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1 in 10 Americans think HTML is an STD, study finds
Los Angeles Times ^
| March 4, 2014, 10:40 a.m.
| Salvador Rodriguez
Posted on 03/04/2014 2:09:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
If you’re talking tech with Americans, you may want to avoid using any jargon. A recent study found that many Americans are lost when it comes to tech-related terms, with 11% saying that they thought HTML—a language that is used to create websites—was a sexually transmitted disease. […]
Besides HTML, there were some other amusing findings:
- 77% of respondents could not identify what SEO means. SEO stands for “Search-Engine Optimization”.
- 27% identified “gigabyte” as an insect commonly found in South America. A gigabyte is a measurement unit for the storage capacity of an electronic device.
- 42% said they believed a “motherboard” was “the deck of a cruise ship.” A motherboard is usually a circuit board that holds many of the key components of a computer.
- 23% thought an “MP3” was a “Star Wars” robot. It is actually an audio file.
- 18% identified “Blu-ray” as a marine animal. It is a disc format typically used to store high-definition videos.
- 15% said they believed “software” is comfortable clothing. Software is a general term for computer programs.
- 12% said “USB” is the acronym for a European country. In fact, USB is a type of connector. …
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: stupidpeople
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To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:24:42 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ… I was refereeing to Obama)
To: Olog-hai
USB is NOT a connector.
Ok maybe in California it is.
It is a defined bus protocol for plug an play devices.
The connector is just part of the definition.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:24:53 PM PST
by
Zathras
To: Half Vast Conspiracy
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:25:36 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: al baby
LOL!
It is a useful debice, or so I am told.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:26:09 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Olog-hai
Apparently they interviewed the ObieCare website managers.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:27:38 PM PST
by
ArmstedFragg
(Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
To: Olog-hai
Okay, so I couldn’t name SEO.
But it still doesn’t change the fact that DNC is an STD...
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:30:15 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
To: Olog-hai
HTML is a gateway to Java.
Java is an incurable disease.
To: Darksheare
Most people have no idea what AM & PM actually stand for.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:31:12 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
HTML leads to java, java leads to ActiveX, ActiveX leads to suffering.
The path of the darkside are these.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:31:30 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Olog-hai
And how many could tell you who the US fought in WWII or who The Speaker of The House is?
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:31:30 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: muir_redwoods
Latin.
And I don’t recall much of it at all.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:32:40 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Half Vast Conspiracy
Well, at least they didn’t say USB was a form of public transportation.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:33:43 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: muir_redwoods
I do recall it was “before midday” and “After midday”, but the latin words don’t come to mind.
Ante and Post, but what the deuce was the spelling of the other half?
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:35:04 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Those danged Italians....
(I miss the WFOD)
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:35:29 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Olog-hai
Many web sites are best viewed with a condom strapped across your eyes.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:37:40 PM PST
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Cyber Liberty
Blinking marquee’d bolded italics.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:38:37 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: al baby
A bad singer, Baby, baby baby. (Unng!)
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:42:28 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Olog-hai
SEO is what Obama thinks he is: the Supreme Executive Officer.
To: Cruz_West_Paul2016
To: Olog-hai
HTML - It might as well be an STD in some circles...The last time I went to a Web-Dev Meetup in San Francisco it turned out to be a thinly disguised singles event...mostly gay would-be web-developer singles and older guys hoping to score on 20-something techies (eg "oh yeah, my startup is just like the Next Big Thing, rly").
Gahh...
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:44:19 PM PST
by
no-s
(when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote)
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