People Who Just Do Not Give a Damn About the Internet
from the silly-people dept
A new study that spoke to people all over the globe has found that 40% of respondents, despite knowing about the internet, had no interest in using it saying it wasn't really relelvent to their lives.
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40%? SAD!!!
Consider the population.....of the planet ...6billion, 1billion on the internet. That is only 17%. So....8.5% of the world does not care about the net? Hmm....that IS sad. Sure....the 1Billion that IS on the Internet are people like me...a US Citizen [yeah] and few other countries...China, Japan, UK, some Africa. People who think the Internet is porn/email/spam? Yeah...it sucks. But for computer people, who can get help on any topic, read about product reviews, movie reviews & times, software [and warez :( ] and games.
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