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(Created on 14th August 2011)
Vote #211
Question:
With all the trouble and uncertainty going on at the minute, we need to turn our attention to the economy. Will the US economy rebound next week when I get back from vacation?
Results:
No was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (20%)
- No (80%)
Analysis:
No indeed! It would appear that the economy has worsened since I got back although it's difficult to tell. The stock market's going up and down like a yo-yo and I've no idea what's going to happen to the housing market. Seems kind of arbitrary at the end of the day - I get all excited about what's going to happen and then go to work and do what I do regardless of whether the economy's good or bad. Yeah for another week of work.
(Created on 21st August 2011)
Vote #212
Question:
I came across a top 10 list on listverse.com that had the most influential arcade games. Rather than get into which one's the best, I'm simply going to ask which of the following arcade games did you like playing the most? (And yes, I dropped one from the list).
Results:
Donkey Kong, Frogger, Phoenix and Pong tied with 25% of the votes each from the following:
- Asteroids (0%)
- Donkey Kong (25%)
- Frogger (25%)
- Galaga (0%)
- Mario Bros (0%)
- Pac-Man (0%)
- Phoenix (25%)
- Pong (25%)
- Space Invaders (0%)
- None of the above (0%)
Analysis:
Donkey Kong, Frogger, Phoenix and Pong all seem to have shared the honors, so no consistent favorite. A little surprised that Space Invaders didn't feature into anyone's picks. I was tempted to select it, but in the end went for Phoenix. I know this wasn't a question on whether you agreed that these were the top 10 (or 9) most influential games, but I'm a little surprised there weren't any real classics that scrolled left to right like Defender or Scramble.
(Created on 28th August 2011)
Vote #213
Question:
Seems that there's a lot of natural disasters going on. Which natural disaster would you like to be the cause of your demise?
Results:
Meteor Impact was the clear winner with 100% of the votes from the following selection:
- Avalanche (0%)
- Earthquake (0%)
- Flood (0%)
- Hurricane (0%)
- Meteor Impact (100%)
- Tornado (0%)
- Tsunami (0%)
- Volcano (0%)
Analysis:
Interesting, everyone went for the same answer - meteor impact. It's funny as I nearly didn't include this as an option as I thought everyone would pick it. I think it's got something to do with the fact that a meteor impact may do something like cause another ice age, so it would wipe out all human life. Another theory is that it's more unlikely so you may as well get wiped out by the most statistically unlikely event. Not sure why it is and I'm pretty sure most people didn't spend too long thinking about it before they voted, just going for what seemed like the right answer.
(Created on 4th September 2011)
Vote #214
Question:
It's time to look ahead to the next Vegas trip. Mr O and myself will be going to watch the NASCAR trucks and the IndyCar race there in October. Coincidentally, the Excalibur hotel (where Mr O and myself generally stay) has just sent me some offers, including $20 pitchers of beer from October through February whilst playing beer pong. Will Mr O take advantage of this offer and have a game of beer pong?
Results:
No was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (33%)
- No (67%)
Analysis:
Beer pong, for those of you that don't know, is a game where you try to throw ping-pong balls into cups to make the other team drink the contents. Generally, cups are arranged in front of you in a triangle shape, so 10 cup pong would be arranged 1-2-3-4. You then throw a ping-pong ball at your opponents cup, if it lands in it, they drink it. There are several variations where the defending team may or may not be allowed to interfere with the ball as it travels towards your cup. Generally, the game is won when you eliminate your opponents cups. A better variation may be until you make your opponent throw up.
Regardless of variation, however, I seriously doubt that Mr O will be playing.
(Created on 8th September 2011)
Vote #215
Question:
Well, it's 10 years since 9-11 and we can't help but think about great travesties. So, coupled with the fact that I had to go see yet another doctor this week, I contemplate the unspeakable question of my life - how many doctors have been up my bum?
Results:
13 was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- 0 (0%)
- 2 (0%)
- 5 (0%)
- 9 (0%)
- 13 (50%)
- 17 (25%)
- 21 (0%)
- 25 (0%)
- 1,067 (25%)
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
Whilst it feels like 1,067 (thanks Mr O), the number is not quite that impressive. I believe we're up to 13 now which is still quite a large number. I'm sure I've forgotten about one or two though. Speaking of which, I do seem to keep finding the odd watch lying around the place.
If anyone's interested, the latest treatment I'm going to be having is infra red. Not entirely sure of the details and I'm sure you don't want all of them anyway, but I'm rather hoping that a side effect of this is being able to change channel on the TV by farting.
(Created on 18th September 2011)
Vote #216
Question:
Nothing immediately coming to mind again, so it's time to dig into the top ten lists. This week I came across the following list of side effects to medicine. Which of the following side effects would you like least?
Results:
Inability to distinguish between blue and green, Uncontrollable bowel movements and oily spotting, Rectal bleeding; hepatitis and herpes and Uncontrollable sexual and gambling urges tied with 25% of the votes each from the following:
- Loss of smell (0%)
- Hallucinations (0%)
- Loss of fingerprints (seriously) (0%)
- Inability to distinguish between blue and green (25%)
- Developing fully functional mammory glands (0%)
- Uncontrollable bowel movements and oily spotting (25%)
- Erection lasting more than 3 hours (0%)
- Immediate (3rd degree) sunburn (0%)
- Rectal bleeding; hepatitis and herpes (25%)
- Uncontrollable sexual and gambling urges (25%)
Pre-Result Discussion
12:13:44
19th September 2011
Analysis:
OK - so you're probably wondering how true these are and I'll honestly say that I haven't done any research into these - I just found them on a site. Here are the explanations:
Vasotec, used to treat congestive heart failure, can cause side effects that include a loss of senses, one of which being a loss of smell.
Chantix; Mirapex and Lariam used to quit smoking can cause hallucinations.
Xeloda, used to treat several types of cancer, can cause chronic inflammation of the palms or soles of feet. This can cause bleeding and ulcers, but the oddity is that it can cause your fingerprints to disappear.
Viagra, used for erectile dysfunction (as if you didn't know that one), can cause the user to see everything with a blue tint having the effect of not being able to distinguish between green and blue.
Propecia, used for hair loss, can cause the patient to develop fully functioning mammary glands.
Alli, used for weight loss, can cause uncontrollable bowel movements and oily spotting. I'm not 100% sure what oily spotting is, but you probably don't want to fart if you have this side effect as I believe you're going to get through a few pairs of underpants if you do. The interesting thing about this one is to reduce this side effect, you need to cut fatty food out of your diet. One assumes that a diet pill that causes you to cut out fatty food for fear of shitting yourself is probably quite effective.
Whilst we all know that Viagra can cause erections that last more than three hours, so can Zoloft which is used as an anti-depressant. Must be quite odd being depressed with a raging boner.
Levaquin, used to treat bacterial infections can make you ultra sensitive to sunlight that can give you very bad sunburn (like 3rd degree burns).
Accutane, used to treat acne, has a long list of possible side effects including Rectal bleeding, hirsutism (an overabundance of rapidly-growing hair), psychosis, crying spells (and general bouts of depression), Hepatitis, herpes (possibly), and bone-fractures.
Requip, used to treat restless leg syndrome, can cause unusual and uncommon urges including sexual and gambling.
An interesting spread of votes across the side effects with no single one being feared as the worst. Guess the whole concept of side effects is pretty worrying.
(Created on 25th September 2011)
Vote #217
Question:
As I continue my travels around the country, I wonder whether I'm going to end up in the right city with somewhere to stay. This week's question - has my travel been booked correctly or will I need to change it?
Results:
No - you will need to change it was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - it is correct (40%)
- No - you will need to change it (60%)
Analysis:
Technically speaking I didn't have to change anything so the majority of votes were incorrect. That said, it wasn't without a potential hiccup. I had been told that the hotel I was staying in ran a shuttle to and from the airport. It actually only runs from the hotel to the airport and not the other way (which seems odd to me as it has to go back). Anyway, you're supposed to call the hotel and they send the shuttle to you if you arrive at the airport. I went to the hotel shuttle pickup point and waited. Fortunately the shuttle had been called to pickup a flight crew that were staying at the hotel and I only waited about 5 minutes, so it all worked out fine ... thankfully.
(Created on 2nd October 2011)
Vote #218
Question:
I was looking at the server log for this website and was quite surprised as to the number of hacking attempts I have on a daily basis. What country will try and hack my website the most this week?
Results:
Russia was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Czechoslovakia (0%)
- China (25%)
- India (0%)
- Korea (0%)
- Nigeria (0%)
- Philippines (25%)
- Russia (50%)
- South Africa (0%)
- United Kingdom (0%)
- United States (0%)
Analysis:
I'll give it to those that selected Russia as I think it's the closest country. The actual answer is the Ukraine. Yep, this week, we attracted the attention of those in the Ukraine. A close second was China.
(Created on 8th October 2011)
Vote #219
Question:
Alright, so it's off to Vegas again with Mr O to watch a bit of racing. IndyCar this time with a splash of NASCAR trucks. The big question is whether or not we'll see Uncle Jesse at the track again.
Results:
Yes - we will see Uncle Jesse was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - we will see Uncle Jesse (75%)
- No - we will not see Uncle Jesse (25%)
Analysis:
Danny Wheldon RIP.
Unfortunately, we did not see Uncle Jesse, but I'm not sure if we had whether we would have been in a good enough mood to appreciate it. A race I'll unfortunately never forget.
(Created on 16th October 2011)
Vote #220
Question:
If the kids of today are playing computer games about yesteryear, does that mean the kids of tomorrow will be playing games that involve doing something and then rushing to be the first to post it on a simulated twitter or facebook?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (80%)
- No (20%)
Analysis:
Yes, in 10+ years time, it's likely that kids will be playing virtual twitter or something like that. Perhaps playing in some virtual reality and entering the retro world to see how it was done in days gone by. Remarking on the fact that we used keyboards and touch screen devices. Things long gone by the wayside.
02:45:21
12th September 2011