Obviously the planet Mercury is a terrorist and should be destroyed. I'd suggest waterboarding it, but it's so hot there that it might like it.
(and, I know you later said that the actual savings were higher -- but the point is, you should _never_ just multiply reoccurring costs or savings by the number of periods to get the equivalent present value, especially for periods of years.)
out of legimitate curiosity... why?
really, I just want to know the implications of doing so and what needs to be done to incorporate that information into financial models
Let's patent, then, a way to check if something is already patented.
That should short-circuit the whole system.
Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle. -- Steinbach