by gkhd11a » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:44 pm
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the sign of our
times . . . the symbol of the havoc, the mad craze that's
sweeping the world today. Whatever corner of the globe we
are in, whichever of the five continents we're on, the great
search for Strat perfection continues. We're now nearing the end
of our eighth day in the hunt for Golden Tickets, and
everywhere we're beginning to see signs of anxiety. Every
hour on the hour, new teams are being sent to different
ballparks around the country, but they're just not moving fast
enough. And as time passes, the men who seek Strat perfection become
more and more desperate.
I've just decided to switch
our Friday schedule to Monday, which means that the test we
take each Friday on what we learned during the week will now
take place on Monday before we've learned it. But since
today is Tuesday, it doesn't matter in the slightest.
Pencils ready. Today we are going to learn about . . .
percentages. And for an example, let's take the recent
unpleasantness with ATGIV. Supposing that there were a thousand
Strat credits in the world and during the week you each
opened a certain number of them. That number is a percent.
Everyone understand?