Misguided Hick's Law

by agib

HTML

<select size="14">
    <option>Alabama</option>
    <option>Alaska</option>
    <option>American Samoa</option>
    <option>Arizona</option>
    <option>Arkansas</option>
    <option>California</option>
    <option>Colorado</option>
    <option>Connecticut</option>
    <option>Delaware</option>
    <option>District of Columbia</option>
    <option>Florida</option>
    <option>Georgia</option>
    <option>Guam</option>
    <option>Hawaii</option>
    <option>Idaho</option>
    <option>Illinois</option>
    <option>Indiana</option>
    <option>Iowa</option>
    <option>Kansas</option>
    <option>Kentucky</option>
    <option>Louisiana</option>
    <option>Maine</option>
    <option>Maryland</option>
    <option>Massachusetts</option>
    <option>Michigan</option>
    <option>Minnesota</option>
    <option>Mississippi</option>
    <option>Missouri</option>
    <option>Montana</option>
    <option>Nebraska</option>
    <option>Nevada</option>
    <option>New Hampshire</option>
    <option>New Jersey</option>
    <option>New Mexico</option>
    <option>New York</option>
    <option>North Carolina</option>
    <option>North Dakota</option>
    <option>Northern Marianas Islands</option>
    <option>Ohio</option>
    <option>Oklahoma</option>
    <option>Oregon</option>
    <option>Pennsylvania</option>
    <option>Puerto Rico</option>
    <option>Rhode Island</option>
    <option>South Carolina</option>
    <option>South Dakota</option>
    <option>Tennessee</option>
    <option>Texas</option>
    <option>Utah</option>
    <option>Vermont</option>
    <option>Virginia</option>
    <option>Virgin Islands</option>
    <option>Washington</option>
    <option>West Virginia</option>
    <option>Wisconsin</option>
    <option>Wyoming</option>
</select>
<select size="5">
    <option>Alabama</option>
    <option>Alaska</option>
    <option>American Samoa</option>
    <option>Arizona</option>
    <option>Arkansas</option>
    <option>California</option>
   ...

CSS

body {
    padding: 30px;
}
select {
    margin-right: 30px;
}