General Chat / Are you pessimistic or optimistic?

I got described today by my mum as being a 'pessimistic' person, which when I think about it, is true. I hardly ever look at the good side of things, always the bad.

So what are you? Pessimistic or Optimistic? Do you see the glass as half empty of half full? When you spend money do you enjoy what you've bought or hate the money you've lost?

Go.

I'm more of a realistic optimist, if you know what I mean.

I view this topic as half empty

No way man it's half full


Honestly i'm not sure, i'm probably the pessimist. But who knows?

optimistic/ pessimistic about what?

Do you see the glass as half empty of half full?

What's in the glass?

Edited by Xin, 17 February 2008 - 07:09 PM.

The point is is that the glass is twice as efficient as it needs to be.

Depends. Today I have been mostly optimistic, but am pessimistic now because I think my friends don't like me anymore and I'm unhappy.

Most of the time I'm optimistic, but pessimism isn't uncommon with me.

I try to stay optimistic, and most of the time I can, but it's really only the unimportant things I'm pessimistic about, so I guess that's okay.

Right? Right.

Depends. Today I have been mostly optimistic, but am pessimistic now because I think my friends don't like me anymore and I'm unhappy.

I think you're a little confused here.

The glass contains twice the volume that it should. A more efficient glass should be designed that requires the smallest amount of material to contain the exact amount of liquid desired.

I'm a pessimist though... Well more of a 'realist' I'd say.

Work your ass off, believe it'll pay off: it usually does. Just not necessarily in the way or to the degree that you hoped for. Until you get to College, and by that I mean a good university like USC, Michigan, University of Chicago, Notre Dame, etc, or have to 'make it' in the 'real world' (pay all your own bills/taxes, etc) I'd say it's hard to comprehend how much work daily life can be anyway...

Obviously I've spent all day working and am not feeling like I'm ahead for it...

Ride6

^Ride6- I did a packaging project for geometry like that. I figured out that a cylinder with a huge radius and small height has the best volume-surface area ratio. The sphere also has a good one. And never serve drinks in a 4 sided pyramid.

Today I am fully rested. That made me smile.

And never serve drinks in a 4 sided pyramid.

What, dare I ask, were you doing serving drinks in a four sided pyramid?

Edited by Xin, 18 February 2008 - 09:23 PM.

What, dare I ask, were you doing serving drinks in a four sided pyramid?

I think you've misunderstood there Xin.

Nothing new i guess.

The glass contains twice the volume that it should. A more efficient glass should be designed that requires the smallest amount of material to contain the exact amount of liquid desired.

I'm a pessimist though... Well more of a 'realist' I'd say.

Ride6

At least one of you saw my old sig, then.

look, it's .5 a glass of water.

What, dare I ask, were you doing serving drinks in a four sided pyramid?

i wasn't. i was just merely suggesting that perhaps the surface area to volume ratio of the pyramid is actually the worst of all the shapes, so the cost to create the pyramid is more than the cost to create a cylinder or cone, even though they have the same volume.

there. take that. but that is a cool idea....

I had a yummy lunch of corned beef sandwiches, shrimp scampi, and mashed potatoes. I traded some of my sandwiches for the scampi and potatoes.

Edited by RaPiPo, 20 February 2008 - 07:52 PM.

i wasn't. i was just merely suggesting that perhaps the surface area to volume ratio of the pyramid is actually the worst of all the shapes, so the cost to create the pyramid is more than the cost to create a cylinder or cone, even though they have the same volume.

there. take that. but that is a cool idea....

I thought maybe you got really, really wasted.

BUMPITY BUMP.

Don't worry... be happy.

We all die tomorrow right?

It's not half full or half empty....

It's a glass with water in it... so drink it and be happy with what ya gotz.

Optimist

Heh... Come to think of it, how can you have a half empty glass? If you divide zero by two, you still get zero. So where in the hell did that prhase come from...?