in reply to Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
in thread Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl

71.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Re: Re: Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
by smitz (Chaplain) on Sep 19, 2002 at 13:44 UTC
    85% of people didn't know that.
Re: Re: Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 19, 2002 at 15:42 UTC
    Every 13.5 seconds someone in america suffers a severe head injury. Boy, am I glad I'm not that guy!

        Every 13.5 seconds someone in america suffers a severe head injury. Boy, am I glad I'm not that guy!

      Are you sure you're not that guy? You know, if you were that guy, you wouldn't remember.

      Some of them are gals, though head injury is largely a guy thing.

      Did you know that having a head injury greatly increases your chances of having another head injury?

Re: Re: Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Sep 19, 2002 at 18:59 UTC
    And the other 34.52% are wrong...

    There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling now.