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Re:The $8 Trillion Internet: McKinsey's Bold Attempt to Meas... by wildbunny on Monday November 07, 2011 @10:50AM (#3206684)
"So McKinsey's report limited its scope to the online economy in the G-8 countries plus five more: Brazil, China, India, South Korea and Brazil."

lol

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Re:The $8 Trillion Internet: McKinsey's Bold Attempt to Meas... by chollida1 on Monday November 07, 2011 @11:32AM (#3206911)
Why is that funny? If they are assuming a pareto distribution then getting the top 13 countries probably would make the estimate fairly accurate.
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Re:The $8 Trillion Internet: McKinsey's Bold Attempt to Meas... by reginaldo on Monday November 07, 2011 @11:37AM (#3206938)
I think the lol refers to the fact that Brazil is counted twice.
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Re:The $8 Trillion Internet: McKinsey's Bold Attempt to Meas... by chollida1 on Monday November 07, 2011 @11:43AM (#3206967)
Ah, yep. The jokes on me:) I missed that.
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