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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help of an old friend of his, we dug a grave and
buried him. I wrapped what little food was left in a cloth,
and with a stout stick to help me, I departed.
A mile or so and I was exhausted. My legs shook and
my head seemed to spin, making my vision blurry. For a
time I lay by the side of the coast road, keeping out of sight
of passers-by, for I had been warned that this was a danger-
ous district indeed for strangers. Here, I was told, a man
could lose his life if his expression did not please the armed
thugs who roamed at large terrorizing the district.
Eventually I resumed my journey and made my way to
Unggi. My informants had given me very clear instruc-
tions on how to cross the border into Russian territory.
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My condition was bad, frequent rests were necessary, and
on one such occasion I was sitting by the side of the road
idly watching the heavy traffic. My eyes wandered from
group to group until I was attracted to five Russian soldiers,
heavily armed and with three huge mastiffs. For some
reason, at the same time, one of the soldiers chanced to
look at me. With a word to his companions he unleashed
the three dogs