When it's easy to compare two things, like salaries, dissatisfaction isn't far away because there's always someone who earns more than you or, in this case, has a better mp3 player than you.

当两相比较很容易时，不满就会近身，比如薪水，总有人比你挣得更多。 或者，以这个例子来说，拥有一个比你的更好的mp3。

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As Example 8-16 shows, the scripting system can compare the player position to some predetermined value and then trigger a trap if they are equal.

如例8 - 16所示，脚本系统会拿玩家的位置和预先设定的值比较，当它们相等的时候陷阱就被触发了。

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However, if you compare an eight year old who was born on January 1 to a player who was born December 31, there are drastic differences.

但是，如果把两个同为八岁，但分别出生在1月1日和12月31日的队员进行比较的话，你就会发现巨大的不同。

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Then we compare a player's stats to his salary to see how much bang he is delivering for the buck.

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The numbers are based on FanGraphs' projected 2012 wins above replacement (WAR), a statistic used to compare a player's value to the average Triple-A fill-in.

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People perceive expensive item as being better and if they compare their favorite brand player to the Toshiba there is no way that they would choose HD DVD based on the way the player looks.

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