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RiderOfGiraffes
on Feb 19, 2010
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The Gettysburg address in PowerPoint
> On that page it is stated that 1,5 mio. people > see that presentation every year.
Are you sure? It seems to me to say that from 2000 to 2006 a total of 1.5 million saw it, not 1.5m/year. If I'm wrong please let me know ...
mseebach
on Feb 19, 2010
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Yeah, you're right, it's accumulative. But it doesn't change the fact that the PowerPoint version
obviously
have a significantly larger impact than old dudes speech. He didn't even use a microphone, go figure.
thingie
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Depends. Makes 1.5 million of random internet visitors more impact than 15 thousand of quite enthusiastic listeners? Well. I don't think so :o)
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