Misanthropy

Sadly, a recent study confirms that sadly, most people online are idiots.

The authors, who work in the Psychology Department of North Carolina State University, crafted a set of four fake dialog boxes. All of them contained the following warning: “The instruction at ‘0×77f41d24 referenced memory at ‘0×595c2a4c.’ The memory could not be ‘read.’ Click OK to terminate program.” One of the warnings was indistinguishable from the standard Windows XP system dialog, but the remaining three were had a number of warning signs that should tip off users to potential malware.

I’m sorry, I really am!

~ by nitefallz on 9/23/2008.