On Sat, 9 May 2009, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
Michael S. Hart wrote:
Let's say Josh is right, and only 1% of cellphone owners do eBooks.
1% of 4.5 billion is 45 million.
Will you stop making up "facts" out of pure thin air?
For all the *research* you have done it could be anywhere between 100% and 0.00000000000000000000000001%.
That's why I use terms such as "let's say", "about," "approximately," and "~". . . . Everyone, except you, seems to realize these ARE approximations. I would say that even the U.N. figure of 4.2 billion for the beginning of this year was an approximation, as are most all the other figures, including the world and US populations. In fact, I would have to say, and so should you, that nearly all the statistics we ever get like this are approximations. So, what exactly IS the point? mh