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Re: Meta Question
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Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:39:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:

That seems to be the consensus. But I don't see any Rock Raiders offshoot
sites, which from my external perspective makes it look less about format,
and more about cherry-picking... BICBVW!

And there I was thinking it might only be for themes lots of people were
interested in.

Agreed - it also makes good business sense. What is your basis for assuming the
former possibility and disregarding the latter?


Well <http://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=3574 MOCpages> breaks even but
<http://www.classic-space.com/comment.php?comment.news.31 CSF> has, until
quite recently been run purely out of pocket. I realise that research is a
bit slower than hand-waving economics but it does have its own rewards.

I was responding to "I have my doubts that anyone even could [turn a profit]" -
by sourcing all my figures and calculations and noting my assumptions, I made it
easier to pinpoint fallacies in my reasoning and thus provided a reasonable
basis to refute my suggestion. If you would humour me, maybe you could explain
which assumptions were too liberal, because your research seems to back up my
'hand-waving economics'.

Also - I quite clearly stated my reluctance to go back over 4 years worth of
posts at the start of this thread, so I think your sarcasm is somewhat
misplaced, if not secretly ironic.

Richard



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(...) And there I was thinking it might only be for themes lots of people were interested in. (...) Well (URL) MOCpages> breaks even but (URL) CSF> has, until quite recently been run purely out of pocket. I realise that research is a bit slower than (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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