Statistics - Whats Going On?
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 In the Numbers section of the Nov. 28 Time Magazine is an interesting, what do I call it - fact. Apparently it took Apple Computers online store 20 days to reach 1 million downloads for the new video iPod, while it took only 7 days for a website offering porn videos for iPod to reach the same mark.

I, for one, am totally in lust with Apple Products, like the Ipod and the 17 inch G4 Powerbook. (I want one of each for Christmas.) But thats not the point. I wonder, were these people spending hard earned money to buy iPods (which are not cheap), just to view porn? I hope not. Or maybe its not hard-earned. Anywho, its interesting how much faster the porn downloads were, 3 times as fast. Steve Jobs and his people at Apple couldn't have seen this coming.

This little statistic is tucked away at the corner of page 25, but has big implications. Apparently the porn industry is very huge, earning millions of dollars. So, I guess it makes perfect sense for the businessmen and women of the industry to diversify their product range and target market. Soon they will start PODcasts, a fancy name for broadcasting pre recorded media content over the web. (I hope I haven't given someone a business idea!) This, my friends, is what is called capitalism - Show me the money!

How far are we willing to go to make money? Pornography and the term porn, draw the biggest number of hits on the Net, followed by the term religion. Do the people at Apple just this event as an indicator of the popularity of their gadget? It translates to good sales of that beautiful gadget, but there are other considerations. Of course, Apple cannot start telling people how to use their IPod, but the ethical question rests on those who use that technology to propagate porn. (Hold on, we are asking the wrong people ethical questions.) Ok, I'm hating, but honestly, what's going on?

In other news, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, (ati who??) have announced their split after 3-odd years. Celebrities, what planet do they live on? However, that's for another day.

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    deathcab4u - December 06th, 2005
    The pornography industry is huge. The total industry brings in anywhere between $4-$10 billion. There are an estimated 1.3 million pornography web sites! The world is so involved in the ridiculous and degrading industry that it is no surprise that millions of people took that video iPod and loaded it with adult content so that at anytime they wished they could contribute to one of the worlds problems.
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    gatwiri - December 07th, 2005
    When we allow porn to take over our lives and commerce, can we complain when people are trafficked into sexual slavery?

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