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IE Users are not (officially) dumber than the rest

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  • L Lost User

    Story was a hoax[^]

    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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    Gary Wheeler
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    Ohmigod. You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

    Software Zen: delete this;

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    • B Benjano

      Ah, and I thought the research published in the Daily Mash had proven this for certain: If you're using Internet Explorer, this is called a 'website'[^]

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      Reminds me of this episode...[^]

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      • G Gary Wheeler

        Ohmigod. You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

        Software Zen: delete this;

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        OriginalGriff
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        Not possible: all browsers have a built in lie detector which checks via the sweat content of your mouse hand. Obviously, this function has to be disabled with pr0n sites...

        Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        • S S Houghtelin

          Code Project disbelieved it first :thumbsup::thumbsup:

          It was broke, so I fixed it.

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          Oakman
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          S Houghtelin wrote:

          Code Project disbelieved it first

          not everyone[^]

          The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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          • G Gary Wheeler

            Ohmigod. You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            Rutvik Dave
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            Forget everything, what is wikipedia saying ? :rolleyes:

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            • L Lost User

              Story was a hoax[^]

              Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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              Wjousts
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              #10

              ....journalists are officially dumber than everybody else for publishing the story in the first place.

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              • L Lost User

                Story was a hoax[^]

                Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                Albert Holguin
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                Emphasis on "officially"... :laugh:

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                • W Wjousts

                  ....journalists are officially dumber than everybody else for publishing the story in the first place.

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                  Albert Holguin
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                  Glad to see journalists get their stories from the same place the rest of us do... random places on the internet... :laugh:

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                  • L Lost User

                    Story was a hoax[^]

                    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                    Michael Bergman
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                    I am just not getting all that worked up over the hoax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code[^]

                    m.bergman

                    -- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.

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                    • L Lost User

                      Story was a hoax[^]

                      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                      Not Active
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                      Damn, you can't believe anything on the web. :laugh:


                      I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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                      • L Lost User

                        Story was a hoax[^]

                        Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                        Mark AJA
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                        The users of some of the other less successful Web browsers like to spend more time saying how bad Internet Explorer is rather than report the bugs with their own browser.

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                        • L Lost User

                          Story was a hoax[^]

                          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                          Lost User
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                          I think it's pretty strange that anyone would believe a browser choice has something to do with intelligence. It's a little disconcerting that people are so insecure that they need to have browser preferences validated by IQ tests. Oh, I now feel better because people who use the same browser as I do have a tendency to have a higher IQ and those that don't use my browser are dumber. I'm safe for now! I think the hoax demonstrated something much more troubling in the IT community.

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                          • G Gary Wheeler

                            Ohmigod. You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            Alan Burkhart
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                            Gary Wheeler wrote:

                            You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

                            Surely this has never happened before. I'll check snopes... :-D

                            XAlan Burkhart

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                            • O Oakman

                              S Houghtelin wrote:

                              Code Project disbelieved it first

                              not everyone[^]

                              The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                              Alan Burkhart
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                              Oakman wrote:

                              not everyone

                              Be gentle with D. You know how temperamental he is. ;)

                              XAlan Burkhart

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                              • M Mark AJA

                                The users of some of the other less successful Web browsers like to spend more time saying how bad Internet Explorer is rather than report the bugs with their own browser.

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                                Alan Burkhart
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                                Mark AJA wrote:

                                The users of some of the other less successful Web browsers
                                like to spend more time saying how bad Internet Explorer is
                                rather than report the bugs with their own browser.

                                Bugs? What bugs? Unless you consider being standards-compliant a bug.

                                XAlan Burkhart

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                                • A Alan Burkhart

                                  Oakman wrote:

                                  not everyone

                                  Be gentle with D. You know how temperamental he is. ;)

                                  XAlan Burkhart

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                                  Oakman
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                                  Alan Burkhart wrote:

                                  You know how temperamental he is

                                  Yes, I have noticed. :rolleyes:

                                  The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                                  • W Wjousts

                                    ....journalists are officially dumber than everybody else for publishing the story in the first place.

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                                    James Lonero
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                                    I'll second that.

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                                    • G Gary Wheeler

                                      Ohmigod. You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      yacCarsten
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                                      "The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity" — Abraham Lincoln

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        Story was a hoax[^]

                                        Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                        Fabio Franco
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                                        ChrisElston wrote:

                                        Story was a hoax[^]

                                        The story might be a hoax, but that doesn't prove IE users are not dumb :rolleyes:

                                        "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

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