Reply to: Moved : Inneresting Facts

[Sysman]

HTML is a sexually transmitted disease.

1 in 10 Americans think HTML is an STD, study finds - latimes.com

[quote]Besides HTML, there were some other amusing findings:

1. 77% of respondents could not identify what SEO means. SEO stands for "Search-Engine Optimization"
2. 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.
3. 12% said "USB" is the acronym for a European country. In fact, USB is a type of connector.

Hmm:

a) 77% is rather better than the 100% of so-called "SEO Experts"; they can't identify what it is either
b) An electronic device like my alarm clock or my kettle?
c) I thought USB was a protocol. Not the Fourth one of course, 'cos that's already taken.

Ah, all is revealed...

They were presented with both tech and non-tech terms and were asked to choose from three possible definitions.

The answers were thought up by Marketing Graduates.

Nuff sed.

[MyUserName]

Saluting derives from the medieval tradition of lifting one's helmet visor when addressing a superior - FACT*

*it actually might not be, I was told it but have not seen any actual evidence for it but I would love it to be true.

[pjclarke]

There is no proper name for the back of the knee.

Rats cannot be sick.

The planet is accumulating heat at the rate of 4 Hiroshimas per second.

[barrydidit]

This is the 31st post in this the fact thread.

[MyUserName]

F - A - C - T spells ... FACT

[doodab]

Pouring whisky in the dark is quite difficult. FACT.

Pouring from the second bottle is even harder. FACT

[MyUserName]

Pouring whisky in the dark is quite difficult. FACT.

I have poured a few bottles on the floor in the dark, I found it quite easy.

[MyUserName]

The line ends with a 4 letter F word - FACT

[d000hg]

Pouring whisky in the dark is quite difficult. FACT.

[administrator]

Allowing 43GB of spam to collect on a small Virtual Machine is a stupid thing to do - FACT

[EternalOptimist]

If someone gives you chocolate as a pressie, it is calorie - free - FACT

[EternalOptimist]

Eskimos have 43 words to describe snow - FACT

Eskimos prose is very limited, with only one famous poem - FACT

[greenlake]

HTML is a sexually transmitted disease.

1 in 10 Americans think HTML is an STD, study finds - latimes.com

[d000hg]

All the continents have the same first and last letter - FACT

North America.

[Dactylion]

All the continents have the same first and last letter - FACT

Europe is not a continent - FACT