?

<$27,000

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benny1967 | # 92 | 2014-12-09, 19:23 | Report

Come on, let me at least see $ 1,725,000.- before I go to sleep.

Copernicus | # 93 | 2014-12-09, 19:35 | Report

Originally Posted by Tigerroast View Post

How is this campaign getting more momentum still? That's insanity.

Simple: it's the "bathtub curve" effect. That is, the majority of the interest is going to be right at the beginning and right at the end.

The way these fund raisers are structured, there's a significant bonus for being in the first wave of contributors (in this case, the "Early Sailors"). Once those first slots are sold out, there's really no reason to jump in; you might as well wait and see if some new interesting perk shows up. But of course, if you do really want to contribute, you have to do so before the clock runs out, so everyone who was waiting tends to pile in at the end.

I guess its a game theory sort of thing...

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MINKIN2 | # 94 | 2014-12-09, 19:35 | Report

Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post

Come on, let me at least see $ 1,725,000.- before I go to sleep.

Two more sales to go and then you can sleep mate

Edit: Ding Ding Ding!

$1,725,401USD

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benny1967 | # 95 | 2014-12-09, 19:41 | Report

Originally Posted by MINKIN2 View Post

Two more sales to go and then you can sleep mate

sleep goal achieved

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tmi | # 96 | 2014-12-09, 19:48 | Report

Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post

Simple: it's the "bathtub curve" effect.

This was posted sometime ago to TJC:

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MINKIN2 | # 97 | 2014-12-09, 19:57 | Report

Bit the bullet and just ordered the LastuCase for the tablet when it arrives.

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pichlo | # 98 | 2014-12-09, 20:02 | Report

Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post

Simple: it's the "bathtub curve" effect.

At one of my former jobs, every year the top management painted the sales forecast according to that curve but every year, the expected increase towards the end of the year did not materialize. Guess how they painted the forecast the next year

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Copernicus | # 99 | 2014-12-09, 20:04 | Report

Originally Posted by pichlo View Post

At one of my former jobs, every year the top management painted the sales forecast according to that curve but every year, the expected increase towards the end of the year did not materialize. Guess how they painted the forecast the next year

Well, you _do_ need to have something shoring up the far side of the bathtub, otherwise all the water runs out...

JiiHoo | # 100 | 2014-12-09, 20:17 | Report

Blimey, bit over 15k$ anymore to go.