I will guarantee anonymity except in cases of blatant abuse.
I will achieve anonymity by tallying the results in
uncorrelated tabulations and then deleting the emails.
(I know this loses interesting correlation data, but if
resondents want anonymity it's hard to avoid.)
I know that this anonymity promise depends on trust and that
you have no particular reason to trust me. Someday, I hope.
I will post results Saturday.
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yes( ) ( )no Should RoadRunner be subjected to some kind of UDP?
yes( ) ( )no ... active UDP (cancels) ?
yes( ) ( )no ... passive UDP (drop messages) ?
yes( ) ( )no ... all-groups UDP? (as opposed to specific groups)
yes( ) ( )no Are you a Usenet sysadmin? How big:_ How long:_
yes( ) ( )no Should another server be subjected to UDP? Who:_
yes( ) ( )no Should UDPs be used more often?
yes( ) ( )no Should UDPs be used less often?
yes( ) ( )no Would you have answered this survey without anonymity?
xxxxxxxx end of survey xxxxxxxx
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me. For
three months more I stayed.
My papers had come from Shanghai, among them a
passport issued by the British authorities at the British
Concession. During those far-off war days the British were
very fond of me, for they made use of my services. Now,
well, now they think they have no more to gain. I took my
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passport and other papers to the United Kingdom Embassy
in New York, and after a lot of trouble and much delay,
managed to obtain first a visa and then a work permit for
England.
At last a replacement for me was obtained, and I stayed
two weeks to "show him the ropes", then I left. America
is perhaps unique in that a person who knows how, can
travel almost anywhere free. I looked at various newspapers
until I saw, under "Transportation", the following:
"California, Seattle, Boston, New York.
Gas free, Call 000000 XXX Auto Drive-away."
Firms in America want cars delivered all over the con-
tinent. Many drivers want to travel, so a good and cheap
method is for the would-be driver to get in touch with
the auto delivery firm. On passing a simple driving test
one is then given gas (petrol) vouchers for certain selected
filling stations on the route.
I called on the XXX Auto Drive-away and said I wa