Full Version: Humans For Sale
Just found this Link and made me wonder, how close to shadowrun value of people this is. How much are you worth?
About 1.9 million, IIRC. Though I'm in better shape than I was then, so my value may have gone up...
~J
~J
$2,274,158.00 is what they rated me at, must be my IQ, because I know I'm totally not in shape, and I told the truth on the form.
Woo! I appreciated significantly. $2,347,870.00.
Time to enjoy it. It won't be much longer that my value'll increase with time...
~J
Time to enjoy it. It won't be much longer that my value'll increase with time...
~J
yeah I wonder what the depreciation curve of a human is 
$2,628,590.00.
I wonder if I can get an equity loan against that.
Of course, Buddha-forbid I default on such a loan.
--K
I wonder if I can get an equity loan against that.
Of course, Buddha-forbid I default on such a loan.
--K
yeah I'd imagine getting repo'd would suck 
$2,457,402.00
That must be IQ and... er... being amazingly sexy.
That must be IQ and... er... being amazingly sexy.
I didn't lie either, although I had to guestimate on two items. (I never did the SATT, and I've not bothered with an IQ test since a pre-interview test battery years ago, so I just put it down for what it was then.) I did the form twice, however, because I was curious:
As a female, I'm worth $2,293,910.00
As a male, I'm worth $2,534,910.00
Edit (!) -- like anyone would pay anything like that for me! ... maybe they are thinking earned over my lifetime in a western environment, including all "benefits"?
Gender was the only difference in the two forms. [Edit: oops -- that, and equating "size".]
As a female, I'm worth $2,293,910.00
As a male, I'm worth $2,534,910.00
Edit (!) -- like anyone would pay anything like that for me! ... maybe they are thinking earned over my lifetime in a western environment, including all "benefits"?
Gender was the only difference in the two forms. [Edit: oops -- that, and equating "size".]
I saw a story in the news the other day that said if you where to reduce a human to it's constituent materials (iron, sulphur, whatever), you'd make 56 cents.
yeah I always heard that if you broke down the human body into constituent elements you'd get around a buck, guess we've depreciated since then 
yes, repo would suck... out your brains!
wonder if you defaulted on your body if you could buy a reasonably priced used body
Oh, yeah, like I'm going to fill out all my demographic information and then give them my email. Directed-marketing spam can blow me.
| QUOTE (John Campbell) |
| Oh, yeah, like I'm going to fill out all my demographic information and then give them my email. Directed-marketing spam can blow me. |
Pretty much what I said as soon as it asked for an email address, though I probably couldn't afford to get rid of me.
I'm not worried, gotta love my spam protection. I really need to put linux back on my system and install Kmail with Spam-Assassin again, really great setup that was.
| QUOTE (ShadowPhoenix) |
| I'm not worried, gotta love my spam protection. I really need to put linux back on my system and install Kmail with Spam-Assassin again, really great setup that was. |
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Any tips on getting Spam Assassin working with QMail?
j/k, I just need to RTFM. A lot. A lot of FM's out there.
[/Off Topic]
definitely are, haven't messed with it, didn't integrate any services into Qmail, but I did love that Server, setup quite nicely, and not as much a headache as say sendmail.
| QUOTE (John Campbell) |
| Oh, yeah, like I'm going to fill out all my demographic information and then give them my email. Directed-marketing spam can blow me. |
Not that they're trustworthy, because I have no idea, but I filled out my info about a year and a half, maybe two years ago and have only received about thirty pieces of spam to the email I used ever, so it can't be too bad.
~J
As far as the value of human life is concerned, don't forget how many pricy organs you have sitting in your body for a wealthy buyer. You are worth a good couple hundred thousand dollars right there. Ahh, organ-legging...
-Slapstick
-Slapstick
Mmm, spinal cords...
~J
~J
When you check out the high scores its rather funny, people with 180+ IQs. Sure. And they're mostly under 21 years old. Heh. Seems we have whole generations of young-ins smarter than the brightest minds the world has previously seen.
And they're mostly under 21 years old. Heh. Seems we have whole generations of young-ins smarter than the brightest minds the world has previously seen.
Hey, as a 150, there's a whole .05% or somesuch of people out there who score higher than me... maybe they have nothing better to do, too.
~J
~J
| QUOTE (Voran) |
| When you check out the high scores its rather funny, people with 180+ IQs. Sure. And they're mostly under 21 years old. Heh. Seems we have whole generations of young-ins smarter than the brightest minds the world has previously seen. |
Well if you check out my IQ scores over my life i've been getting more stupid..
age 10. about 170
age 16. 150
age 26. 153, 146, 83. 123.
strangly i've stopped having much faith in IQ tests.....
Are those all official? Remember, the tests you'll find online are crap... the official ones are usually decently consistant, though.
~J
~J
| QUOTE (Shockwave IIc) |
| strangly i've stopped having much faith in IQ tests |
Unless a test is designed and supervised by some very respected organisation of the field (such as MENSA), you shouldn't have any faith in them. The massive majority of commercial IQ tests average way above 100, often closer to 130. And there's so much more wrong with them, I won't waste this thread ranting about it.
| QUOTE (ShadowPhoenix) |
| shadowrun value of people |
What's that?
| QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Mar 10 2004, 05:28 AM) |
| Are those all official? Remember, the tests you'll find online are crap... the official ones are usually decently consistant, though. ~J |
The one aged 10 was done by the govenment (cos i got put in care). the others don't think so.
I did a test about 4 year ago when i was considering joining the armed forces (a BARB test i think they called it) where i scored 60pts. Apparently it was the highest the staff sergeant had seen in the last 6 months, and he had never seen over 66. But i think i scored well due to the speed i did the test. 35minutes when they expet you to do it in 45-90.
I all depends i suppose on how "awake" i am. I tend to get bored quickly.
| QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) | ||
What's that? |
Typically, 2
| QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm) |
| Typically, 2 |
Then that test certainly isn't very close, averaging well above 1,000,000 times as much.
It's good to know I'm worth $1,930,780, because I might be wanting to sell myself pretty soon.
Is there some sort of bulk discount?
~J
~J
No-one's getting a discount on my bulk! Full price all the way, baby!
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