From the "pissing up a rope" file...

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Date:         Fri, 4 Apr 1997 13:36:05 MET
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From:         Stephan Bleisteiner <SBLEISTEINER@JURA.UNI-WUERZBURG.DE>
Organization: Uni Wuerzburg - Jur. Fak.
Subject:      NBC Europe Question of the week
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I thought some people on the list might feel very strongly about this
issue and would like to cast their vote.

The NBC Interactive Question of the Week:

Should there be one international group that governs and controls web
content?

YES
NO

To cast your vote go to http://www.nbceurope.com

Stephan

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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote:

> I thought some people on the list might feel very strongly about this
> issue and would like to cast their vote.
> 
> The NBC Interactive Question of the Week:
> 
> Should there be one international group that governs and controls web
> content?

Results pasted in from http://www.nbceurope.com/

                  Now, here are the results from last week's question
                  which asked....

                  Should there be one international group that
                  governs and controls web content?

                  85% said no...

                  while 15% said yes.

Interesting that the "sheeple factor" was as high as 15%.  (Or was it 
higher? Did 20 cypherpunks submit "no" 100 times each?)

This poll was accurate within 100%, 19 times out of 20 ;-) , but it
will still serve as fodder for someone's News Breaking Story.  At
the very least they could have implemented a "have-you-voted-yet"
cookie to weed out the technologically impaired who might want to
vote twice.

Cynthia

Cynthia H. Brown wrote: 
> On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> > I thought some people on the list might feel very strongly about this
> > issue and would like to cast their vote.
> > The NBC Interactive Question of the Week:
> > Should there be one international group that governs and controls web
> > content?
> 
> Results pasted in from http://www.nbceurope.com/
>                   85% said no...
>                   while 15% said yes.
> 
> Interesting that the "sheeple factor" was as high as 15%.  (Or was it
> higher? Did 20 cypherpunks submit "no" 100 times each?)
> At
> the very least they could have implemented a "have-you-voted-yet"
> cookie to weed out the technologically impaired who might want to
> vote twice.

  Is Cynthia H. Brown pissing up a rope?
                  Toto said yes, 85 times.
                  Cynthia said no, 15 times.

  Not that I'm a troublemaker...
-- 
Toto
"The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre"
http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html

On Tue, 08 Apr 1997, Alec wrote:
> At 08:05 PM 4/7/97 -0600, Toto wrote:
> 
> |> Results pasted in from http://www.nbceurope.com/
> |>                   85% said no...
> |>                   while 15% said yes.
> 
> |  Is Cynthia H. Brown pissing up a rope?

Unfortunately I don't have enough port in the house to accomplish that
feat.  (Plus, I'm lacking the equipment to aim properly :-))

> |                  Toto said yes, 85 times.
> |                  Cynthia said no, 15 times.

And subsequently:

<thud>
<sound of sirens>
Your Honour, I was just defending myself...

> |  Not that I'm a troublemaker...
> 
> That's not what I'd call you.
> 
> Sounds like a typical Toto evening out with a lady.

Cynthia

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At 08:05 PM 4/7/97 -0600, Toto wrote:

|> Results pasted in from http://www.nbceurope.com/
|>                   85% said no...
|>                   while 15% said yes.

|  Is Cynthia H. Brown pissing up a rope?
|                  Toto said yes, 85 times.
|                  Cynthia said no, 15 times.
|
|  Not that I'm a troublemaker...

That's not what I'd call you.

Sounds like a typical Toto evening out with a lady.

Alec
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