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(Created on 21st May 2017)
Vote #511
Question:
So, I've been binge watching an old UK TV series - Blake's 7. I commented that it was probably the second best TV show that came out of the Seventies. (I might set next week's question to guess what the number 1 show was, so will hold on that for now). I could change my mind on that though as I'm not sure the storyline and character development was as strong in Blake's 7 as The Clangers. It's close, but that Soup Dragon man! Anyway, back to this week and the question is rather simple. Which character appeared in all Blake's 7 TV episodes?
Results:
Orac was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Kerr Avon (0%)
- Roj Blake (0%)
- Cally (0%)
- Olag Gan (25%)
- Orac (50%)
- Vila Restal (25%)
- Servalan/Sleer (0%)
- Jenna Stanis (0%)
- Del Tarrant (0%)
- Zen (0%)
Analysis:
So the correct answer is Vila. He appeared in every episode, but only just made the first one as he showed up at the end when Blake is put in prison. Avon appeared in all but the first episode. We first met him on the prison ship and he later took the lead role when Blake wandered off. Orac didn't appear until the last episode of the first series. Bit of a giveaway in that the episode was named Orac. Now for the interesting fact. The computer on the Liberator was Zen. The computer on Scorpio was Slave. Orac was the super computer. The same person did the voice over for all 3 computers. So, whilst Orac didn't appear until the last episode of the first series. The person who did the voice over appeared in all but the first 3 episodes.
(Created on 28th May 2017)
Vote #512
Question:
I've just posted the NASCAR photos from earlier this year and Owen reached out this week to talk about plans for next year. There's going to be two races in Las Vegas instead of just one. The plan is to go to both, but I was wondering if Owen was going to stop by in the winter like last time to watch William play soccer. Will I need to order in some spare fold away chairs on the off chance that Owen will visit during soccer season again?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 100% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (100%)
- No (0%)
Analysis:
Yep, looks like I'm going to have to bulk order the fold away seating. Maybe with a bit of luck we'll be playing at a ground with bleachers.
(Created on 4th June 2017)
Vote #513
Question:
This week's question comes from a friend. You see this happened to a friend and not me, obviously. Anyway, he suggested I asked this as a vote question to see what you guys think. So what happened ... to my friend that is and not me .... is that he farted, but was a little too exuberant and well, followed through. And he was wondering at what point is a fart no longer a fart and you've full on shit yourself?
Results:
If you feel the need to wipe was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Anything more than gas (25%)
- If you feel the need to wipe (50%)
- When you create a wet patch in your underpants (0%)
- When the wet patch is visible in your trousers (0%)
- When you need to change your clothes (0%)
- If anything solid pops out (0%)
- When poo starts to fall out your trouser legs (25%)
Analysis:
It looks like the consensus is that if you feel the need to wipe, then you've shit yourself and not just farted. Now, this does present another problem and this is, to those of you that voted this way, it means that you would avoid wiping in order to convince yourself you hadn't poo'd your pants. I hope I'm not sitting downwind of you when that happens.
(Created on 11th June 2017)
Vote #514
Question:
Been a bit of a quiet week and next week will probably be the same. The biggest thing is that I've arranged my schedule so I can take William to his baseball game on Monday night. His team have made it to the knock out stages of the season. I think the geography gets wider until they play at the State level. Anyway, Monday is away against Alameda. Will William's baseball team win against Alameda on Monday night?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (60%)
- No (40%)
Analysis:
Well, I voted yes. More to add support than anything else. There's no polite way to put it, but they got their assess handed to them. During the regular season, they played all their games on the same pitch regardless of whether home or way. This was their first trip on the road and it kind of showed. The coach was also on holiday and it kind of looked like they turned up to play a different game. Anyway, they did really well to get as far as they did and it's all experience. Hopefully they will get a shot next year.
(Created on 18th June 2017)
Vote #515
Question:
Almost a year from the public release of Pokemon Go, Niantic is finally updating the game. After admitting that they were pushed into rushing the game to market by Nintendo to get the game out there during the summer, which, in all honesty, was probably the right financial decision, left them behind in a lot of things they wanted to do. The game exploded with way more people picking it up than they anticipated. Nobody could log on as the servers were unable to take the loads. The in game tracking system was unable to cope with the demand and that had to be shut down in order to just allow people to log on. This list of disasters is endless. I've got to be honest, I played the ET game on the Atari which is touted as being the game that destroyed the company because it was so bad. However, Pokemon Go makes ET look like it was the best game ever made. The Pokemon game is absolutely atrocious. The coding in it is so bad it's not funny. And yet I still play it. And I don't really know why. There's kind of a therapeutic monotony about the game just catching little monsters. Anyway, the big change is happening this week. The gyms are closing down. All pokemon in gyms will be returned and then the new gym system will be released. And I'm worried. Worried that this update will not bring anything to the game and will cause it to die. Augmented Reality is here to stay. The company can make endless profits just getting royalties from that engine, so do they really need the pokemon game or not? Anyway, that's not the question. Will I like the new update to Pokemon Go releasing this week?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (75%)
- No (25%)
Analysis:
I voted yes to give myself positive thoughts and indeed the answer is yes. So far I'm loving this new update and there's still more to come. It's completely changed the game and it's kind of funny. The existing game had basically got to a point where most players had their “safe” gyms that they just collected their 10 pokemon award for each day. There was then some gyms that folks just turned over because they wanted to. But generally what happened is that everyone knew who everyone else's name was, but hadn't met them. There's so many players local to where I live that I just hadn't met. This was typified in the first raid I did when I was sat on a wall with William and this girl asked my In Game Name (IGN) and when I told her, there were several folks that went “Oh! you're EastBayRag!”
So what then happened is that we all got talking. A few of the folks were doing this manual tracker thing posting rare spawns they saw and we got connected. (Side note - why is it that every time I meet a new group they use a different app to communicate? It's crazy the number of chat apps I've got that essentially do the same thing. I guess it's easy to keep the chats separate though). So, anyone that doesn't know there are raids that have a difficulty rating from 1 to 5. 5s are not out yet and are reserved for legendary cards (which really is going to send everyone crazy). 1s and 2s can be done by yourself, but 3s and 4s need a group of people. And, as you'd expect, the more coveted pokemon are in the level 4 raids. So Niantic has achieved their mission of getting everyone outside and being social. Score a win. But they've completed failed on the thing they tried to stop - people playing the game and driving. Now with folks all over the area on a chat app, we're just posting all the level 4 raids (you get a 2 hour notification) and then driving round them in a big group.
Not sure how long it will last. The hard core folks will obviously continue, but my guess is the novelty will wear off for many of the players at some point.
Bottom line though, I love the update!
(Created on 25th June 2017)
Vote #516
Question:
OK, so I've not really thought of a question for this week as I've really just been playing pokemon since the update. Do you think we'll see legendary pokemon before the end of July?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (67%)
- No (33%)
Analysis:
Thought there might be a lack of interest in this vote generally. I do think they will release legendaries this summer, but most of you probably don't care.
(Created on 2nd July 2017)
Vote #517
Question:
When we went to do William's washing today, he pulled a jumper (sweater) out of the laundry basket and said “why does the cleaner keep putting this in the washing basket?” I asked whether he left it on the floor and he said not and that he'd put it away. Do you think my cleaner is going through the drawers/closet and putting William's clothes in his washing basket?
Results:
No was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (20%)
- No (80%)
Analysis:
Indeed, I think my little cherub is trying to cover for himself. Leaving his clothes on the floor. Must be something he's got from his mother, ha ha.
(Created on 9th July 2017)
Vote #518
Question:
I'm somewhat worried about the timing of my trip back to the UK. With Niantic poised to do a global event on July 22nd, I will be back home in Grantham. Grantham that has a total of 8 pokemon gyms. Now, I'm not saying that Walnut Creek is an urban metropolis, but there are 11 gyms I can see from my house and walk to. Downtown there are loads. I'm not sure what exactly the event is going to be, but if it's the release of legendary pokemon, I'm not sure Grantham will be the place to be. Where do you think I'll end up on July 22nd?
Results:
Loughborough and Nottingham tied with 33% of the votes each from the following:
- Grantham (17%)
- Leicester (0%)
- Lincoln (0%)
- London (17%)
- Loughborough (33%)
- Nottingham (33%)
Analysis:
Yeah, not entirely sure what's going to happen. It could end up being none of the above. Might even be Doncaster. As it happens, I'm not sure where I am on the 22nd is going to make a lot of difference. If all the speculation is right, it's where I'm going to be the following two days that will be more important, but we'll see.
(Created on 17th July 2017)
Vote #519
Question:
Another oooosie. I headed out to Chicago Sunday and forgot about the vote question. I'm sat in the airport now about to return and am going to get one in quickly. For the keen eyed amongst you, you will have seen the quick post I did on net neutrality. Do you support net neutrality?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (80%)
- No (0%)
- Don't know what it is (20%)
Analysis:
Seems like forever ago when I wrote this question given I seem to have missed the last couple of weeks. I'll leave everyone up to their own beliefs, but I definitely support net neutrality and it looks like everyone out there that understands it does too.
(Created on 6th August 2017)
Vote #520
Question:
OK, so it seems I've missed a couple of weeks for vote questions. Why have I missed the last couple of weeks vote questions?
Results:
Pokemon hunting was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- Ill (0%)
- Senility (22%)
- Fishing (0%)
- Work (0%)
- Pokemon hunting (67%)
- Erection lasting more than 4 hours (11%)
Analysis:
Ah, you see most of you were sensible and went with the pokemon hunting reason. But was it? Was it the pokemon hunting that made me forget to set a vote question or the erection lasting more than 4 hours that I got from pokemon hunting? We may never know!