[Sandwich]

Look here: http://www.cnn.com/virtual/2001/code/clickability2/mp_templates/etmp2006.html

You can cycle through the Daily, Weekly, and Monthly lists, but in all cases, this story comes out on, or close to, the top of the "Most Emailed" articles list.

But that's not all! In the article, there's a line that reads:

[q]Nine out of 10 people thought colleagues who answered messages during face-to-face meetings were rude, while three out of 10 believed it was not only acceptable, but a sign of diligence and efficiency.[/q]

So, 9 out of 10 people think it's rude, while the other (???) 3 out of 10 think that it's not only acceptable, but commendable!

[WMCoolmon]

Possibly the three out of ten were checking their e-mail at the time, and so answered yes to both questions by accident?

[karajorma]

Maybe they were suffering from more than just a 10 IQ point drop

[Swamp_Thing]

E-mails 'hurt IQ more than pot'

Say what??  

[Fineus]

I read that.. apparently using Email and phone text services causes a noticable drop in your IQ.

I'm kinda curious as to how that comes about. It seems no different to using a word processing package etc.

[aldo_14]

IM GOIN 2 PUB, BRB N 5 MNS  SV ME KBAB, K?

[Rictor]

damn, beat me to it!

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by aldo_14
IM GOIN 2 PUB, BRB N 5 MNS  SV ME KBAB, K?

Bingo.

[kasperl]

I can actually read that, my IQ must be in the low 70's or something.

[Grug]

lol.

What's wrong with that anyway?

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Kalfireth
I read that.. apparently using Email and phone text services causes a noticable drop in your IQ.

I'm kinda curious as to how that comes about. It seems no different to using a word processing package etc.

I think they're talking about an effective drop in IQ caused by people constantly stopping work to check email etc.

I assume they mean that the lack of concentration caused by e-mail is much higher than that caused by lack of sleep or even smoking pot. Quite how that is translated to IQ points is beyond me

[Flipside]

We have a hell of a problem with Teenagers writing in Textspeak, which is fine for texts, but when you get a Finance report with lines on it like....

'2 Balence u need 2 sutract outgong frm incum', I start worrying... these are the people that work out my wages!

[kode]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Look here: http://www.cnn.com/virtual/2001/code/clickability2/mp_templates/etmp2006.html

You can cycle through the Daily, Weekly, and Monthly lists, but in all cases, this story comes out on, or close to, the top of the "Most Emailed" articles list.

But that's not all! In the article, there's a line that reads:

[q]Nine out of 10 people thought colleagues who answered messages during face-to-face meetings were rude, while three out of 10 believed it was not only acceptable, but a sign of diligence and efficiency.[/q]

So, 9 out of 10 people think it's rude, while the other (???) 3 out of 10 think that it's not only acceptable, but commendable!

but rude isn't an opposite of acceptable, diligence or efficiency. one can be efficient and diligent and still be rude. so basically, they think the people are *******s, but efficient *******s.

[Hippo]

12 out of 10 emails i get are from forums...

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by kode


but rude isn't an opposite of acceptable, diligence or efficiency. one can be efficient and diligent and still be rude. so basically, they think the people are *******s, but efficient *******s.

"Rude" and "acceptible" may not be opposites, but they are pretty much exclusive, especially when you're asking about someone's opinion on human behavior.

[Ghost]

Maybe the '3 out of ten' were on their cell phones when answering.

[Flipside]

If you are doing 2 things at once, you are only applying 50% of your concentration to each, therefore doubling the chance of making a stupid mistake. I can't see how that can be efficient.

[kode]

Originally posted by Sandwich


"Rude" and "acceptible" may not be opposites, but they are pretty much exclusive, especially when you're asking about someone's opinion on human behavior.

I for one accept peoples right to be rude. I'm quite brusque myself, so I tend to overlook other peoples character flaws until I punch them in the face.

but then again, it could be that while they think it's rude, they accept it because they while eventually suffer brain damage from that iq loss they will have.