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Do you believe everything you read on the internet

I have been running across articles ranging in subjects: technical articles on DIY, on what makes a good cable, what makes a good speaker design, etc.

Problem is many of these articles seem to have erroneous, misleading, false, or downright decietful facts contained within them.

It seems like anyone with an opinion and access to a webpage builder can put out any kind of info they want.

Anyone ever experienced this? When was the first time that you realized not all the info you were coming across was accurate?
biomimetic
rbstehno
916 posts
 
when people/reviewers state they have the best sounding system/component they ever heard. time to hit the delete or back key when encountering this type of thread especially when what they have or auditioning is so-so equipment in a so-so environment.
kurt_tank
1,188 posts
 
Comrade, Viridian, Nyet, Nyet!

Viridian is only making a jokeski about us, er, I mean zee Ex-KGB, owning Audio Research! Ha Ha Ha! Very Funny, yes?!

Viridian, you don't seem to be answering the door.
Please let the nice men in zee black trench coats come in and help you. They are only wish to help you move in those large speakers you bought. (If you look out zee window, you will see the large coffin sized boxes in zee back of the white van.)

Viridian, be a nice tovarish, and open zee door now!
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Next you're gonna tell me that professional wrestling is fake!
rel
119 posts
 

Or as the noted Berkeley computer scientist, Robert Wilensky, once remarked:

We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
markphd
667 posts
 
Viridian, we all know that Elvis is still alive. He just got tired of the Vegas rat race and wanted to return to his roots. So he staged his own death and now never ventures out of the deep south. He earns his living working at small bars impersonating himself. I hear he's pretty good at it.
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