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VOIP and Cranberry
by Paul • September 13, 2005 • 08:05 PM • Comments: 1
A recent survey by Harris Interactive commissioned by Verizon found that 87 percent of respondents didn’t know what VoIP was. Twenty percent thought it was a European hybrid motorcar and 10 percent said it was a low-carb vodka.
But that only sounds ridiculous to somebody as tech-savvy as you and me. The more disappointing figures come from CNET (via Logical Extremes). A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 38% percent of Americans said creationism should replace evolution in public-school curricula. At least most of those wouldn’t confuse VoIP with a low-carb vodka, nor might they know what a hybrid car is. “You mean like corn?” But that 20% might overlap with the 20% who think the Sun revolves around the Earth.
Comments
YAFS on September 14, 2005 1:12 PM
Hey there young fella' Lest you ridicule those of later years who don't know s'much as you youngins' in this here high technology age - we know stuff from the ol' 3rd Webster's from way back, f'r'instance perspicacious and rannygazoo, and just might be able to squeek by on the GRE pertineer without using flashcards. You just go and put that ol' VoIP where the sun don't shine.
