Say That Again

Say That Again

by Mike Masnick




Newly Knighted Bill Gates Calls Brits A Bunch Of Liars

from the blaggers! dept

How's that for gratitude? Just a week or so after Bill Gates was Knighted by the Queen, Microsoft has released a study saying that two-thirds of British workers are liars. It's not exactly clear why Microsoft is studying the honesty levels of those in the UK, but apparently it's a big concern to them. Of course, it's not entirely clear how the study determined this, and what is considered a "lie." The details show that most of the lying is done to a boss -- which isn't that surprising. At some point, plenty of people lie to their boss ("yeah, sure, almost finished with that...") but that isn't necessarily as horrible as the headline makes it sound.

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    Mar 10th, 2005 @ 9:31pm
  • suppose Gates is correct

    by nonuser

    Given the following statements, who is telling the truth?

    Andrew: Bernard is a liar

    Bernard: Charles is a liar

    Charles: Andrew and Bernard are both liars

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  • Mar 11th, 2005 @ 10:11am
  • HA

    by Lindsay

    Bill Gates & Microsoft hauls a freight train load of FUD lies & deception to press releases and lapdog think tanks all the time, sort of like the pot calling the skillet black...

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  • Mar 11th, 2005 @ 5:28pm
  • No Subject Given

    by Nick

    "Y'know all those engineers telling you about this Linux thing, and how it such good value? Well, they're lying to you!" - BG

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