[metabagel]

> So trying to measure it in dollar terms is already a pointless exercise.

That strikes me as an argument for a judgement of zero dollars, which is the exact opposite of the reality that life is worth infinitely more than money.

[knodi123]

You must not be a programmer, or you'd understand that NULL !== 0

;-)

But my overarching point is that $329,000,000 is an absurd and arbitrary number, so for my purposes, either value NULL or 0 would make my case.