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		dalke on Sept 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BBC debunks claim that there are 100 North Sea cod Betteridge's Law of Headlines: "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'".

sliverstorm on Sept 30, 2012 | [–]

Can a headline which ends in a question mark always be answered by the word 'no'?

dalke on Sept 30, 2012 | | [–]

Now if only that were a headline.

misnome on Sept 30, 2012 | [–]

Please do explain further - I've not seen this referenced with it's name and description for quite some time on Hacker News! It is very rare!

dalke on Sept 30, 2012 | [–]

Oh how witty! And droll!

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