The cup's half empty?

[ecookman]

over lunch i was drinking a can of pop and my friend asked if i was almost done. I said yea...the can't half empty and then he said half full, and then i said, no half empty....and so on and so on..

Then while I was walking to the library to read their new PC Gamer magazine I thought...hey there is a way to tell if something is half empty or half full

to see if people already have some grip on my idea I am going to do a 1 week poll then state my opinion.

so the life changing question is...

was my can of pop half empty, or half full?

[Tony]

I have a cup specifically to solve such a dilemma. Also, bacon.

[bbi5291]

The Real Programmer sees a cup that is neither half full nor half empty, but rather twice as large as it needs to be.

[ecookman]

nice...


edit:

p.s: i want the bacon and that is my new desktop pic

[ecookman]

bbi5291 @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:35 pm wrote:

The Real Programmer sees a cup that is neither half full nor half empty, but rather twice as large as it needs to be.

curve ball

lol...i didn't see that

[md]

When filling the glass it's half full, when emptying the glass it's half empty. Geez, it's not like this is hard.

Also, mmm... bacon...

[A.J]

ecookman wrote:

was my can of pop half empty, or half full?

That depends, ecookman...did you like the pop? If you did, it was half full, otherwise, half empty.

[Clayton]

Depends on what's in the cup. If it's a certain orange substance (curse you md!) then I have no clue. If it's tasty, it's half full, if it's nasty, half empty.

[Analysis Mode]

This is not created by me:

A well-known proverb states that an optimistic would say a glass is half full, while a pessimist would say it is half empty. What would people of different professions and walks of life say?

The BANKER would say that the glass has just under 50% of its net worth in liquid assets.
The GOVERNMENT would say that the glass is fuller than it would be if the opposition party were in power.
The OPPOSITION would say that it is irrelevant because the present administration has changed the way such volume statistics are collected.
The ECONOMIST would say that, in real terms, the glass is 25% fuller than at the same time last year.
The PHILOSOPHER would say that, if the glass was in the forest and no one was there to see it, would it be half anything?
The PSYCHIATRIST would ask, "What did your mother say about the glass?"
The PHYSICIST would say that the volume of this cylinder is divided into two equal parts; one a colorless, odorless liquid, the other a colorless, odorless gas. Thus the cylinder is neither full nor empty. Rather, each half of the cylinder is full, one with a gas, one with a liquid.
The SEASONED DRINKER would say that the glass doesn't have enough ice in it.

[Insectoid]

If you don't like the drink, it's half full, because you see how much more drinking you have to do before te horrible liquid is completely drained. If you like it, it's half empty, because you are disappointed to see so little left

[endless]

md @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:42 pm wrote:

When filling the glass it's half full, when emptying the glass it's half empty. Geez, it's not like this is hard.

This.

[SNIPERDUDE]

I'm going to go with the programmer's philosophy on the subject, as mentioned by bbi5291.

[btiffin]

When I drove, I once noted to myself that the gas guage spent a lot more time approaching empty then it ever did approaching full. Ever since then I've been a 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8th empty kinda guy. Then I noticed a fair sized segment of society that thinks "half empty, time to fill up", whereas most people are more than happy to drive around "still have an eighth of a tank", overly optimistic gits.

Cheers

[md]

Clayton @ 2009-04-14, 7:00 pm wrote:

Depends on what's in the cup. If it's a certain orange substance (curse you md!) then I have no clue. If it's tasty, it's half full, if it's nasty, half empty.

I have no idea what certain orange substance you are talking about... incidentally... check your email

Check your own damn e-mail

[A.J]

Clayton wrote:

Depends on what's in the cup. If it's a certain orange substance (curse you md!) then I have no clue. If it's tasty, it's half full, if it's nasty, half empty.

insectoid wrote:

If you don't like the drink, it's half full, because you see how much more drinking you have to do before te horrible liquid is completely drained. If you like it, it's half empty, because you are disappointed to see so little left

Sort of like what I said, but I think that it is better to always look at it half empty. That way, there aren't any consequences