Poland worth more than Apple; American journalists are dumb

Started by Martinus, March 13, 2012, 10:20:23 AM

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Tamas

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March 13, 2012, 10:24:32 AM
Embrace the truth!

garbon

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March 13, 2012, 10:31:40 AM
Isn't Apple worth more than Poland though? I'm hard pressed to think of something worthwhile in Poland.

Anyway, this bit seemed odd.
Quote"When you take the market cap of a company like Apple this can change very quickly," says De Grauwe. "It is quite possible that in five years the market cap of Apple could have dropped to $100bn or $200bn.

"Look what happened to Microsoft. Not so long ago Microsoft was the biggest company in the world. Now it has weighed down. The price of a company's shares can move up a lot, but can [also] crash."

as countries can crash to.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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DGuller

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March 13, 2012, 10:41:55 AM
Poland does have tens of millions of people.  Those don't come cheap.

Admiral Yi

#4
March 13, 2012, 10:42:33 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2012, 10:31:40 AM
Isn't Apple worth more than Poland though?

No.  Market cap is a stock, GDP is a flow.  If Apple's revenues were higher than Poland's GDP then the headline would work.

garbon

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March 13, 2012, 10:47:54 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 13, 2012, 10:42:33 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2012, 10:31:40 AM
Isn't Apple worth more than Poland though?

No.  Market cap is a stock, GDP is a flow.  If Apple's revenues were higher than Poland's GDP then the headline would work.

:huh:
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

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March 13, 2012, 11:01:07 AM
Quote from: DGuller on March 13, 2012, 10:41:55 AM
Poland does have tens of millions of people.  Those don't come cheap.

I wonder which is worth more.  The new IPhone or a Pole? I'm think a pretty one with big tits.  The Pole that is, not the Iphone.
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March 13, 2012, 11:11:24 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 13, 2012, 11:01:07 AM
Quote from: DGuller on March 13, 2012, 10:41:55 AM
Poland does have tens of millions of people.  Those don't come cheap.

I wonder which is worth more.  The new IPhone or a Pole? I'm think a pretty one with big tits.  The Pole that is, not the Iphone.

Is this new Iphone still in development or has it been released? That's a three or four digit difference right there.
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garbon

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March 13, 2012, 11:15:39 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 13, 2012, 11:12:56 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2012, 10:47:54 AM
:huh:

Tell me which of the big words you didn't get.

I don't see how that relates to my flippant remark.  I guess there is some humor value in responding in a deadpan manner but it didn't work for me.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Solmyr

#10
March 13, 2012, 11:20:10 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 13, 2012, 11:01:07 AM
Quote from: DGuller on March 13, 2012, 10:41:55 AM
Poland does have tens of millions of people.  Those don't come cheap.

I wonder which is worth more.  The new IPhone or a Pole? I'm think a pretty one with big tits.  The Pole that is, not the Iphone.

But if you had a pretty iphone with big tits, would you really need a Pole?

Admiral Yi

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March 13, 2012, 11:21:15 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2012, 11:15:39 AM
I don't see how that relates to my flippant remark.

It relates to your flippant remark by being a refutation of it.

Scipio

#12
March 13, 2012, 11:32:01 AM
Quote from: DGuller on March 13, 2012, 10:41:55 AM
Poland does have tens of millions of people.  Those don't come cheap.
They do in Chung Kuo.
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garbon

#13
March 13, 2012, 11:41:34 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 13, 2012, 11:21:15 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2012, 11:15:39 AM
I don't see how that relates to my flippant remark.

It relates to your flippant remark by being a refutation of it.

But I wasn't talking about the arguments put forth in the article nor advancing the same.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Scipio

#14
March 13, 2012, 11:42:32 AM
When the President has to say that the President of the United States is relevant, he isn't.
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-Every cop, The Wire

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