tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post5735098756164720260..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: The elusive "Why?"Tom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-16627896603559531902008-08-06T08:35:00.000-05:002008-08-06T08:35:00.000-05:00Just a trivia bit, but when the Atari 2600 came ou...Just a trivia bit, but when the Atari 2600 came out in 1977, it retailed for about $200. Inflation-adjusted, that's a little over $700 today, which makes a PlayStation 3 look like a discount deal, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-55685919602724409182008-08-05T23:58:00.000-05:002008-08-05T23:58:00.000-05:00VERY VERY GOOD blog Chief!!VERY VERY GOOD blog Chief!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-18282228968609508152008-08-05T10:56:00.000-05:002008-08-05T10:56:00.000-05:00Okay. Take the number of video game decks stolen ...Okay. Take the number of video game decks stolen each year since with a cut off date of October 1985. Oct. 1985 was the 1st time Nintendo was available in the US.<BR/><BR/>Then correlate the price drop to the number of the game decks stolen. As the more powerful systems came out there was a higher price associated to it. And as they dropped in price I bet that so too did the theft. Simple supply and demand. The next step would be to see sales at pawn shops compared to the theft date and then the public release date.<BR/><BR/>I bet you will see that the spike in thefts occuring 2-4 months after the release date of a newer faster system. <BR/><BR/>Xbox- Nov. 2001<BR/>Xbox 360- Nov. 2005<BR/><BR/>Nintendo Gamedeck 8-bit- Oct. '85<BR/>Super Nintendo- Aug 1991<BR/>Nintendo 64- Sept. '96<BR/>GameCube- Nov. '01<BR/>Wii- Nov'06<BR/><BR/>Playstation- Nov. '95<BR/>PS2- Oct. '00<BR/>PS3- Nov. '06Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-76944637303914974082008-08-05T09:26:00.001-05:002008-08-05T09:26:00.001-05:00From time to time you see baffling articles, where...From time to time you see baffling articles, wherein the writer asks, "Why are we keeping so many people in prison when crime rates are decreasing?" - apparently oblivious to the fact that keeping habitual criminals locked up prevents them from victimizing people (outside the walls of the prison, that is). I'm a big fan of no parole and no early release for all violent offenders, even serious violent misdemeanor offenders (because they probably got PBed down from a violent felony anyway). <BR/><BR/>Do it like a military brig, where you serve the full sentence as a minimum, with time tacked on for every infraction. Make them stand inspection every day and so forth. Fail an inspection, that's another day tacked on to your sentence.<BR/><BR/>You've got to build more cells to do that, but I'd rather pay for that than have them costing me the same money out on the street through their crimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-43034004574207315182008-08-05T09:26:00.000-05:002008-08-05T09:26:00.000-05:00Mr. Radley, you may have something there, but then...Mr. Radley, you may have something there, but then again, so far this year we've had the following items stolen:<BR/><BR/>45 Xbox<BR/>23 Nintendo<BR/>50 Playstation<BR/><BR/>That's all the game system names I can think of right now....Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-42528256909381759992008-08-05T07:06:00.000-05:002008-08-05T07:06:00.000-05:00I would offer a crime drop due to air conditioning...I would offer a crime drop due to air conditioning and lengthy video games.<BR/><BR/>Keeping a mind engaged while controlling the immediate physcial atmosphhere to a comfortable level has to be worth something.<BR/><BR/>The devils work is in idle hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-70926910449829512342008-08-05T05:55:00.000-05:002008-08-05T05:55:00.000-05:00Atticus, Atticus, wherefore art thou, Atticus? Ch...Atticus, Atticus, wherefore art thou, Atticus? Check your gmail, please.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.com