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Yumi Murakami

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04-20-2007 08:24

I wonder if anyone here knows the answer to these:

1) The system lists Stipends as a "sink" for L$123500. How can stipends be a sink?

2) On the month to date, upload fees are listed as a sink fro L$11065021, but the lowest upload fee is L$10 so where did the L$1 come from?

cHex Losangeles

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04-24-2007 20:04

/bump

Inquiring minds want to know.

Osprey Therian

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04-24-2007 20:27

Maybe that was stipends that went into moribund accounts? Don't know.

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ed44 Gupte

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04-24-2007 20:30

From: Yumi Murakami

I wonder if anyone here knows the answer to these:

2) On the month to date, upload fees are listed as a sink fro L$11065021, but the lowest upload fee is L$10 so where did the L$1 come from?

May be using floats rather than integers????

Kitty Barnett

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04-24-2007 21:41

/139/da/124435/1.html

From: someone

When folks register, if the registration fails for some reason (say an invalid credit card), there is a transaction that "takes back" the L$250 that we started giving them.

/139/66/144500/1.html#post1317022

From: someone

Due to a quirk of how the registration process works, a small amount of new user stipends wind up being destroyed in some cases, hence acting as a sink. At some point that process will likely be streamlined and we'll have zero stipend sinks.

Peggy Paperdoll

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04-24-2007 22:17

sounds like creative book keeping to me

Ken March

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04-24-2007 22:29

Good answers to First problem, and next?

From: Kitty Barnett

/139/da/124435/1.html

/139/66/144500/1.html#post1317022/139/66/144500/1.html#post1317022

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04-25-2007 03:02

Maybe their reporting feature/method takes into account the removal of their liabilities/costs in association for the upload (bandwidth, storage etc)...

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Understanding the Economic Statistics
Yumi Murakami DoIt!AttachTheEarOfACat! Join date: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 6,860	04-20-2007 08:24 I wonder if anyone here knows the answer to these: 1) The system lists Stipends as a "sink" for L$123500. How can stipends be a sink? 2) On the month to date, upload fees are listed as a sink fro L$11065021, but the lowest upload fee is L$10 so where did the L$1 come from?
cHex Losangeles Registered User Join date: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 370	04-24-2007 20:04 /bump Inquiring minds want to know.
Osprey Therian I want capslocklock Join date: 6 Jul 2004 Posts: 5,049	04-24-2007 20:27 Maybe that was stipends that went into moribund accounts? Don't know. _____________________ http:www.atomic-raygun.com Combat Cards in Europa [url=http://slurl.com/secondlife/grignano/118/116/]The Photography Studio in Grignano[/url] Mud! Mud! Glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So, follow me, follow, down to the hollow, And there let us wallow in glorious mud. Flanders and Swan
ed44 Gupte Explorer (Retired) Join date: 7 Oct 2005 Posts: 638	04-24-2007 20:30 From: Yumi Murakami I wonder if anyone here knows the answer to these: 2) On the month to date, upload fees are listed as a sink fro L$11065021, but the lowest upload fee is L$10 so where did the L$1 come from? May be using floats rather than integers????
Kitty Barnett Registered User Join date: 10 May 2006 Posts: 5,586	04-24-2007 21:41 /139/da/124435/1.html From: someone When folks register, if the registration fails for some reason (say an invalid credit card), there is a transaction that "takes back" the L$250 that we started giving them. /139/66/144500/1.html#post1317022 From: someone Due to a quirk of how the registration process works, a small amount of new user stipends wind up being destroyed in some cases, hence acting as a sink. At some point that process will likely be streamlined and we'll have zero stipend sinks.
Peggy Paperdoll A Brat Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 4,383	04-24-2007 22:17 sounds like creative book keeping to me
Ken March Registered User Join date: 2 Apr 2007 Posts: 333	04-24-2007 22:29 Good answers to First problem, and next? From: Kitty Barnett /139/da/124435/1.html /139/66/144500/1.html#post1317022/139/66/144500/1.html#post1317022 _____________________ Islab focus on second life and 3D internet http://islab.org
AWM Mars Scarey Dude :¬) Join date: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 3,398	04-25-2007 03:02 Maybe their reporting feature/method takes into account the removal of their liabilities/costs in association for the upload (bandwidth, storage etc)... _____________________ * Politeness is priceless when received, cost nothing to own or give, yet many cannot afford - Why do you only see typo's AFTER you have clicked submit? http://www.wba-advertising.com http://www.nex-core-mm.com http://www.eml-entertainments.com http://www.v-innovate.com

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