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Whether they are OEM sales or not is irrelevant in that they are still sales. People most certainly do have the option of buying computers with Windows 7 just as easily as buying computers with Windows 8. Buying an OEM computer or buying your own computer and putting Windows 8 on it doesn't change the fact that a copy of Windows 8 was sold and put on that computer at one point or another.
Whether or not those OEM sales are counting systems sold by the OEMs with Windows 8 or simply licences sold to the OEMs is another story entirely and is what does matter in that argument.
[citation][nom]thecolorblue[/nom]another complete f'n idiot who thinks IQ tests mean anything. They don't mean jack $h!t.[/citation]
Actually, they mean a lot. Most people simply don't understand how they work. For example, the number given by an IQ test is extremely relative. Different tests have different scales in which they rank IQ. IQ is also an average intelligence of many different parts of intelligence, not a true measure of intelligence in of itself. That's only the start of it. Your given IQ from a single test, by itself, is useless because by itself, it lacks a huge amount of context that is necessary to understand it. Just because you don't understand it does not make it mean nothing.
For each IQ test. the score of 100 is the exact point were 50% of people taking the test score below and the other 50% score above. 90 to 110 is considered the average range of a given test and is where the vast majority of people place in or near for most parts of intelligence (different parts can include hand-eye coordination, short term memory, long term memory, and much more). Due to the gradual creep upwards in average scoring, new tests are often re-standardized to make it a little more difficult to reach a high score than the previous test. Different tests can also be more comprehensive than others.
Beyond all of that, you can't get a very specific IQ number from IQ tests that are truly accurate. You get a small range because intelligence simply isn't something that can be perfectly tested and people rarely score exactly the same in all parts of intelligence. For example, a person doesn't get a score of say 100 or 120 in properly done tests, they'll get a range of around 90-110 and 110-130 or something like that.
I don't speak as an expert in it, just as someone with a little basic knowledge of it. Regardless, the average IQ score of all parts of intelligence doesn't dictate anything other than what it is, the average measurement of your intelligence relative to the average of average intelligence scores form other people within your peer group for that test. Having an average IQ lower than someone else doesn't mean that you can't do something better than them.
For example, your average may be lower, but you may be more knowledgeable about something or you may even have one part of your intelligence as better than that same part of the intelligence of the person with a higher average intelligence. For example, someone with an IQ of 100 might have better short term memory retention than someone with an average IQ of 120, but has lower average because that other person does better in other ways. Another example of this is how supposedly mentally impaired persons often have far above average memory retention despite lacking in other ways. Again, that's only the start of it.
The usefulness of IQ tests comes from how they can show you specific areas that you struggle in (especially helpful for learning about learning disorders and how to cope and work around them), do very well in, or do around average in. It gives you a breakdown of your strengths as weaknesses in intelligence and many people can use that sort of information to better themselves when they have issues that need addressing to reach goals.
Whether or not those OEM sales are counting systems sold by the OEMs with Windows 8 or simply licences sold to the OEMs is another story entirely and is what does matter in that argument.
[citation][nom]thecolorblue[/nom]another complete f'n idiot who thinks IQ tests mean anything. They don't mean jack $h!t.[/citation]
Actually, they mean a lot. Most people simply don't understand how they work. For example, the number given by an IQ test is extremely relative. Different tests have different scales in which they rank IQ. IQ is also an average intelligence of many different parts of intelligence, not a true measure of intelligence in of itself. That's only the start of it. Your given IQ from a single test, by itself, is useless because by itself, it lacks a huge amount of context that is necessary to understand it. Just because you don't understand it does not make it mean nothing.
For each IQ test. the score of 100 is the exact point were 50% of people taking the test score below and the other 50% score above. 90 to 110 is considered the average range of a given test and is where the vast majority of people place in or near for most parts of intelligence (different parts can include hand-eye coordination, short term memory, long term memory, and much more). Due to the gradual creep upwards in average scoring, new tests are often re-standardized to make it a little more difficult to reach a high score than the previous test. Different tests can also be more comprehensive than others.
Beyond all of that, you can't get a very specific IQ number from IQ tests that are truly accurate. You get a small range because intelligence simply isn't something that can be perfectly tested and people rarely score exactly the same in all parts of intelligence. For example, a person doesn't get a score of say 100 or 120 in properly done tests, they'll get a range of around 90-110 and 110-130 or something like that.
I don't speak as an expert in it, just as someone with a little basic knowledge of it. Regardless, the average IQ score of all parts of intelligence doesn't dictate anything other than what it is, the average measurement of your intelligence relative to the average of average intelligence scores form other people within your peer group for that test. Having an average IQ lower than someone else doesn't mean that you can't do something better than them.
For example, your average may be lower, but you may be more knowledgeable about something or you may even have one part of your intelligence as better than that same part of the intelligence of the person with a higher average intelligence. For example, someone with an IQ of 100 might have better short term memory retention than someone with an average IQ of 120, but has lower average because that other person does better in other ways. Another example of this is how supposedly mentally impaired persons often have far above average memory retention despite lacking in other ways. Again, that's only the start of it.
The usefulness of IQ tests comes from how they can show you specific areas that you struggle in (especially helpful for learning about learning disorders and how to cope and work around them), do very well in, or do around average in. It gives you a breakdown of your strengths as weaknesses in intelligence and many people can use that sort of information to better themselves when they have issues that need addressing to reach goals.
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