This is based on data from PortalPlayer as well as the simple observation that Apple unveiled its then new iPod photo around the same time last year, and that they'll want to cash in on the same holiday season buzz they did then.

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So this is not a book review, just an observation, based on the wall-to-wall reporting on the contents of What Happened and the post-publication public statements of its author: With all due respect, I think Peggy Noonan is wrong.

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Well, yes, OK, but the really interesting thing to me is that we could work this out purely by observation, without any heavy math (yes, algorithms based on Monte Carlo can be so described quite fairly).

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