I used to subscribe to PC World, now I remember why I dropped it.
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To: fellowgeek
Sadly, this corresponds to real world experience. Those too stupid to upgrade from “PLEASE COME EXPLOIT MY COMPUTER IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY” aka IE6 are often not real smart in other aspects of their life.
Many vote Democrat.
2 posted on
08/01/2011 7:29:19 AM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: fellowgeek
Kind of a really stupid, self-evident “study”.
You would expect that smarter people would be more likely to take the time to switch to other platforms, even if it turns out those platforms aren’t any better. They simply would make choices.
The “less smart” people are likely going to buy a computer, and use what it gives them. This also explains the “smartness” difference between IE6 and IE8 — the less “smart” you are, the more likely you are to just keep using what you have, to not be set up to get automatic updates, and to not need to keep buying new computers that come with newer versions.
If tomorrow every computer started coming standard with Firefox, within 5 years that would be the browser used by the stupidest people.
To: fellowgeek
I’m off to remove Internet Explorer from my resume’.
4 posted on
08/01/2011 7:30:44 AM PDT by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: fellowgeek
So I'm smart because I use Firefox?
I guess the libtards use IE.
6 posted on
08/01/2011 7:32:50 AM PDT by
Dengar01
("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
To: ShadowAce
7 posted on
08/01/2011 7:33:10 AM PDT by
CedarDave
To: fellowgeek
Smarter people still use their brains.
8 posted on
08/01/2011 7:33:28 AM PDT by
SouthTexas
(You cannot bargain with the devil, shut the government down.)
To: fellowgeek
10 posted on
08/01/2011 7:34:35 AM PDT by
ken21
(ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
To: fellowgeek
11 posted on
08/01/2011 7:35:17 AM PDT by
tomkat
(Palin/West* '12)
To: fellowgeek
Mosaic still rules!
To: fellowgeek
I use IE at work (many of our in-house and customer aps require it), but Firefox for personal use. So does this mean I’m only dumb on the job?
20 posted on
08/01/2011 7:40:29 AM PDT by
Liberty1970
(For by grace are you saved through faith.)
To: fellowgeek
It's called bundling. And when those sales come around, us "dumb folks" buy them and that little icon "smiles" at us.
I think the real purpose for this poll is differet than what they are saying.
To: fellowgeek
“psychometric consulting” — I just found a new scam!
27 posted on
08/01/2011 7:46:06 AM PDT by
Clock King
(Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
To: fellowgeek
Half of all people are below average. On average, anyway.
28 posted on
08/01/2011 7:46:28 AM PDT by
Mr.Unique
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: fellowgeek
To: fellowgeek
That is all we have at work, so I use it at home too. Wife has Firefox, and I hate it.
31 posted on
08/01/2011 7:48:57 AM PDT by
Arrowhead1952
(zero hates Texas and we hate him back. He ain't my president either. Holder hates Texas too.)
To: fellowgeek
isn’t this kind of biased reporting slamming someone supposed to be reserved for Christians or republicans?
32 posted on
08/01/2011 7:49:18 AM PDT by
MNDude
(so that's what they meant by Carter's second term)
To: fellowgeek
No mention of Chrome? I tried it, doesn’t quite do what I need.
34 posted on
08/01/2011 7:50:12 AM PDT by
Clock King
(Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
To: fellowgeek
This survey has a couple classic issues with it:
1. Assuming a homogeneous population. If you work in a computer field or otherwise work a lot with a browser, this study has merit. However, if you are the president of a company who doesn’t have much time to surf the net, it probably is pretty meaningless.
2. Relative sample sizes and self selection. If a person with a 200 IQ selects Explorer and a person with a 180 IQ selects another browser, but then two people with an 80 IQ select Explorer, which is the browser selected by “smart” people?
39 posted on
08/01/2011 7:57:40 AM PDT by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: fellowgeek
I have a 153 GT score and a 146 IQ ...
...I use IE at the office, when I use anything at all. The computer that I purchased for home-use came with IE. I have better things to do than worry about fixing something that doesn't need to be fixed, especially when I don't use it very often in the first place ...
40 posted on
08/01/2011 7:58:33 AM PDT by
BlueLancer
(Secede? Y'all should hope that we don't invade!)
To: fellowgeek
I'm OK. I'm not using the dummies IE6
I'm using IE5
42 posted on
08/01/2011 8:02:32 AM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
(New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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