Much better now

It's true about perception

I had the opposite happen - we had a call center that had two computers per person connected with a KVM box. When we replaced one of the computers (and the secondary one at that) we had about 10 users report that their 'new' monitor was darker than the old one and wanted the old one back. We 'replaced' those monitors overnight by moving the monitor 2" towards the chair, problem solved.

LOL!

That's the funniest thing I've read so far today! Good stuff!

If you've read the

If you've read the description, all he did was open a command window. He didn't power cycle the monitor. She was right there. He obviously didn't notice the image shrunken, so it means the image would have corrected itself while she was watching it. So you must be saying she was too stupid to realize that the monitor corrected itself.

So maybe you should just trust that the guy who posted the description of what happened was correct, and stop second guessing shit.

Poor Baby

Poor baby. Just which half are you in? I think you need a break. Maybe a hug?
BTW: the public school systems [if it is THE problem] is only a symptom. The public usually gets what it desires even if they desire the wrong thing.

"Half the population is

"Half the population is below average."

Well, if I understand the concept of "average" correctly, it is that point where half is above and half is below. So saying "Half the population is below average" is like saying "Half the planet is below the equator." No kidding, Sherlock!

No, Anon ... there is no connection whatsoever between the public education system and this bit of shark bait. There have always been morons, and there will always be morons. The difference now is that there's a wonderful thing called the Internet where even the dumbest dolt can post opinions that other dumb dolts can read.

Half

I thought that half the people were below the median. It may be true that half are below average, but not always.

Here is way more than anyone wanted to know

You are correct that the median is defined as the mid point. However, when the population is large enough, the difference between the median and average (mean) of a normal variate is well inside the error of measurement. The population size to do that is well below 300,000,000. In fact, a few thousand is more than enough.

There is also another pedantic issue. An IQ of 100, the so called normal (aka average) IQ, is set so 1/2 the tested population is above that level and 1/2 the population is below that level.