Who uses Internet Explorer?

[Cold tea]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14370878


Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study Does your choice of browser determine intelligence? Continue reading the main story

Internet Explorer users have a lower than average IQ, according to research by Consulting firm AptiQuant.

The study gave web surfers an IQ test, then plotted their scores against the browser they used.

IE surfers were found to have an average IQ lower than people using Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Users of Camino and Opera rated highest.

The report has sparked anger from IE supporters, who have threatened AptiQuant with legal action.

Researchers gave over 100,000 web surfers a free online IQ test. Scores were stored in a database along with each person's web browser data.

The results suggested that Internet Explorer surfers had an average IQ in the low eighties. Chrome, Firefox and Safari rated over 100, while minority browsers Opera and Camino had an "exceptionally higher" score of over 120.

AptiQuant stressed that using IE doesn't mean you have low intelligence. "What it really says is that if you have a low IQ then there are high chances that you use Internet Explorer," said AptiQuant CEO Leonard Howard.

The findings have been treated with scepticism by Professor David Spiegelhalter of Cambridge University's Statistical Laboratory: "They've got IE6 users with an IQ of around eighty. That's borderline deficient, marginally able to cope with the adult world.

"I believe these figures are implausibly low - and an insult to IE users."

However, Mr Howard said he didn't feel threatened by a lawsuit: "A win in a court would only give a stamp of approval and more credibility to our report."

[screenmachine]

As Internet Explorer is the standard browser included with most Windows PC's they are immediately going to be laboured with all the thickos who simply use IE as their gateway to the internet and will never think/know how to download another browser such as Chrome, Firefox, etc. Its a bit of a flawed argument really. Its like saying people who use Windows PCs have a lower IQ than people who use Macs. If you asked these thickos to use an Apple they would probably be expecting to use a Granny Smith or Royal Gala to connect to the web somehow...

[ziggysego]

People who don't use the search function, have a low IQ too....

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19939.0

[Orior]

People who don't use the search function, have a low IQ too....

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19939.0

lol

[Cold tea]

People who don't use the search function, have a low IQ too....

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19939.0

Dry your eyes you ballbag - do you blow your load everytime you get to police the board!

[Orior]

People who don't use the search function, have a low IQ too....

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19939.0

Dry your eyes you ballbag - do you blow your load everytime you get to police the board!

How much did your humour by-pass operation actually cost?

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Pleasant chap this OP, as warm as... cold tea. Not only late with the story, however, but duped too.

Internet Explorer story was bogus

A story which suggested that users of Internet Explorer have a lower IQ than people who chose other browsers appears to have been an elaborate hoax.

A number of media organisations, including the BBC, reported on the research, put out by Canadian firm ApTiquant.

It later emerged that the company's website was only recently set up and staff images were copied from a legitimate business in Paris.

It is unclear who was behind the stunt.

The story was reported by many high profile organisations including CNN, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph and Forbes.

Questions about the authenticity of the story were raised by readers of the BBC website who established that the company which put out the research - ApTiquant - appeared to have only set up its website in the past month.

Thumbnail images of the firm's staff on the website also matched those on the site of French research company Central Test, although many of the names had been changed.

The BBC contacted Central Test who confirmed that they had been made aware of the copy but had no knowledge of ApTiquant or its activities.
Research claims

ApTiquant issued a press release claiming that it had invited 100,000 web users to take IQ tests and matched their results with the type of browser they used.

It also supplied extensive research data.

The results claimed to show that Internet Explorer users were generally of lower intelligence.

The BBC sought alternative views for the original story, including Professor David Spiegelhalter of Cambridge University's Statistical Laboratory, who said: "I believe these figures are implausibly low - and an insult to IE users."

No-one on ApTiquant's contact number was available for comment.

Graham Cluley, senior security consultant at Sophos, examined the source material for the BBC after concerns were raised.

"It's obviously very easy to create a bogus site like this - as all phishers know it's easy to rip-off someone else's webpages and pictures," he said.

Mr Cluley also looked at the pdf file containing the data that many people had downloaded from a variety of sources and said it did not appear to contain malware.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430

[Cold tea]

So you are criticising someone posting an article from the BBC, and backing up that criticism by posting an article from the BBC - Jesus wept. 

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

You duplicate a post, with another bogus post, and I post an accurate post (regardless of the source). Can you extract the subtleties from that? 

[Orior]

I have just penned a strongly worded letter to the BBC criticising their publication of the hoax.

Also, I have requested compensation for the pain, suffering and humiliation suffered by coldtea.

[Cold tea]

Regardless of the source - Jesus wept.  If you are putting so much faith in the accuracy of your article because the source is the BBC, why shouldn't I have given the article I posted the same level of credibility?  And as for a duplicate post - do you lads cream yourselves when you find a duplicate - is it a case of fastest hands / fingers first when you spot one. 

[ziggysego]

Regardless of the source - Jesus wept.  If you are putting so much faith in the accuracy of your article because the source is the BBC, why shouldn't I have given the article I posted the same level of credibility?  And as for a duplicate post - do you lads cream yourselves when you find a duplicate - is it a case of fastest hands / fingers first when you spot one. 

Do you cream yourself with excitement when you find news and rush over to the board to be the first person to post. Bit of an anti-climax to see someone got there before you.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Regardless of the source - Jesus wept.  If you are putting so much faith in the accuracy of your article because the source is the BBC, why shouldn't I have given the article I posted the same level of credibility? 

You fell for a load of (previously posted) crap, I didn't. Keep digging... 

[Cold tea]

Regardless of the source - Jesus wept.  If you are putting so much faith in the accuracy of your article because the source is the BBC, why shouldn't I have given the article I posted the same level of credibility?  And as for a duplicate post - do you lads cream yourselves when you find a duplicate - is it a case of fastest hands / fingers first when you spot one. 

Do you cream yourself with excitement when you find news and rush over to the board to be the first person to post. Bit of an anti-climax to see someone got there before you.

No one could beat you posting every article from the BBC kid - ffs 90% of your posts are cut and pasted from the BBC, a mate at work emailed me the link, I found it amusing  so posted it - I didn't know you and the guys here were going to have sticky keyboards telling me it was already posted.   

[Cold tea]

Regardless of the source - Jesus wept.  If you are putting so much faith in the accuracy of your article because the source is the BBC, why shouldn't I have given the article I posted the same level of credibility? 

You fell for a load of (previously posted) crap, I didn't. Keep digging... 

You must of been the person who tipped of the BBC, CNN etc that it was a hoax .......