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E. I. Bunselmeyer
Trimming off the rest of this post is unnecessary.
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?
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--
"I would like to make you a present," I said, reaching
for my money.
The Negro spoke softly, "We are poor folk, but we will
not take your money. Make this your home until you are
ready to leave. We know what you are doing."
"But I would like to show my gratitude," I answered.
"Without you I would have died."
"And gone to Greater Glory!" said the woman, adding,
"Master, you can give us something greater than money.
Teach us to pray!"
For a moment I was silent, taken aback by the request.
"Yes," I said, "I will teach you to pray, as I was taught.
"All religions believe in the power of prayer, but few
people understand the mechanics of the process, few under-
stand why prayers work for some and seemingly not for
others. Most Westerners believe that people of the East
either pray to a graven image or do not pray at all. Both
statements are untrue, and I am going to tell you now how
you can remove prayer from the realm of mysticism and
superstition and use it to help others, for prayer is a very
real thing indeed. It is one of the greatest forces on this
Earth when used as it was intended to be used.
"Most religions have a belief that each person has a
Guardian Angel or someone who looks after him. That
also is true, but the Guardian Angel is oneself, the other
self, the other self which is at the other side of life. Very,
very few people can see this angel, this Guardian of theirs,
while they are on the Earth, but those who can are able to
describe it in detail.
"This Guardian (we must call it something, so let us
call it a Guardian) has not a material body such as we have
on Earth. It appears to be ghostly; sometimes a clairvoyant
will see it as