Re: Another Poll (Update)
Will == Will Trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Will On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 10:40:28PM +, Pollywog wrote: Will you may be innocent, but the term you're probably looking Will for is 'naive', as in 'call him an innocent because he's Will naive'. I'd call that simply good... I like trust. Call me naïve... :-} I agree that it is unfair and that it makes the results meaningless. Will if they'd mask every response on, say n.n.n.0/24 or Will something like that they'd be able to weed out more dups Will (but of course those of us with access to several Will points-of-entry -- or anonymizers -- could still skew the Will curve). And those who are on dialups would not be able to vote even once is someone else on their subnet already had voted (or even on their current IP, before they had got it). Will i only voted once, tho... :) Honest people seem hard to come by these days, so I applaud you. Honest! ;-) Bye, J -- Jürgen A. Erhard[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (GERMANY) 0721 27326 My WebHome: http://members.tripod.com/Juergen_Erhard We must learn from our mistakes, so we can make bigger and better ones. -- Bruce M Krawetz pgp1SG7f1fK4F.pgp Description: PGP signature
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I apologize, it was an immature thing to do, but I've never seen a poll that lets you vote many times. In my defense, I had the choice of either inflating a poll or memorizing the names of unpronounceable Hindu (should that be Hindi?) gods for my Asian Mythology class. Also, debian is now much further ahead than it was when I left it... -- Pat Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. -- Nick Hexum
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:05:28PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: I apologize, it was an immature thing to do, but I've never seen a poll that lets you vote many times. In my defense, I had the choice of either inflating a poll or memorizing the names of unpronounceable Hindu (should that be Hindi?) gods for my Asian Mythology class. Also, debian is now much further ahead than it was when I left it... you betcha. it's still just as unfair, but now it's in our favor[*], so we'll not complain quite so loudly. :) http://www.justlinux.com/bin/poll/details.pl?pid=1718820 if you like debian (and haven't voted) go tell 'm. -- [*] corel is based on debian, i hear. btw -- for a first-time install, which debian variant is simplest to get up running? corel? storm? libranet? i've got a friend who's tried installing debian twice from cd (slink, i bet) but runs into serious snags. -- www.dontUthink.com
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On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 12:26:07AM -0500, Will Trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: btw -- for a first-time install, which debian variant is simplest to get up running? corel? storm? libranet? LinuxCare Bootable Business Card ;-) -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgp5jNRud2TXk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Another Poll (Update)
At 16.00 8/9/00 -0500, Pat Mahoney ha escrit: On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0500, Paul T. McNally wrote: on 9/7/00 11:45 AM, Brooks R. Robinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! I second that :) I say that this is not fair... Or I'm innocent and everybody votes dozens of times in polls? Ignasi ---\ From Barcelona... \ \\___ / / ___\_'_\ Still nationalizing the LAN! /\¬___/ --/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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On 10-Sep-2000 I. Tura wrote: and Vote often! I second that :) I say that this is not fair... Or I'm innocent and everybody votes dozens of times in polls? I agree that it is unfair and that it makes the results meaningless. -- Andrew
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 10:40:28PM +, Pollywog wrote: On 10-Sep-2000 I. Tura wrote: and Vote often! I second that :) I say that this is not fair... Or I'm innocent and everybody votes dozens of times in polls? you may be innocent, but the term you're probably looking for is 'naive', as in 'call him an innocent because he's naive'. I agree that it is unfair and that it makes the results meaningless. if they'd mask every response on, say n.n.n.0/24 or something like that they'd be able to weed out more dups (but of course those of us with access to several points-of-entry -- or anonymizers -- could still skew the curve). i only voted once, tho... :)
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on 9/7/00 11:45 AM, Brooks R. Robinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! I just voted. Debian is kicking ass at 33% followed by Slackware (my first encounter with Linux years ago) at 23%. Redhat is back in 3rd at 14%. http://www.justlinux.com
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Have a perl script to automatically do the vote button say a thousand time? heh On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0500, Paul T. McNally wrote: on 9/7/00 11:45 AM, Brooks R. Robinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! I just voted. Debian is kicking ass at 33% followed by Slackware (my first encounter with Linux years ago) at 23%. Redhat is back in 3rd at 14%. http://www.justlinux.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0500, Paul T. McNally wrote: on 9/7/00 11:45 AM, Brooks R. Robinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! I second that :) I just voted. Debian is kicking ass at 33% followed by Slackware (my first encounter with Linux years ago) at 23%. Redhat is back in 3rd at 14% http://www.justlinux.com -- Pat Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. -- Nick Hexum
Re: Another Poll (Update)
Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! Vote often??
Re: Another Poll (Update)
Must be from Chicago...:) On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Pollywog wrote: Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! Vote often?? -- In Riemann, Hilbert or in Banach space Let superscripts and subscripts go their ways. Our asymptotes no longer out of phase, We shall encounter, counting, face to face. -- Stanislaw Lem, Cyberiad John Galt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Another Poll
Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! Brooks
Re: Another Poll
Here's a better url: http://www.justlinux.com/bin/poll/allpolls.pl And to think I thought nobody ever used slackware. Oh, well. Brooks R. Robinson wrote: Greetings, There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian is sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote often! Brooks -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
