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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:


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: stupidpeople
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To: Kartographer
Haven’t you heard of cyber sex? ;-)

Check out teledildonics, applying haptic technology to social media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXOfsHs070

61 posted on 03/04/2014 3:19:32 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: CrazyIvan

62 posted on 03/04/2014 3:21:18 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Olog-hai

I seriously doubt 10% of Americans know what an STD is.


63 posted on 03/04/2014 3:26:14 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Boogieman

like the ones in Detroit and Newark?


64 posted on 03/04/2014 3:29:19 PM PST by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

I don’t think truckers stop in those places, if they can help it!


65 posted on 03/04/2014 3:31:18 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Lx

That’s a “serial” number.... they had to put something in for the S in USB :)


66 posted on 03/04/2014 3:36:35 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: potlatch
I remember when ‘blink’ worked here and you could post a blinking “WINK”.

You can still post <blink> elements. But they don't work anymore — at least not in Firefox since version 23, when they removed the feature from the browser.

Back further I believe marquee did work here but it can really make a mess without the closing tag!

It looks like FR strips out <marquee> elements. But they still work in both Chrome and Firefox. You can read Mozilla's documentation on the tag here.

67 posted on 03/04/2014 3:43:23 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: Olog-hai

If they said CSS was, they’d be correct.


68 posted on 03/04/2014 3:57:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: potlatch; Tijeras_Slim; Cyber Liberty

Yes, I too recall blink and marquee working.

Waaaay back in the dark ages of the forum, noob me got into a thread.
Noob me used italics.
I neglected to close my tag.
The thread, from there, devolved into random open tags and thread slashing.
[Marquee and blink if memory serves.]

Well, Cyber came by, and tracked me down as the source of the italics.

I got depth charged.
*LOL, ouch*
He then, after stomping me good, told me how to keep my html clean.
But that thread... almost seventy five posts of “Italics OFF!” and “bold OFF!” among other things.
Somebody else changed the font size in there.
What a mess that was.

And CGEB... with the rainbow script.
*Shudder*


69 posted on 03/04/2014 4:08:54 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: CrazyIvan; JoeProBono
How many still know what LSMFT stands for?

That's what the Urban Dictionary is for.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=LSMFT

The placement of the slash in JPB's image indicates the American Tobacco Company knew the UD's alternative definition.

70 posted on 03/04/2014 4:10:33 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

I’ve always used Internet Explorer and I used to do a lot of graphic posting using ‘tables’ with several images over a background. Hesitated to change browsers because I know what I’m doing here, lol.

Yea, they stopped the blink and marquee long ago - but I can still use them and javascript in my webpages!!


71 posted on 03/04/2014 4:12:34 PM PST by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: cynwoody

72 posted on 03/04/2014 4:17:55 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Darksheare

Lol, fun times! Just imagine if javascript worked! I DID find a little ‘script’ that works - just recently, and was surprised. Haven’t made use of it yet, but it’s non threatening....haha


73 posted on 03/04/2014 4:29:05 PM PST by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: potlatch

LOL!
Uh oh.

“HTML leads to java, java leads to ActiveX, ActiveX leads to suffering.
The path of the darkside are these.”

Sounds like fun.


74 posted on 03/04/2014 4:32:18 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: JoeProBono

Wasn’t that before Nose Hair’s committee back in the first part of the Clinton Administration?


75 posted on 03/04/2014 4:35:09 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: PoloSec
Well for some of us barley know how to log in types, it is a disease. /S

On the other hand, barley is a great addition to soups... :0)

76 posted on 03/04/2014 4:37:01 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: COBOL2Java

hehehe!


77 posted on 03/04/2014 4:38:40 PM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Darksheare

I’ll try to remember to ping you ‘if and when’ I use it. Just a simple little trick, nothing fancy or.....DANGEROUS!!


78 posted on 03/04/2014 4:42:56 PM PST by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: potlatch

It’ll be interesting to see at any rate.


79 posted on 03/04/2014 4:44:20 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Olog-hai

I’ll bet in the Middle East 99% of all respondents believe that RPG is a rocket propelled grenade. ;)


80 posted on 03/04/2014 4:47:20 PM PST by CodeJockey (Christian, Freeper, Tea Party Member, Bitter Clinger, Creepy White Cracker)
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