That $2.2m per employee though would be over a long period, some of this dates to 1991 I think. Apple established in Ireland in 1980 with 60 employees, and ramped up to 700 within a few years, and have expanded their workforce ever since. They have been a centrepiece in the IDA's showcase trying to attract FDI which Ireland have build their economy around.

>Do you believe rehabilitation is impossible or do you want revenge?

I don't believe that someone who commits mass murder can be rehabilitated, no. It isn't about revenge; it's about public safety.

Someone once pointed out that hoping a rapist gets raped in prison isn't a victory for his victim(s), because it somehow gives him what he had coming to him, but it's actually a victory for rape and violence. I wish I could remember who said that, because they are right. The score doesn't go Rapist: 1 World: 1. It goes Rape: 2.

What this man did is unspeakable, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. If he needs to be kept away from other prisoners as a safety issue, there are ways to do that without keeping him in solitary confinement, which has been shown conclusively to be profoundly cruel and harmful.

Putting him in solitary confinement, as a punitive measure, is not a victory for the good people in the world. It's a victory for inhumane treatment of human beings. This ruling is, in my opinion, very good and very strong for human rights, *precisely* because it was brought by such a despicable and horrible person. It affirms that all of us have basic human rights, even the absolute worst of us on this planet.

This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.

If you want to look to a 'geeky' principle as a guide to living life, look no further than the Robustness Principe - treat others with patience and tolerance, and anything you do, do it right.

Anyone ever deal with SAP? That anyone would hire their former CEO to do anything but wash windows is astonishing to me. Apotheker performed exactly as I would have expected him to.

Because they're increasing the money supply, and that is a primary driver of inflation?

Wasn't one of the big "selling points" of bitcoins that they weren't inflationary?

Ooops.

Undoing mod down. =P

FUCKING ASSASSINS CREED BLEEEEEAAAARG!

Worst. Controls. Ever.

That is all. Blah, blah, blah filter error. Looks like yelling? Well, duh, that was the fucking point.

Actually, the drug argument is the first thing that popped into my head. Can't beat supply and demand, so legalize and tax.

I'm not sure what you're talking about. If I wanted to buy a +40 jillion sword of epic wanking for WoW, I could go to any number of sites, and pay cash for that. I could do it *right now*. I could buy Diablo 2 items *right now*.

It is true Blizzard sells pets and crap like that for cash, but it is not true that they are selling anything different now. They're providing a cash auction house where PLAYERS can sell stuff to OTHER PLAYERS for money. In short, they're targeting the third party sites that sell items. That's it.

If Blizzard *themselves* were selling weapons or armor or something that they created, then yes, I would agree. This is just bringing the player-to-player exchanges that have been around since forever in-house.