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Re:How fast is apple.com? by StavrosK on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @08:14AM (#4692560)
Ah, the ole "tu quoque" fallacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

Re:How fast is apple.com? by vacri on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @08:26AM (#4692585)
That's a subtle fallacy. It confused me at first, then I realised that 'pointing out hypocrisy' isn't the fallacy, it's 'claiming the argument is wrong because it's hypocritical' that's the fallacy.

edit: on further examination, the examples given in the wikipedia article are really bad - because they're merely pointing out hypocrisy ("but you're -foo-") rather than claiming the argument is wrong. Person 2 in each example could quite happily be in full agreement with the argument and make the same comment.

Re:How fast is apple.com? by tptacek on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @09:06AM (#4692720)
Not following one's own performance advice isn't hypocrisy. Performance might just not matter as much to Zoompf.
Re:How fast is apple.com? by StavrosK on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @09:06AM (#4692718)
Yes, exactly. Maybe I should edit the article to include this, it's an important aspect. Sure, the person might be hypocritical, but this doesn't invalidate the argument.
Re:How fast is apple.com? by bduerst on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @12:37PM (#4693689)
It's like a chain smoker telling you that smoking is bad.
Re:How fast is apple.com? by StavrosK on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @02:43PM (#4694373)
Yep, and it is bad.