Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-11-01 Thread Tristan Wibberley
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 > expec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Rob Beard
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 ho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices - promoting the message?

2007-10-26 Thread Mark Harrison
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 t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
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 t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Peter Lewis
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.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Alec Wright
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread John Levin
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 s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
-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 > > >> > > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Kirrus
- "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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Rob Beard
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 someth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Rob Beard
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 htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Philip Newborough
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! > >> > >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Tony Arnold
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! > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread andylockran
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] >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Martyn
> 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 n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread andylockran
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/mai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Chris Rowson
> > 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/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Kris Marsh
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! > > > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew Wild
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.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew Larsen
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? >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread John Levin
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, w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Mark Steele
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

[ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew Larsen
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