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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:45:09 MST
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Internet Survey Form
Comments: To: All fellow wordslers <words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu>

another bit of usenet lore via pacs-l that may interest some of you.
or not.   WARNING, Ms. Rita, this is FORWARDED  (but you're in luck,
most likely, as pacs-l is moderated, if loosely).    dan
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There was a thread that went through PACS-L a month or two ago about
running surveys over the net, with the usual general disagreement about
whether it was good etiquette or not.  I think this article should be
required reading for anyone who would contemplate such an exercise.

--Ed

From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: Please Help
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario

In separate articles in 121 groups! with no cross posting,
kingsley@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kingsley Morse) writes:
>              Please answer these 9 questions and return.
[Questionaire deleted]

Kingsley, how about answering this one:

1.) Do you know how to cross post?
Yes, but I couldn't fit all those newsgroups on one line        [ ]
No, but I can't be bothered to read the manuals.                [ ]
Yes, but I'd prefer everybody to see my postings multiple times [ ]

2.) Do you think about what is appropriate for a group before posting there?
Yes, but then the urge passes                                   [ ]
No, why should I be polite                                      [ ]
Everybody should see my postings, so why be selective           [ ]

3.) Do you expect people to answer personal questions when you don't tell
them why you are asking?
Yes, privacy is a foriegn concept to me.                        [ ]
No, but I thought I'd try anyway.                               [ ]
Your business is my business, my business is none of yours      [ ]

4.) Do you enjoy seeing mocking followups to your psuedo-research efforts?
Yes, why else would I have done this                            [ ]
No, I thought the net had a high tolerance for stupidity        [ ]

5.) Do you think others will think these questions have a political agenda?
No, I didn't think people on the net were that perceptive       [ ]
Yes, but who cares                                              [ ]

6.) Since this questionaire is obviously not of interest to the whole world,
do you think you should have restricted the distribution?
Yes, but I couldn't be bothered to find out how to do it             [ ]
No, I think people in Denmark can have a real input into US politics [ ]

7.) How much money do you make in a year?
10K-20K                           [ ]
20K-30K                           [ ]
30K-40K                           [ ]
40K-50K                           [ ]
50K-60K                           [ ]
60K-70K                           [ ]
70K+                              [ ]

8.) Please tell me your age, sex, marital status, and last three sexual
partners:
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

9.) Do you know realize what you did wrong?
Yes, but I'm not going to stop       [ ]
No, I'm totally dense                [ ]
Yes, I'm sorry                       [ ]

I hope this gets the point across.

--
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com
(This is not an official opinion/statement of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
"There is nothing wrong with making up .signature quotes, but... make *new*
ones." - Apologies to Henry Spencer and D.Sim
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