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Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots
danieltdp writes "Testing students at a University, psychologists made many of them click on a dialog box that in effect said: 'You are about to install some malware. Malware is bad. By clicking yes you are failing the Windows Darwin Test.' Nearly half of them said all they cared about was getting rid of these dialogs."
That's because the bogons they emit react destructively with our cluons. I believe this is the process by which otherwise promising programmers become middle management potential. Prolonged exposure to PHBs and lusers causes cluon destruction and eventual bogon poisoning. It is truly a vicious cycle.
Curiosity was framed, Ignorance killed the cat.
And you decided to spend the rest of your life with this woman, and mingle your genes with hers, and have her raise your children????
$5 says your wife asks the same question when you leave the toilet seat up.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Clearly popups don't work in an effective way, yet programmers continue to use them for the wrong purposes.... What would make more sense is for programmers to design their pop up use better so that it is more meaningful for the user.
You have 1024 infections on your computer!
Press REPAIR to fix these problems.
A friend of mine came for help because he couldn't open his drive C: I told him he probably had a virus. He said that he even used an antivirus program. Which one? Here's his answer:
One that said "Your computer is infected!"
I've even gotten used to the slashdot editors not reading the articles. After all, there are a lot of submissions and it's not like it's their job. The queue is long, the day is short, etc etc. I understand all that.
But when I realized that even the submitters don't read the articles they summarize... that is when I cried. Something broke inside me.
Even that was a couple of years ago, though. I'm all better now, and life is wonderful now that things don't have to make sense anymore. I feel so free!