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Windminstrel
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:21:00 -
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My sister-in-law is from Iceland, and she and my brother go back there every year or so. Every time he does he complains about the beer -- it costs something like $60 US per case!
I'm a programmer, and I know that beer is essential for tuning up the programmer's brain. So how can you guys still code with beer that expensive?
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Sirilonwe
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:25:00 -
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Nyphur
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:26:00 -
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100,000 eve subscribers times about a tenner a month = lots of beer money.
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Witchking
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:29:00 -
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Every time they run out of beer they just spawn a new case of 'Quafe' in the office |
HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:29:00 -
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i saw something about them considering moving to canada to avoid that
sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault Stop spamming with "QFT" >:|. - Teblin
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Amataras
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:33:00 -
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Edited by: Amataras on 23/02/2006 21:35:36 Edited by: Amataras on 23/02/2006 21:34:44 (im not an economist, but here's my guess)
Greater equality in the Scandanavian countries means that the average citizen is better off than their counterparts in the UK, USA etc. They are spending a similar percentage of their wealth when they buy a pint down the pub as people in the UK do, but when they go abroad their money is worth more and so they have greater purchasing power.
On the opposite end, people going to Iceland will find it expensive.
Iceland: GDP/capita $41,804
UK: GDP/capita $35,548
USA: GDP/capita $39,935
So, on average people in Iceland are richer. Also take into account the greater equality and you can see that the average icelander will have quite a bit more money than the UK/USA citizen.
If you go to Eastern Europe you will find beer for 30p a pint. However since people there earn less than those in the west it is about the same for them as a ú1.50 pint in the UK.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:37:00 -
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but it means the revenue from eve is worth less in iceland
sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault Stop spamming with "QFT" >:|. - Teblin
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Amataras
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:38:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing but it means the revenue from eve is worth less in iceland
They get around this partly by having their servers in London
I guess their wages aren't as high as they might be if they lived in London too
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:44:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing i saw something about them considering moving to canada to avoid that
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sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault Stop spamming with "QFT" >:|. - Teblin
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Gonada
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:55:00 -
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man why anyone would live anywhere but Canada is beyond me :P
just think , the CCP gang could drink good beer, eat backbacon , maple syrup at will.
country bigger than the usa but smaller pop than california , little crime, hot lookin winter girls .../sigh
hmm better keep my mouth shut, they might come
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.02.23 21:58:00 -
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Originally by: Gonada hot lookin winter girls .../sigh
hmm better keep my mouth shut, they might come
and then your hot looking winter girls would be replaced by this
sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault Stop spamming with "QFT" >:|. - Teblin
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Amataras
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:00:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing
Originally by: Gonada hot lookin winter girls .../sigh
hmm better keep my mouth shut, they might come
and then your hot looking winter girls would be replaced by this
QFT
The invasion has begun
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Gonada
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:04:00 -
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hippo.... that was 10 degrees beyond horrid ...
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:04:00 -
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btw, i'm trying to get that pic into as many threads as possible
sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault Stop spamming with "QFT" >:|. - Teblin
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Kaldani Malankori
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:05:00 -
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It's more like $70...
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Tiuwaz
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:07:00 -
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they raid once a year continental europe like the vikings did
getting drunk after 3 sips helps too
oh and there is always the home made stuff that makes you drunk and blind, the latter effect is guaranteed while the former might be just a side effect
Originally by: Oveur ****! Lets nerf it!
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Emmerich Steiner
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:08:00 -
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Edited by: Emmerich Steiner on 23/02/2006 22:09:45 Just a note: GDP per capita is not a very good measure of personal purchasing power. As it is a measurement of a countries productive worth diveded by the population of that country.
And the GDP per capita in the: US is $41,800 Iceland is $34,600 UK is $30,900
source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html
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Niccolado Starwalker
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:16:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing
Originally by: HippoKing i saw something about them considering moving to canada to avoid that
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Well, im seriously hope that they dont move. Oh, I DO want the company to be echonomic sucessfull, but what im afraid of is that SOME of the devs would not join the moving truck if CCP flags out of Iceland.
You see, its These specific developers that made this game truly great. Not just any developer. But these specific CCP develoeprs. Any deveoper can do coding, but only CURRENT CCP developer can continue the success of the EVE. The others would just try to make the game comercial, so it could access all layer segments of the online game market. I have played so many online games - all having devs and producers ofcource - but they have all of them in a way messed up their game. CCP have not. So, I seriously hope that whatever will take place in the future, the current devs and other CCP ppl will move with the company.
The CCP will not be the same without them...
And if they arrange a FanFest on iceland this year, ill buy em ALL beer! Thats a Promise!
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Gunstar Zero
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Posted - 2006.02.23 22:21:00 -
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my lessons learnt in Iceland:
Never get a taxi from the airport to the city. You may not have any money left for beer.
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