Internet Explorer IQ story was a hoax

[Guest]

"Not really a good example. To verify the presence of WMD in Iraq before any publication of those claims, the press would have had to declare war on Iraq, then go in and search for said weapons themselves."
Or just point out that an undated image with the resolution of an etch-a-sketch thrown around by the Bush administration is not good enough to invade another country?

 

[captaincranky]

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Not really a good example. To verify the presence of WMD in Iraq before any publication of those claims, the press would have had to declare war on Iraq, then go in and search for said weapons themselves."

Or just point out that an undated image with the resolution of an etch-a-sketch thrown around by the Bush administration is not good enough to invade another country?

So then the press is ultimately responsible for the second Iraq war, by virtue of its own incompetence or complacency? Who is "Commander and Chief" of the armed forces nowadays, the editor of the New York Times?

 

[pcnthuziast]

I guess an IQ of 147 is low these days.

 

[captaincranky]

I guess an IQ of 147 is low these days.

Well, that is prodigious, but irrelevant, since the story was a hoax. And you get to keep that number, irrespective of which browser you choose.

You could of course, out of pride or purpose, start a poll about individual member's IQ. Of course you'd never really be sure if they were bull s***ing you or not.

 

[Guest]

Just because there is no documented evidence doesn't mean it isn't true.

Microsoft's IE (until 9) is and has been such an utter nuisance to web devs that if MS had a passable IQ they would have upgraded it or required everyone to ditch it many moons ago.

 

[captaincranky]

Just because there is no documented evidence doesn't mean it isn't true.

Microsoft's IE (until 9) is and has been such an utter nuisance to web devs that if MS had a passable IQ they would have upgraded it or required everyone to ditch it many moons ago.

I don't know of a standardized IQ test for semi-monopolies, so that would be pretty hard to prove.

Besides the hoax referenced individual users, M$ itself wasn't part of that, it's not an individual, therefore exempt. (Of course "eligible" would only attach if the "survey" was real in the first place).

M$ would love nothing more than to have individuals and corporations alike, abandon every browser they've ever made, besides IE9. You can't pin being a Luddite, on anything but the Luddite itself.

 

[HiDDeNMisT]

I really wonder what my IQ really is?

 

[captaincranky]

I really wonder what my IQ really is?

There, there now, don't be sad, and above all, no pouting. It's whatever you want it to be.........YAY...!

 

[howzz1854]

captaincranky said:

dude serious?

that's is NOT the only option to finding out WMD. that's propaganda talk, also known as cool aid. if declaring war on nations is the only option for you to find out other's secrets, the world would be bursting in flame and no one would be alive by now. there're ways to verify a report. you just gotta do a better job verifying the "source". if you can't. don't publish the story.

Yeah dude serious.

And if only for the fact, that finding out the truth would ultimately have taken longer than Messrs. Bush & Cheyney's, very "successful", "rush to judgment".

There were 2 fully involved propaganda machines between the press and the fact or fantasy of WMD in Iraq, ours and theirs. The press, is to one degree or another, dependent on our government for "the truth", and must take much of what comes out of the White House on faith.

Iraq was a closed society at that time, and had a "White Palace" press secretary to disseminate their version of the "truth" also. (I think he was killed, at the very least captured).

So, if any investigative reporter had a general, more advanced knowledge of the truth about WMD in Iraq, and wasn't listened to, that is a tragic oversight in history.

My suggestion to you would be the time honored, "if you want anything done right, do it yourself", instead of talking smack here at TS.

I look forward to any revelations that "howzz-ileaks" could, in the near future, provide for our general betterment and enlightenment, promoting world peace, and perhaps even upholding the ideals of the Miss America Pageant.

dude serious? , the world would be bursting in flame and no one would be alive by now.

I pulled this out to deal with it separately. This is hyperbole. We possess the ability to almost knock the earth out of orbit, hasn't happened. The world is constantly in flames, simply not all once. We just change the location of the fire periodically, out of convenience, necessity, and situational exigences.

sounds like you just need to lay off the cool aid.

government or press... one still needs to verify the source. just because the white house said so, it doesn't make it true. you seriously believe everything anyone tells you. Verify the source, publish the story, simple as that. there were countless instances we could've gone to war with the USSR and never did, and yet we were digging each other's dirty laundry.

i don't know where you're going with the whole earth thing... must be all that cool aid you've been drinking.

don't get mad because someone pointed out the fact that it doesn't require a war to find out on certain facts.

any other hill billy insights?

 

[captaincranky]

don't get mad because someone pointed out the fact that it doesn't require a war to find out on certain facts.

I'm not angry at all. I just think you talk a great job, condemn other peoples efforts, and offer none of your own.

As I said, if the press is so pitiful and mislead, then you should step up, and show them how it's done, instead of talking smack.

Since I really didn't resort to name calling or, hill billy incest innuendo to make that case, I'm reporting your post above

 

[Guest]

People using the fashion accessories, otherwise known as Apple products, have to be the stupidest people of all.
Don't need a survey to know that.

 

[captaincranky]

People using the fashion accessories, otherwise known as Apple products, have to be the stupidest people of all.
Don't need a survey to know that.

Sadly, the survey had absolutely nothing to do with Apple products. Which brings us to the inevitable question, "what on earth are you talking about"?

Don't get me wrong, an Apple hating guest is always more than welcome here at Techspot.

I still thing people using IE are retarded.

And I "thing" so too....

 

[Guest]

I am sick of hearing about all these browser wars. back, forward, address bar, quick load of pages (don't care about 100ms difference etc.) is all that concerns me. That and that it doesn't crash.

Recently had to stop using chome because the f..ng thing would crash wherever there is flash in a page. I know the latest release rectified this, but I can't be arsed installing it.

 

[captaincranky]

I am sick of hearing about all these browser wars. back, forward, address bar, quick load of pages (don't care about 100ms difference etc.) is all that concerns me. That and that it doesn't crash..

You noticed that too, huh?

Recently had to stop using chome because the f..ng thing would crash wherever there is flash in a page. I know the latest release rectified this, but I can't be arsed installing it.

Really, having Google Chrome, entails having Google Update along with it. For me, that's a no brainer, get rid of the baby and the bathwater in one shot, install Firefox and, or Opera and use those.

 

[HiDDeNMisT]

There, there now, don't be sad, and above all, no pouting. It's whatever you want it to be.........YAY...!

YAY!!!!! I want it to be 2,000,000 8D oh yeah!!

 

[Guest]

Firefox stole InPrivate browsing idea from IE

 

[Night Hacker]

We don't need a study to show us that IE users have a lower IQ. It's painfully obvious.

 

[HiDDeNMisT]

This is all true Night Hacker

 

[TJGeezer]

ha ha ha - Mr. Cranky got it so right the milk came out of my nose