bottom line:
-- >70% of pre-orderers would NOT have opted in for a 7-day upgrade because about that many pre-orderers complained about ANYBODY investing any more money in the project at all points that the investment suggestions came in.
-- If ANYBODY understands math on an algebraic level, more workers means exponential increase in production of ANYTHING. Can mean must more horsepower flat out, or a more efficient workforce (as was mentioned before by switching from 1-person/1-pandora to an assembly line method). Prove it yourself, carry buckets of water from one place to another with 3 people carrying back and forth then get 5 or 6 people and make a line passing the buckets from one end to the other... less work, more product. Scientific truth!
-- People produce better quality when paid for their time vs volunteering. Unless you truly love what you're giving your time away for and can easily pay your own bills at the end of the day, it DOES effect individual moral as well as group moral... ESPECIALLY if you're working for free next to even ONE PERSON getting paid for their time. It's HUMAN NATURE. Scientific and sociological truth!
-- Profit is necessary for a business to survive, like food is necessary for a body to survive. If I use all my energy up and don't eat, I'll die. If they spend all their money up, the company will die... Simple math!
-- They are human, they have obviously made bad decisions as a business in the past, and we can argue semantics about that till the end of time, but it's the past, get over it... Scientific truth!
-- YOU WANT YOUR PANDORA!!! Contrary to non-popular belief, the majority of their efforts have been for advancement of the project and to get people their product (obviously without losing their shirt... not ONE OPT member is related to or an incarnation of Ghandi, though ED seems to come pretty close, but don't expect them to give up their livelihood so you can play some freaking games! Obvious truth!
-- If you DON'T want your pandora, leave! Not to sound cold-hearted, but it's pointless to complain about all of this beyond voicing your opinion/feelings once or twice unless you're here to cause unnecessary drama. No one has killed your closest of kin, no one has burned down your house and raped your mother... so why attempt to sink the ship and take people with you? This is not your first born child. If anything, OPT can see it like that more than you ever will (you being ANY purchaser pre-order, craigslist, ebay or otherwise) because they have made sacrifices beyond your ability, comprehension or willingness to believe because you are NOT in their shoes and YOU are not the one running this shop. If you can do a better job, go build a competitive device. Business truth!
-- Unless I actually care, I probably won't back up any of my statements beyond what I have already said. Note my earlier statement of really only needing to state a standpoint or feeling once or twice. Anything beyond that is pointless unless the whole of the group is interested in an honest and straight-forward debate that will create a better outcome in the end. I can guarantee a good portion of statements directed at me will be attempts to spark a flame... and unless I actually care to play with fire, I won't honor your attempt with a response. So take that into consideration before you even bother to disprove me or "take me down a peg". Unless you speak a different language, I've been called everything in the book at least 3 times in my life to this point. Especially when I see no reason to keep a fight going other than the participants just wanting to fight. Things shift from productive to primal, and that's de-evolutionary. I evolve in one direction, forward... how about you? Think of me what you will, but I felt the need to summarize the bottom line of this entire scenario and I have no regrets for the way I worded it. Some of you just need a light slap in the face to realize you're over-reacting or jumping to bad conclusions for the sake of jumping to bad conclusions. For some of you, it's just how you operate... you don't know any better. Regardless of how valid your points are. If you are mugged by somebody with a knife, it's fine to protect yourself. If you disarm that mugger, that's fine... it's over. If you disable that mugger, that's a bit excessive, but you make sure you're safe. If you kill that mugger, you've gone way beyond the efforts necessary to survive. A LOT of people here go beyond the necessary effort to speak your peace. Some of you will never be satisfied, no matter what happens. And I accept that, which is why I will probably not defend myself against a good number of you who flame back at me. I will choose not to condone your despotism. And that's my choice. I am strong enough to accept that... are you?
bottom line "rant(?)" over!
oh, before I forget. As far as those who fight back no matter what, like Tripmonkey. The best way to deal with them is to just let them speak their peace and give little to no response. I can tell that there is no winning or settling with this particular person... and they only seem to speak when they are out for blood. You may dislike me for pointing this out or see it as an attack, but I see it as an obvious truth. For every person who responds to you kindly, angrily, logically or scientifically, you just get pissed and attempt a shouting match... which negates your valid points because by the time you get to what's valid, most don't care to hear it anymore, and your argument is killed before it even gets a chance to live. This is an opinion based on my observation of you and your posts (in general, not just here) and you are not the only one who does so, just the main one in this thread... so don't take it as a personal attack (unless you focus on being categorized, but even then, I doubt I'll engage in a battle of wits with you)...
