I interpreted "known or unknown" to mean the known or unknown presence of a known virus. For example, maybe it's known that this blood donor had AIDS. So they blast the bag with AIDS-killing frickin laser beams.
All well and good, but suppose they don't know what other viruses are present? Maybe the donor had the flu? Maybe the donor had HPV? Rather than spending the money to test and run down any number of viruses that may be present in the blood just zap the baggie for AIDS, zap it again for influenza, zap the sonofabitch again for HPV...etc (g'n'r...too obscure?)
So that may be what they meant by "known or unknown" viruses...but hey, at least you didn't come to a hasty conclusion and embarrass yourself trying to appear smart.
This is kind of a silly correlation. Market competition also plays a factor in price. Without having done any formal research, I'm guessing iPod's are cheap in Japan and HongKong because there's an abundance of "alternative goods" (econ 101 anybody?) available in those tech-savvy markets, and the iPod's market share is much more vulnerable.
Peace Out.
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I interpreted "known or unknown" to mean the known or unknown presence of a known virus. For example, maybe it's known that this blood donor had AIDS. So they blast the bag with AIDS-killing frickin laser beams. All well and good, but suppose they don't know what other viruses are present? Maybe the donor had the flu? Maybe the donor had HPV? Rather than spending the money to test and run down any number of viruses that may be present in the blood just zap the baggie for AIDS, zap it again for influenza, zap the sonofabitch again for HPV...etc (g'n'r...too obscure?) So that may be what they meant by "known or unknown" viruses...but hey, at least you didn't come to a hasty conclusion and embarrass yourself trying to appear smart.
This is kind of a silly correlation. Market competition also plays a factor in price. Without having done any formal research, I'm guessing iPod's are cheap in Japan and HongKong because there's an abundance of "alternative goods" (econ 101 anybody?) available in those tech-savvy markets, and the iPod's market share is much more vulnerable. Peace Out.