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Old 05-19-2011, 02:32 PM   #31
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I'm trying to see the point you are making.

I was pointing out that those rich Chinese you see are a very small fraction of all of the Chinese. You essentially said the same thing.
What's more important to Apple: The % of China who are rich, or the NUMBER who are rich?

The town I live in is over $100K median income......But it only has like 25,000 people, so even if 90% of them could justify buying an iPad, Apple isn't going to be opening a store here anytime soon.

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Old 05-19-2011, 02:54 PM   #32
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no, I didn't know that, but I did know that a very small group of Americans is the same percentage of population for our respective countres as an extremely big group of chinese.
but what about the FACT that for every 5 chinese on that line there is 1 american this line here?

How do you explain that?
How?
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Old 05-19-2011, 03:07 PM   #33
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but what about the FACT that for every 5 chinese on that line there is 1 american this line here?

How do you explain that?
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Old 05-19-2011, 03:13 PM   #34
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Do they get to trade in their unwanted female babies towards the purchase of an iPad 2? That would be a sweet fucking deal.
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Old 05-19-2011, 03:17 PM   #35
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Yeah...but did you know that small fraction of chinese is like 1/5 or our whole population?
I heard it was more like 3/15.
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Old 05-19-2011, 03:18 PM   #36
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Simply viewing Apple kit provokes religious euphoria

By Cade Metz in San Francisco • Get more from this author

Posted in Music and Media, 19th May 2011 18:22 GMT


A team of British neuroscientists has confirmed what IT atheists have known for years - that the brains of Jobsian cult members respond to the sight of Apple products in much the same way that religious believers respond to religious imagery.

In a recent BBC documentary, Secrets of the Superbrands (BBC iPlayer), the neuroscientists ran an MRI scan on the brain of Alex Brooks, the editor of World of Apple, who claims that the Jobsian cult is "definitely" on his mind 24 hours a day. They discovered that photos of things like the iPhone and the iPad make certain parts of his brain all tingly.

"We see quite an amount of changes in the brain when he's actually looking at Apple products, which is quite fascinating," explained professor Gemma Calvert, a neuroscientist at the University of Warwick. "There's much more activity in the visual cortex, an enhanced visual attention, if you like, to Apple products." Much the same thing occurs, she explained, when holy imagery is shown to religious zealots.

"This suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or exploit, the brain areas that have evolved to process religion,” she chillingly elaborated.

The study's test group extends to, well, a single person, but our own research indicates the finding can be extrapolated to every fanboi on earth.

In the interests of science, El Reg's San Francisco bureau this morning wrapped a portable MRI scanner around the brain of its very own Apple cult disciple, hopelessly addicted fanboi reporter Rik Myslewski. His grey matter responded to a selection of Apple products in much the same way that the average American responds to images of processed food and Charlie Sheen.

So there you have it. Apple is indeed a religion. Amen. ®
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What's more important to Apple: The % of China who are rich, or the NUMBER who are rich?
Perhaps you should have said that in the first place?
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Perhaps you should have said that in the first place?
Yes sir, general sir.
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I heard it was more like 3/15.
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