Nielson questions

[jwgh]

Nielson is paying me $5 or something to take a survey about my Internet use. Some of the questions are a little funny. I particularly like:

Do you currently have access to the Internet or World Wide Web at work or from a computer used primarily for work, regardless of location?
Click one.

• YES
• NO
• ONLY THROUGH WEB TV
• DON'T KNOW
• REFUSE

There's also something a little funny about:

What operating systems do you have on all of your home computers with Internet access?
Click one.

• ALL OF MY HOME PCs HAVE WINDOWS
• ALL OF MY HOME PCs ARE MAC (MACINTOSH) VERSION 8.0-9.2
• ALL OF MY HOME PCs HAVE EITHER WINDOWS OR ARE MAC (MACINTOSH) VERSION 8.0-9.2
• I HAVE OPERATING SYSTEMS OTHER THAN WINDOWS OR MAC (MACINTOSH) VERSION 8.0-9.2 ON MY HOME PCs
• DON'T KNOW
• REFUSE

9.2?

Comments

[donutgirl.livejournal.com]

9.2? yep, that's weird.

[saucypunk.livejournal.com]

hahaha... oh classic.

the survey-makers are at the point my boss is at...which is running 9.2 on a G4. it pains me. and means that my poor G3 has to run classic as well, alongside 10.2 (which also pains me, though less so. i miss exposé!)

[jwgh]

REFUSE

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank goodness they spelled out "Macintosh" for those of us who are slow on the uptake. Seriously, I haven't heard "Macintosh" for years. A book I was reading last week, written in the 80s, referred to a "Macintosh" computer and I giggled liek gurl.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

Those are pretty badly designed questions, too. "What operating systems do you have on all of your home computers with Internet access?" Who says you're using the same OS on all machines?

[jwgh]

Options 3 and 4 take care of that scenario, I guess. Well, I suppose option 6 does too.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

I CLICK ON THE CLICKER AND JUST GET ERROR MESSIGES!!! THE UNIX I AM USING IS AMERICA ON-LINE!!! (http://groups.google.com/group/talk.bizarre/msg/081b8026e7a808be?dmode=source&hl=en)

[pocket500.livejournal.com]

I'd have to choose #4, but it's not really accurate. All my PCs run Windows, except for one non-conformist that runs Linux.

[demoneater.livejournal.com]

Well obviously those are all redundant except two choices.

Windows and MacOS 8-9 ARE refuse.

haw haw