Slashdot Mirror
Geekspeak Baffles Web Users
An anonymous reader writes to mention a BBC article on the technology buying public's continued frustration with 'geek speak'. Despite ever-increasing adoption of high tech gadgets in first-world nations, the terms used to describe what these new toys do often elude the people who buy them. From the article: "Acronyms in particular foxed users. 75% of online Britons did not know that VOD stands for video-on-demand, while 68% were unaware that personal video recorders were more commonly referred to as PVRs. Millions of people keep in touch via instant messaging but some 57% of online Brits said they did not know that the acronym for it was IM. 'The technology industry is perhaps the most guilty of all industries when it comes to love of acronyms,' said Mr Burmaster. "
the terms used to describe what these new toys do often allude the people who buy them
No wonder they're baffled when the geeks try to speak English but don't know English.
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
Where are my mod points when I'm drinkl?
Danm, I'm fuckin wasted and I still het "slow down copwboy". I must be a freak.
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest