Since I was looking up Telescreens on Wikipedia, I saw this description of the Proles which seems to describe our current highly educated US population:
Their functions are simple: work and breed. They care little about anything but home and family, neighbour quarrels, films, football, beer, lottery tickets, and other such bread and circuses. They are not required to express support for the Party beyond occasional patriotic fervour; the Party creates meaningless entertainment, songs, novels and even pornography for the proles — all written by machines. … Proles do not wear uniforms, may use cosmetics, have a relatively free internal market economy, and are even permitted religion. Proles also have liberal sex lives, uninterrupted by the Party, and divorce and prostitution are enjoyed by Proles. Despite these personal freedoms, the Thought Police plant agents among the proles to spread false rumours and eliminate any individuals deemed capable of causing trouble. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google wants to be Apple Actually Canada is the most educated country in the world … http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/27/and-the-worlds-most-educated-country-is/ I’m sure that’s debatable and depends on who did the research for the article too… But the world doesn’t revolve around the US … sure, big player and lots of tech companies …. and lots of companies that move to the US to get fast/large market share But … that’s tech companies … if you look at the largest companies in the world for revenue, only 2 US companies make the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by_revenue If you look at wealthiest companies (which personally would be my way to rank companies of significance): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_organizations Just my two cents worth … from someone who has travelled a significant amount of the world Paul Sorry, US being the most educated, most advanced country in the world is so US centric and ignorant of the rest of the world isn't not even funny anymore. We ARE the highest consumers of resources and wealthiest country in the world. And the return of that to the average citizen is one of the lowest in the world... I'll leave the relationship of that to iphone consumption to your imagination... On 10/6/16 7:53 AM, Travis Johnson wrote: You obviously didn't read my message... my point was, in the US market, which is the "most educated, most advanced" country in the world, Apple has a 44% marketshare... almost double of the 2nd place phone. We can talk "Android" use vs IOS use, but anyone can build and GIVE AWAY an Operating System... just like starting a company that you don't have to make a profit... anyone can do that. :) Travis On 10/5/2016 7:55 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: You have a strong opinion, but it is poorly formed. Apple has a decent take in the US market, but that's a small percentage of the overall pie. That's slated to slide more away from Apple given current trends. 2nd quarter of this year Android was at 86.2% global smartphone share, and Apple is losing ground quarter after quarter. https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/18/gartner-androids-smartphone-marketshare-hit-86-2-in-q2/ 87.6 once more results were in: http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp You're entitled to your opinion though, by all means. On Oct 5, 2016 8:24 PM, "Travis Johnson" <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Actually, Apple is the top smartphone in the US... nobody cares about the rest of the world... they have 44% marketshare in the US. You know, the country where every real Internet and tech company is located... Apple, Intel, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Google, etc. Take your pick of Android phone... their screen responses all suck compared to an iPhone. :) Travis On 10/5/2016 6:02 PM, Bill Prince wrote: It was not me that said that. I don't buy Apple products. Period. I would not get an Apple product if it were free. And there is good reason that most of the people on the planet use a smartphone other than theirs. And a Samsung smartphone is not real Android, so that is a piss poor comparison. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 10/5/2016 3:30 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: Some people ride a Honda, some people ride a Harley. Some people drive a Chevy, some people drive a BMW. I think it was you that even said "If the price was the same, everyone would be using an iPhone"... which I honestly believe. I have used a brand new Samsung phone with Android, and the first thing I noticed is that the screen response is not the same as an iPhone
