Hi
14 Oct 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> Questions: Do these web pages designed for the purpose of collecting
SH> opinions from the public usually have some kind of mechanism to
SH> collect only one vote per IP number per each site access on the same
SH> site?
usually yes
Think of how easy it is to submit tens of thousands of votes with a script.
(or more cleverly let the script look at the vote, and submit 'your'
oppinion so that it gets 80% of the votes ... looks better than 99% ;)
SH> Could anyone submit his own opinion multiple times for the same
SH> question on the same web site and by using the same computer during
SH> the same session and have each one of his votes counted as valid?
There is a *VERY* easy way to find out !
Submit you oppinion twice, and see what happens !!
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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