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udpheaders
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There's actually a technique to this, going back to Usenet. You can draw out the answer you want this way, by saying something technically incorrect as if it were correct.
jamesbritt
on Sept 19, 2012
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There should be an Internet rule or law named for this
jofer
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Hereby coined "James's Law"
"Given a large enough crowd, someone is bound to know what in the hell they're talking about."
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"...and enough cretins who will anger her/him into telling everyone how it really is."
jamesbritt
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I am deeply honored :)
jamesbritt
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Here's a plausible answer:
http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2010/05/wor...
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