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(Created on 29th August 2010)
Vote #161
Question:
Inspired by a car insurance commercial, I seem to be wondering - is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush?
Results:
Yes - a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, No - a bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush and No - two in the bush are worth more than a bird in the hand tied with 33% of the votes each from the following:
- Yes - a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (33%)
- No - a bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush (33%)
- No - two in the bush are worth more than a bird in the hand (33%)
Analysis:
Hmm - level all the way around. I was rather hoping that we'd get conclusion on this challenging topic, but it seems the mystery will continue. Will we ever know the true value of a bird in the hand? Perhaps some mysteries like this are never meant to be solved. Where's Scooby-Doo and the gang when you need them.
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to find a way to stuggle on.
(Created on 6th September 2010)
Vote #162
Question:
I came across an article from The Observer on the top 50 sporting things you must do before you die and a few of them seemed pretty reasonable. Which of the following on their top 10 list would you rather do?
Results:
Do the Cresta run in St Moritz (Luge) was the clear winner with 40% of the votes from the following selection:
- Watch Boca Juniors Play River Plate in Buenos Aires (20%)
- Drive the Monaco GP Circuit in your own car (20%)
- Bag a seat at Amen corner for the US Masters (0%)
- Watch a Centre Court match at Wimbledon (0%)
- Go to watch the 100-metre Olympic final (20%)
- Ski the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuehel; Austria (0%)
- Watch a fight at Madison Square Garden (0%)
- Watch the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne cricket ground (0%)
- Take part in the world's biggest mass football match (Orkney Isles Uppies v Doonies) (0%)
- Do the Cresta run in St Moritz (Luge) (40%)
Analysis:
Interesting - a couple of dare devils amongst you wanting to do the Cresta Run on a luge. It's a little interesting in that when I set this question up, I was kind of thinking about it along the lines of what's possible. I have a really hard time believing that any of the millions of EBR subscribers out there would actually be able to make it down the Cresta Run in one piece. I rather suspect that there would be a catastrophic failure along the way resulting in the ice and snow turning a shade of claret.
Interestingly, this is the option that Karen went for and I seriously doubt she'd be able to make it to the top of the Cresta Run, let alone surviving a trip down it on a luge.....hmmm.....I feel a thought coming on.....just let me check that life insurance policy.....interesting, time to book a holiday to St Moritz.
(Created on 12th September 2010)
Vote #163
Question:
OK - so I'm racing against the clock here. I'm working to setup a fantassy race game for the 2010 NASCAR chase races. I haven't had a lot of time to get this ready and the chase races start next week. I want to do this properlly, so am setting up all the infrastructure that makes this repeatable and transferable to other competitions, e.g. Forumula 1. The question is - will I get the game up and running before next weekend and if so, how many people will register to play?
Results:
Yes - 2 people will register was the clear winner with 40% of the votes from the following selection:
- No - it will not be ready (0%)
- Yes - but nobody will register to play (0%)
- Yes - 1 person will register (20%)
- Yes - 2 people will register (40%)
- Yes - 3 people will register (0%)
- Yes - 4 people will register (20%)
- Yes - 5 people will register (20%)
- Yes - 6 people will register (0%)
- Yes - 7 people will register (0%)
- Yes - 8 or more people will register (0%)
Analysis:
Well, it looks like you all underestimated the power of the competition. Actually, you didn't. You underestimated the power of my follow up email that resulted in an additional 4 entries last minute taking the total to 8. I would have accepted 7 as being the correct answer given that one of the entrants is a space I created for a random number generator. Still, I'm quite pleased as this is a good population to test this.
(Created on 20th September 2010)
Vote #164
Question:
So, the race game was completed in time and is up and running. The obvious question now is who will win the leage? I suspect most people will vote for themselves, but who will the people who didn't enter vote for? Let's find out with this week's question - which team will win the 2010 NASCAR Chase Race competition?
Results:
Joe Gibbs for a Win was the clear winner with 29% of the votes from the following selection:
- Buddy Bear (14%)
- Joe Gibbs for a Win (29%)
- Life, the Universe and Everything (14%)
- Look at that 'S'car go (14%)
- Splat the cat blue (14%)
- SUPERGOLFER (14%)
- Weekends too short, weeks too long (0%)
- Wombles (0%)
Analysis:
One can only guess that parental love has played into these results. I have no idea whether I'm right, but I'm going on the fact that Karen's parents team has no votes and Karen has 2 votes making her the winner. The other one with no votes is the computer generated entry. No love for the machines then.
Well, I guess we'll see whether Karen reigns supreme in about 8 weeks.
(Created on 27th September 2010)
Vote #165
Question:
Having a complete lack of inspiration, I asked Karen for a vote question. So here it is - why did the chicken cross the road?
Results:
To follow his brother who'd already got to the other side was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- To get to the other side (0%)
- To escape Bernard Mathews (0%)
- Because he wanted to catch the bus (20%)
- To follow his brother who'd already got to the other side (60%)
- Because he couldn't find the bridge (20%)
Analysis:
Pretty resounding response that the chicken wanted to cross the road to follow his brother who had already got to the other side. Which is quite interesting as I don't think I've heard that as an answer before. Not very funny though is it. Then again, I don't suppose being chased by Bernard Mathews is that funny either.
(Created on 4th October 2010)
Vote #166
Question:
Maybe it's escaped your notice or maybe not, but I've started to revamp the website. We have a new home page and then a template that's been rolled out to a few of the smaller pages like videos, contact and site map as a few examples. We need to find out whether or not you like it. What word would you use to describe this new template?
Results:
Surprised, Sophisticated and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious tied with 33% of the votes each from the following:
- Surprised (33%)
- Sophisticated (33%)
- Spectacular (0%)
- Superior (0%)
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (33%)
- Sloppy (0%)
- Shit (0%)
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
Mixed results, but all on the positive side. Seems there was an initial error with the graph not displaying correctly if nobody had voted. That should be fixed now, but there may be other errors around. If you notice any, please let me know. There's a good few weeks work left to convert the entire site and it's not my highest priority right now, but it'll get there. I'm finding some minor enhancement opportunities along the way, so I'm fixing them at the same time.
(Created on 11th October 2010)
Vote #167
Question:
Looks like the Virgin spaceship has made its first flight and will be getting ready for those first customers. This is one of those things where it would be really cool to go on a flight into outer space, but you'd be scared to death when the day actually came. That said, it's an opportunity of a lifetime, but how much would you pay for the privilege of flying in outer space?
Results:
$0, $1 - $10,000, $10,000 - $50,000, $50,001 - $100,000 and $100,001 - $150,000 tied with 20% of the votes each from the following:
- $0 (20%)
- $1 - $10,000 (20%)
- $10,000 - $50,000 (20%)
- $50,001 - $100,000 (20%)
- $100,001 - $150,000 (20%)
- $150,001 - $200,000 (0%)
- Over $200,000 (0%)
Analysis:
No clear answer then. I'm intrigued as to who voted for $0 - perhaps I should have gone the other way to see how much you would have to pay this person to fly into outer space. That said, it would be brown pants time before you took the trip. Unless you're an astronaut, I'm thinking that this trip would be very dauting, but I suspect adenoline would take over given what you're about to do.
I think the actual price is somewhere around $200,000 and nobody got that high with their money, so I guess there won't be any EBR voters taking a flight into outer space anytime soon.
(Created on 18th October 2010)
Vote #168
Question:
I guess we're all but done with changing the website now. I think I've rolled the template out to all the pages now. The one thing I've never been able to do is come up with a decent logo. I keep going back and forth with text designs and trying to be creative with some symbol or other, but it all comes out looking like fisherman dude. What do you think would work as a logo for this site?
Results:
A cock was the clear winner with 40% of the votes from the following selection:
- Simple text design (20%)
- An artistic picture (0%)
- Embedding text into a picture (0%)
- Fisherman dude (the previous logo) (20%)
- A symbol (20%)
- An animal (0%)
- A cock (40%)
Analysis:
I suppose it was to be expected. I actually voted for the simple text design, although when I was messing around on my dev system, I did go for the cock option. That's pretty much why I decided to set the question in the first place.
OK - to satisfy your desire, here's the Ferrari picture of the 599xx beating the track record on the Nürburgring. (Look to the top right of the car)
(Created on 25th October 2010)
Vote #169
Question:
I was trying to think of something cheesy for this week's question. I guess that it's as simple then as what's your favorite?
Results:
Cheddar was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Brie (0%)
- Camembert (0%)
- Cheddar (60%)
- Double Gloucester (0%)
- Edam (20%)
- Gouda (0%)
- Monterey Jack (0%)
- Red Leicester (20%)
- Stilton (0%)
- Wensleydale (0%)
Pre-Result Discussion
02:12:44
26th October 2010
Analysis:
Cheddar it is then. Seems a little boring to me, but what do I know as I'm not into those soft cheeses or French cheeses which may go some way to answering Curt's question. Parmesan probably was an oversight, but I'm limited to providing 10 choices on these votes - the limitation is that the bar graph starts to overwrite itself if I go over 10, so generally I try not to.
Oh well, 169 vote questions to date and this is the first time I've been called on not having enough options. I suppose that's pretty good going.
OK - I'm off to get some Red Leicester.
(Created on 1st November 2010)
Vote #170
Question:
Oh dear, time for one of those stupid questions. Who is bigger?
Results:
The Baby of Mr & Mrs Bigger was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Mr Bigger (33%)
- Mrs Bigger (17%)
- The Baby of Mr & Mrs Bigger (50%)
Analysis:
The majority of you got this one right. The baby is indeed a little bigger.
07:35:24
4th October 2010