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 was asked.
"By air, of course, they will travel with us," I answered.
The formalities were considerable, the delays long. The
Irish officials were helpful in the extreme, the Canadians
not at all helpful. The American Consulate offered far more
help than did the Canadian. We were fingerprinted and
investigated, then we went for our medical examinations.
I failed. "Too many scars," said the doctor. "You will have
to be X-rayed." The Irish doctor who X-rayed me looked
at me with compassion. "You must have had a terrible life."
he said. "Those scars . . . ! I shall have to report my findings
to the Canadian Board of Health. In view of your age I
anticipate that they will admit you to Canada, subject to
certain conditions."
The Lady Ku'ei and Mrs. Fifi Greywhiskers were ex-
amined by a veterinary surgeon and both pronounced fit.
While waiting for a ruling about my case, we made en-
quiries about taking the cats on the plane with us. Only
Swissair would agree, so we provisionally booked with them.
Days later I was called to the Canadian Embassy. A man
looked at me sourly. "You are sick!" he said. "I have to be
sure that you will not be a charge on the country." He
fiddled and fiddled, and then, as if with immense effort,
said, "Montreal has authorized your entry provided you
report to the Board of Health immediately you arrive, and
take whatever treatment they say you need. If you don't
agree, you can't go," he said, hopefully. It seemed very
strange to me that so many Embassy officials in other
c