[dragonwriter]

> Wired knows a significant portion of its readers are engineers, right?

I seem to recall that Wired was widely regarded poorly in the technical community as early as the turn of the millenium and that it has long been viewed as something read by non-technical folks who want to feel "plugged in" to technology.

So, I'd kind of be surprised if it was really the case that a "significant portion" of Wired's readers were engineers.

[solarmist]

That's my impression of Wired as well, but this still seems a bit egregious even for a layman's tech news site.

[hawkw]

I feel like Wired goes back and forth a lot - some of their articles (on a number of topics, not just computer-related) are pleasingly technical and I've really enjoyed them, and some feel really watered down. Probably, it depends on the individual writer.