Net Assets again

Linas Vepstas linas@linas.org
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:58:58 -0600


On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 02:48:18PM +0100, Otto M?ller was heard to remark:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 11:55:30PM +0100, Lars Burgstahler was heard to
> remark:
> > I create a completely new file ...
> 
> that means no assets ans no income.
> 
> > Now I get 200,-EUR from my parents. [...] But now I got a Net Asset of 400,-EUR
> 
> Linas Vepstas schrieb Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:29:26 -0600:
>  
> > yes, you now have 400 eur.
> 
> This doesn't go into my mind. How can Lars have 400,-EUR albeit he only
> received 200,-EUR ? Where came the other 200,- EUR from?
> The same goes with this dialogue:
> 
> Lars > and a gain of 400,-EUR.
> linas> yes, because you are 400 eur richer than you were last month.
> 
> As Lars said > Sorry, but I don't get it. <

Sorry,  I did not see the 200,- number, or if I did, I assumed it was
typo.   If you deposit only 200,- then the assets should e 200,- and the
'profits' should be 200,-   and if something shows 400,- then there's
a mistake or bug somewhere.

--linas

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