"something going up 2.5x is not equal to something going up 250%" <<-- False statement
This verbage is equal. when by is added as in it is not.
The verbage is not equal because of that little x sitting there. The notation "goes up 2.5x" translates to "increases by a multiple of 2.5" which is different from "goes up 250%", which translates to "increases by an increment of 250%". Changing the numbers a bit makes this more clear. If a price "goes up 100%" that means the price doubles (price "goes up 2x").
I apologize guys, was on limited sleep and mentally drained by playing poker since Sunday. I should not of gotten into this discussion and been too stubborn to crash.
Bad decisions like that have cost me a few BIG Pots!
I have no clue why I was interpreting UP as increased.
I admit to being emphatically incorrect and too stupid to notice that fact.
Feel good now, first 8 hours I've had in a long time.
My only solace is that I didn't bet on it.
Even funnier is when I crashed I was laying there and realized my error and actually almost got up booted up the system to post that fact. Internet arguments can become quite intense I don't like the feeling of being to stupid to step back and re-evaluate my position. I believe this is my first humble pie in this manner.
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
illodin you did indeed drop a nice word bomb in the middle of those walls of text, I commend you. Page 69 made my brain hurt last night trying to reread it!
