But it does mean that lawmakers should exercise some prudence and judgment when deciding tax policy.
But it does mean that we could see about a 10% correction in stocks.
But it does mean that business as usual is increasingly unfeasible with each passing day.
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But it does mean that China's future subscribers will be less profitable than its existing ones.
But it does mean that far from being an aberrant behaviour, psychopathy may be disturbingly normal.
This doesn't mean they're guilty, but it does mean that they're looking at this very seriously.
It does not seem to amount to much but it does mean that life is possible here.
But it does mean that neither he nor any of his customers actually own any of it.
But it does mean that we have to adapt to that competitive environment.
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But it does mean that predicting future coaching success is an inexact science that has to rely on the intangible.
This does not kill the prospects for the drug, but it does mean that the timeline for approval has been slowed considerably.
It does mean that the politics and economics of the situation - for both leaders - is more complicated than we might think.
That doesn't mean PDE-5 inhibitors are unsafe for everyone, but it does mean that they need to be prescribed and monitored by a doctor.
But it does mean that we should be looking a little askance at those claiming that sluggish hardware sales are as a result of a Windows 8 failure.
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It does mean that you should look before you reap.
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On the one hand, at least it does mean that the staff are holding onto their jobs, while on the other they are losing a fifth of their pay.
It does mean that there are powerful treatments hidden in the way good doctors talk to their patients and that we need to figure out ways to study them.
But it does mean that if in six months, my company decided to standardize on and issue PlayBooks instead of iPads, I could see myself being perfectly happy about it.
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That doesn't mean income equality, but it does mean that the system has to work well enough to keep most of its citizens believing in it and playing in it.
Unfortunately, it does mean that live bloggers spend their first 30 minutes frantically typing things that they already know to update an audience in real time on things they would rather skip through.
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Sailing at 12-15 knots instead of 20-24 knots brings enormous savings on fuel - but it does mean that extra ships are required to transport the same volume of goods in the same timescale.
While this is bad news for anyone claiming to have found DNA in, say an amber-encased mosquito, it does mean that the record for the oldest DNA sample (currently 500, 000 years old) can be broken.
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But it does mean that I at least would be wary of other things I am being told by the same people when they are so clearly wrong on this fact that I can check.
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It does mean that the scientific evidence needs to be evaluated rigorously and dispassionately by people who do not feel they know the answer but whose sole goal is the accurate assessment of the evidence.
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That does not sound like much but it does mean that extreme rain storms may bring more rain than before - with more moisture in the air, what goes up must come down, and the odds are worse.
"That does not mean that we would be able to discuss the details of every counterterrorism operation, but it does mean that there are standards in place that are public and available for every American to review, " he said.
It does not mean that they do not care about their customers, but it does mean that the first question they must ask is how much income can we extract from our customers without driving those that are profitable to another financial institution.
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Sotheby's, its rival, is also hoping the sale goes well, for if it does it will mean that perhaps things aren't quite so bad as they seem.
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Of course it does not mean that South Africa's problems are over, but it does prove, in the words of one commentator speaking before the game, that if the nation pulls together as a team, it is capable of being the best in the world.
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