Browsers

Jon "maddog" Hall maddog at li.org
Wed Aug 3 15:04:42 EDT 2011


On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:42 -0400, Brian St. Pierre wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Bill Sconce <sconce at in-spec-inc.com> wrote:
> >    1.
> >    http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,236944/printable.html
> >
> >    If you use Internet Explorer, your IQ might be below average--at
> >    least, according to one study.
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430
> 
> Draw your own conclusions about IE users -- that "study" was a hoax...

Interesting to see the number of "legitimate" news organizations that
just swallowed the hoax and reported on it without checking into it at
all.

Makes you wonder about the authenticity of other "news items" reported
by them.

md
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