Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 12:32 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 10/26/07, Matthew Larsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > awesome. I wonder if thats a result of the e-mail I sent them? > > You beat me to it then :) > > I voted, just. Amazingly Linux is not as far behind as I would have > expected. This isn't on the front page of the technology section now, anybody got a link to the results? I want to compare linux to the OSX options. -- Tristan Wibberley Any opinion expressed is mine (or else I'm playing devils advocate for the sake of a good argument). My employer had nothing to do with this communication. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Alec Wright wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:32 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: >> Think their polls work on ip addresses? >> >> Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? >> >> Daniel > You can vote more than once - I accidentally voted 3 times when i was > resfreshing the page to see how the results had changed > > Whoopsie, my F5 key got stuck ;) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices - promoting the message?
A few thoughts here: - The BBC aren't dumb. If people are constantly re-voting for the same option, they'll notice, and if Linux people are doing that more than the rest, they'll probably start looking askance at ANY figures that show Linux adoption. - While it's not unknown for broadcasters to show "fixed results", it seems unlikely in this case, and to a certain extent it's not about what the punters see, but what the internal BBC execs will see... so please vote if you haven't. - I've posted a quick link to the poll on another Linux-related list that hasn't already mentioned it. If you are a member of your local Lug list (and if not, why not?) and they haven't started talking about it, feel free to spread the link :-) M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Alec Wright wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:32 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Think their polls work on ip addresses? Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? Daniel You can vote more than once - I accidentally voted 3 times when i was resfreshing the page to see how the results had changed I gave it 5 refreshes for good measure ;) avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 071025-1, 25/10/2007Tested on: 26/10/2007 16:56:02avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On Friday 26 October 2007 13:21, Chris Rowson wrote: > > > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my > > > OS of choice" now.* > > ** WARNING - lolcats/topic crossover *** > > BBC r belong to de Linux peoplz now aagh.. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:32 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Think their polls work on ip addresses? > > Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? > > Daniel You can vote more than once - I accidentally voted 3 times when i was resfreshing the page to see how the results had changed -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Rob Beard wrote: > > > Personally I think they got the poll wrong, I think it should have > said something like... > > Yes - Steve Jobs is God and I buy anything he tells me to > No - I've got an older pre-G4 867 PPC Mac > No - Linux is my OS of choice > No - I'm a Microsoft Fanboi/I haven't seen the penguin shaped light yet > > I wonder what the older PPC Mac users will do. I ended using my iMac > G3 as an LTSP client. > > Rob > I have a g3 iMac I use as a jukebox, running OS X 10.3. Been meaning to Ubuntize it, and get Amarok to perform the musical duties. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Think their polls work on ip addresses? Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirrus Sent: 26 October 2007 15:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices - "Philip Newborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26/10/2007, andylockran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martyn wrote: > > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > >> > > >> Options: > > >> > > >> Will you be buying Leopard? > > >> > Yes - I need new spots! > > >> > No - Tiger for me! > > >> > I'm a Windows user! > > >> > > >> Vote! > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Matthew G Larsen > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > The options have changed a bit now: > > > > > > Yes - I need new spots @18.26% > > > No - I'm happy with Tiger @ 5.61% > > > No - Linux is my OS of choice @ 11.62% > > > No - I'm a Windows user @ 64.49% > > > > > > > > I find it strange that the percentages seem to change so little > after > > another 3000 votes.. I wouldn't have thought that there was such a > clear > > relationship between the first 2000 voters on the site, and the > next > > 3000. Expecially as the Windows & Mac users were given a head > start. > > The linux figure popped up at ~11% when I first noticed it was added > - > > and no figures have changed by more than 1% since (according to my > very > > casual observation). > > Are the BBC fixing the figures to justify the iPlayer? > > So maybe a combined effort is needed to push the Linux percentage > up!? > Have we all blogged about it? has it been dugg? Just an idea. > Andy's already beaten you to it ;) http://digg.com/linux_unix/BBC_put_up_poll_without_Linux_option_let_s_show_t hem -- Blog: www.kirrus.co.uk RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
- "Philip Newborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26/10/2007, andylockran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martyn wrote: > > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > >> > > >> Options: > > >> > > >> Will you be buying Leopard? > > >> > Yes - I need new spots! > > >> > No - Tiger for me! > > >> > I'm a Windows user! > > >> > > >> Vote! > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Matthew G Larsen > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > The options have changed a bit now: > > > > > > Yes - I need new spots @18.26% > > > No - I'm happy with Tiger @ 5.61% > > > No - Linux is my OS of choice @ 11.62% > > > No - I'm a Windows user @ 64.49% > > > > > > > > I find it strange that the percentages seem to change so little > after > > another 3000 votes.. I wouldn't have thought that there was such a > clear > > relationship between the first 2000 voters on the site, and the > next > > 3000. Expecially as the Windows & Mac users were given a head > start. > > The linux figure popped up at ~11% when I first noticed it was added > - > > and no figures have changed by more than 1% since (according to my > very > > casual observation). > > Are the BBC fixing the figures to justify the iPlayer? > > So maybe a combined effort is needed to push the Linux percentage > up!? > Have we all blogged about it? has it been dugg? Just an idea. > Andy's already beaten you to it ;) http://digg.com/linux_unix/BBC_put_up_poll_without_Linux_option_let_s_show_them -- Blog: www.kirrus.co.uk RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Quoting Philip Newborough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So maybe a combined effort is needed to push the Linux percentage up!? > Have we all blogged about it? has it been dugg? Just an idea. > Has it been posted on /. yet? Personally I think they got the poll wrong, I think it should have said something like... Yes - Steve Jobs is God and I buy anything he tells me to No - I've got an older pre-G4 867 PPC Mac No - Linux is my OS of choice No - I'm a Microsoft Fanboi/I haven't seen the penguin shaped light yet I wonder what the older PPC Mac users will do. I ended using my iMac G3 as an LTSP client. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Quoting Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS >> > of choice" now.* > > ** WARNING - lolcats/topic crossover *** > > BBC r belong to de Linux peoplz now > What you say? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On 26/10/2007, andylockran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martyn wrote: > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > >> > >> Options: > >> > >> Will you be buying Leopard? > >> > Yes - I need new spots! > >> > No - Tiger for me! > >> > I'm a Windows user! > >> > >> Vote! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Matthew G Larsen > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > The options have changed a bit now: > > > > Yes - I need new spots @18.26% > > No - I'm happy with Tiger @ 5.61% > > No - Linux is my OS of choice @ 11.62% > > No - I'm a Windows user @ 64.49% > > > > > I find it strange that the percentages seem to change so little after > another 3000 votes.. I wouldn't have thought that there was such a clear > relationship between the first 2000 voters on the site, and the next > 3000. Expecially as the Windows & Mac users were given a head start. > The linux figure popped up at ~11% when I first noticed it was added - > and no figures have changed by more than 1% since (according to my very > casual observation). > Are the BBC fixing the figures to justify the iPlayer? So maybe a combined effort is needed to push the Linux percentage up!? Have we all blogged about it? has it been dugg? Just an idea. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Andy, On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 14:09 +0100, andylockran wrote: > Martyn wrote: > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > >> > >> Options: > >> > >> Will you be buying Leopard? > >> > Yes - I need new spots! > >> > No - Tiger for me! > >> > I'm a Windows user! > >> > >> Vote! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Matthew G Larsen > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > The options have changed a bit now: > > > > Yes - I need new spots @18.26% > > No - I'm happy with Tiger @ 5.61% > > No - Linux is my OS of choice @ 11.62% > > No - I'm a Windows user @ 64.49% > > > > > I find it strange that the percentages seem to change so little after > another 3000 votes.. I wouldn't have thought that there was such a clear > relationship between the first 2000 voters on the site, and the next > 3000. Expecially as the Windows & Mac users were given a head start. > The linux figure popped up at ~11% when I first noticed it was added - > and no figures have changed by more than 1% since (according to my very > casual observation). > Are the BBC fixing the figures to justify the iPlayer? What will the BBC do next? First a fake winner on Blue Peter, then trying to fix the votes about the naming of a cat, dodgy footage of the queen and now this! Quite frankly, I'm appalled:-) Regards Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Martyn wrote: >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm >> >> Options: >> >> Will you be buying Leopard? >> > Yes - I need new spots! >> > No - Tiger for me! >> > I'm a Windows user! >> >> Vote! >> >> >> -- >> Matthew G Larsen >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > The options have changed a bit now: > > Yes - I need new spots @18.26% > No - I'm happy with Tiger @ 5.61% > No - Linux is my OS of choice @ 11.62% > No - I'm a Windows user @ 64.49% > > I find it strange that the percentages seem to change so little after another 3000 votes.. I wouldn't have thought that there was such a clear relationship between the first 2000 voters on the site, and the next 3000. Expecially as the Windows & Mac users were given a head start. The linux figure popped up at ~11% when I first noticed it was added - and no figures have changed by more than 1% since (according to my very casual observation). Are the BBC fixing the figures to justify the iPlayer? :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > Options: > > Will you be buying Leopard? > > Yes - I need new spots! > > No - Tiger for me! > > I'm a Windows user! > > Vote! > > > -- > Matthew G Larsen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The options have changed a bit now: Yes - I need new spots @18.26% No - I'm happy with Tiger @ 5.61% No - Linux is my OS of choice @ 11.62% No - I'm a Windows user @ 64.49% -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Chris Rowson wrote: >>> Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS >>> of choice" now.* >>> > > ** WARNING - lolcats/topic crossover *** > > BBC r belong to de Linux peoplz now > > hmm.. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
> > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS > > of choice" now.* ** WARNING - lolcats/topic crossover *** BBC r belong to de Linux peoplz now -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On 10/26/07, Mark Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Larsen wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > > > Options: > > > > Will you be buying Leopard? > >> Yes - I need new spots! > >> No - Tiger for me! > >> I'm a Windows user! > > > > Vote! > > > > > > > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS > of choice" now.* > * > > > __ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > __ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > Awesome. I actually emailed them via the contact us page when I noticed Matthew's original post (yes, I'm that sad). Looks like some other people probably emailed them as well, to get them to change it this quickly :-) Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
On 10/26/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > awesome. I wonder if thats a result of the e-mail I sent them? > You beat me to it then :) I voted, just. Amazingly Linux is not as far behind as I would have expected. The BBC are probably tired of us Linux users by now... :P Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
awesome. I wonder if thats a result of the e-mail I sent them? Man im bored at work On 26/10/2007, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Steele wrote: > > Matthew Larsen wrote: > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > >> > >> Options: > >> > >> Will you be buying Leopard? > >>> Yes - I need new spots! > >>> No - Tiger for me! > >>> I'm a Windows user! > >> > >> Vote! > >> > >> > >> > > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS > > of choice" now.* > > * > > > > And linux is currently at 13.11%, compared to Windows at 61.31% > > John > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Mark Steele wrote: > Matthew Larsen wrote: >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm >> >> Options: >> >> Will you be buying Leopard? >>> Yes - I need new spots! >>> No - Tiger for me! >>> I'm a Windows user! >> >> Vote! >> >> >> > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS > of choice" now.* > * > And linux is currently at 13.11%, compared to Windows at 61.31% John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
Matthew Larsen wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm > > Options: > > Will you be buying Leopard? >> Yes - I need new spots! >> No - Tiger for me! >> I'm a Windows user! > > Vote! > > > Looks like they've changed the options, we've got a "No - Linux is my OS of choice" now.* * __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm Options: Will you be buying Leopard? > Yes - I need new spots! > No - Tiger for me! > I'm a Windows user! Vote! -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
