December 5th, 2005

It’s always a good idea to check your sources

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

For a while, our cafeteria was trying to sell three-packs of bottled water. A sign proudly announced:

Drink more water: What you should know about H2O

Drink plenty of water throughout the day. Make it easy. Carry a bottle of water when you commute to work or run errands.

This is what I should know about H2O?

“Drink more water”: Notice that they didn’t specify a target amount. Just drink more.

“Carry a bottle of water when you commute”: I should drive with one hand on the wheel and the other hand clutching a bottle of water? Isn’t that dangerous?

And who is providing this “helpful” information?

Source: International Bottled Water Association

Hardly an impartial organization.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

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Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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