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Hello, I'm a Mac. I'm a PC. And I'm Linux.

Writing about web page http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FC9580522ED83013

Writing about web page https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pHtXzcM6CuvUYew1XvmT_GQ

"Windows, or Mac?", a question that can split a room... as long as the room contains the right people. Of course, the correct answer is "Linux"...

So, if you can hold off on the "holy war" for a second, please fill in the form, and enjoy the pretty graph (and, before you ask: no, it is not just your imagination; they really is no consistency in the configuration of the graphs...):

UPDATE: I've just done a couple of graphs comparing the preferences.

The first one is the number of people who said they prefer a particular operating system, given as a percentage of the total number of responses. These three figures will, of course, add up to 100%, and so can accurately be represented as a pie chart (that's one reason I wanted to add them: more pie charts...):

This second one shows what Operating System people prefer against which one they use:

: 08 May 2008 11:00 |  Tags: Chart Google Docs Graph Linux Mac New Poll PC Poll Randomness Result |  Comments (12) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

TROTT's Campaign for Political Correctness 4

Follow-up to TROTT's Campaign for Political Correctness 3 from The randomness of tomorrow, today!

The long-awaited, much-anticipated sequel to TROTT's Campaign for Political Correctness 3: TROTT's Campaign for Political Correctness 4!

Please Note: this instalment is a slightly different format: three alternatives are presented, and you may choose the third one... I mean, "whichever you prefer".

Vista/XP* Sucks

Vista/XP* doesn't suck, OS X is just better.

OS X Sucks

OS X doesn't suck, Vista/XP* is just better.

Vista/XP* and OS X Both Suck

Vista/XP* and OS X don't both suck, Linux just wipes the floor with them.

Stay tuned for Part 5... at some point in the future... maybe.

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: 19 Apr 2008 18:19 |  Tags: Fun Linux Mac PC Political Correctness Randomness Trott Trotts Campaign For Political Correctness |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Yay! Free Lunch!

I've often wondered about these refer-a-friend-and-get-free-stuff things; such as what do they get out of it? But one of my mother's friends and her accountant friend have looked into them, and they do seem to be a viable business, and therefore probably legit.

Apparently they work out a deal with established services for payment for referrals; we sign up to the service, and they pay the get-free-stuff people a little bit for it - which, of course, adds up to the value (and no doubt some profit, too) over the course of the n referrals.

If you're interested, my mother's friend found this one of Apple stuff. She also recommended choosing one of the free services (such as Lovefilm, which has a free trial and is also good in itself (my mother uses them already)).

: 29 Mar 2007 18:34 |  Tags: Apple Free Free Lunch iPod Mac Randomness |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem