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To: Donald B. Fuller who wrote (31327)	7/9/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: gugie	Respond to of 70976

My wife and I own one computer. The two of us each use it. If we had kids, you'd include them.

To: Donald B. Fuller who wrote (31327)	7/9/1999 5:55:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Don, The 50-60% number is "households with a computer", and I actually believe it is a bit higher than most in the industry use today. Lots of things in those numbers to make one suspect: (Translating into percentages here, rather than the mythical "people"): 6% of the worlds population owns 59% of the assets. OK I buy that. All of those 6% are from the US. Not even remotely possible. US population is approximately 250 million, World population approximately 6 billion. Only 4% of the world's people live in the US in the first place! I could go deeper, but that should give you an idea of the number's accuracy... mg

To: Donald B. Fuller who wrote (31327)	7/9/1999 9:56:00 PM
From: Bill Shepherd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Re:Fascinating analysis but one point of contention. How do we get 6 people from the US but only 1 owns a computer. I thought the US number was about 50-60%, which means 3 out of 100 would own a computer based on US contribution alone. Still - it makes a very good point. What's the cliche...there are lies, big lies, and then statistics? Another apparent oddity: Doesn't it seem odd that of the 6 that own 59% of the wealth, but have only ONE computer between them also only have ONE college diploma between them (or only one college education, more accurately) I think something strange happened when these numbers were "distilled" down to 100, huh?? Either that...or were perpetuating yet another lame urban legend. Regards...Bill S