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Title:	Out of interest, supplemental
Topics:	neal stephenson, polls
Date:	2008-07-25 @ 19:05
Security:	public

Poll #1229576
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Neal Stephenson

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GOOD
43 (81.1%)

BAD
10 (18.9%)

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Title:	Out of interest ...
Topics:	books, neal stephenson, polls
Date:	2008-07-25 @ 19:02
Security:	public

Following on from a mutually surprising discussion last weekend:

Poll #1229575
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What is Neal Stephenson's best book?

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The Big U
0 (0.0%)

Zodiac
3 (6.5%)

Snow Crash
14 (30.4%)

Interface
0 (0.0%)

The Diamond Age
9 (19.6%)

Cobweb
0 (0.0%)

Cryptonomicon
11 (23.9%)

Quicksilver
4 (8.7%)

The Confusion
0 (0.0%)

The System of the World
3 (6.5%)

In the Beginning was the Command Line
2 (4.3%)

Anathem
0 (0.0%)

What is Neal Stephenson's worst book?

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The Big U
8 (23.5%)

Zodiac
5 (14.7%)

Snow Crash
1 (2.9%)

Interface
3 (8.8%)

The Diamond Age
3 (8.8%)

Cobweb
2 (5.9%)

Cryptonomicon
5 (14.7%)

Quicksilver
2 (5.9%)

The Confusion
2 (5.9%)

The System of the World
3 (8.8%)

In the Beginning was the Command Line
0 (0.0%)

Anathem
0 (0.0%)

Justification in the comments welcomed.

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Title:	Season Four: GOOD or BAD
Topics:	doctor who, good or bad, polls, tv
Date:	2008-07-05 @ 19:42
Security:	public

To be clear: I have not watched "Journey's End" yet, because

bibliolicious is out at a gig this evening. But I wouldn't wish to deprive anyone of poll-clicking fun, and anyway I'm planning to pretty much avoid the internet for the next 24 hours, so:

Poll #1218259
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Partners in Crime

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GOOD!
21 (55.3%)

BAD!
17 (44.7%)

The Fires of Pompeii

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GOOD!
35 (87.5%)

BAD!
5 (12.5%)

Planet of the Ood

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GOOD!
28 (71.8%)

BAD!
11 (28.2%)

The Sontaran Stratagem

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GOOD!
25 (65.8%)

BAD!
13 (34.2%)

The Poison Sky

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GOOD!
18 (47.4%)

BAD!
20 (52.6%)

The Doctor's Daughter

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GOOD!
17 (44.7%)

BAD!
21 (55.3%)

The Unicorn and the Wasp

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GOOD!
25 (67.6%)

BAD!
12 (32.4%)

Silence in the Library

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GOOD!
37 (94.9%)

BAD!
2 (5.1%)

Forest of the Dead

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GOOD!
31 (81.6%)

BAD!
7 (18.4%)

Midnight

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GOOD!
29 (80.6%)

BAD!
7 (19.4%)

Turn Left

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GOOD!
32 (88.9%)

BAD!
4 (11.1%)

The Stolen Earth

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GOOD!
28 (75.7%)

BAD!
9 (24.3%)

Journey's End

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GOOD!
21 (60.0%)

BAD!
14 (40.0%)

Season 4 overall?

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GOOD!
29 (78.4%)

BAD!
8 (21.6%)

Best season?

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SEASON ONE!
14 (36.8%)

SEASON TWO!
1 (2.6%)

SEASON THREE!
11 (28.9%)

SEASON FOUR!
12 (31.6%)

Feel free to link to your Who posts in the comments. Actually, that would be really helpful, because by the time I get around to watching the episode any relevant posts will probably be buried at about skip=300, and thus difficult to find.

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Title:	Doctor Who
Topics:	doctor who, tv
Date:	2008-06-28 @ 19:58
Security:	public

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Title:	RTD poll
Date:	2008-06-18 @ 21:58
Security:	public

Poll #1207064
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What is RTD's best Doctor Who episode?

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Rose
0 (0.0%)

The End of the World
4 (9.3%)

Aliens of London
0 (0.0%)

World War Three
1 (2.3%)

The Long Game
0 (0.0%)

Boom Town
0 (0.0%)

Bad Wolf
3 (7.0%)

The Parting of the Ways
7 (16.3%)

The Christmas Invasion
1 (2.3%)

New Earth
0 (0.0%)

Love & Monsters
7 (16.3%)

Army of Ghosts
0 (0.0%)

Doomsday
2 (4.7%)

The Runaway Bride
1 (2.3%)

Smith and Jones
2 (4.7%)

Gridlock
2 (4.7%)

Utopia
5 (11.6%)

The Sound of Drums
0 (0.0%)

The Last of the Time Lords
1 (2.3%)

The Voyage of the Damned
0 (0.0%)

Partners in Crime
0 (0.0%)

Midnight
7 (16.3%)

What is RTD's worst Doctor Who episode?

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Rose
1 (2.4%)

The End of the World
0 (0.0%)

Aliens of London
6 (14.6%)

World War Three
0 (0.0%)

The Long Game
1 (2.4%)

Boom Town
3 (7.3%)

Bad Wolf
0 (0.0%)

The Parting of the Ways
0 (0.0%)

The Christmas Invasion
1 (2.4%)

New Earth
6 (14.6%)

Love & Monsters
7 (17.1%)

Army of Ghosts
0 (0.0%)

Doomsday
0 (0.0%)

The Runaway Bride
0 (0.0%)

Smith and Jones
0 (0.0%)

Gridlock
2 (4.9%)

Utopia
0 (0.0%)

The Sound of Drums
0 (0.0%)

The Last of the Time Lords
3 (7.3%)

The Voyage of the Damned
10 (24.4%)

Partners in Crime
1 (2.4%)

Midnight
0 (0.0%)

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Title:	Shyamalan
Topics:	films, m night shyamalan, poll
Date:	2008-06-16 @ 19:13
Security:	public

It has been brought to my attention that some of my friends are wrongheads on the matter of M. Night Shyamalan's films. Hence:

Poll #1205761
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The Sixth Sense

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GOOD
79 (91.9%)

BAD
7 (8.1%)

Unbreakable

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GOOD
53 (67.1%)

BAD
26 (32.9%)

Signs

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GOOD
19 (25.3%)

BAD
56 (74.7%)

The Village

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GOOD
24 (32.4%)

BAD
50 (67.6%)

Lady in the Water

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GOOD
8 (13.1%)

BAD
53 (86.9%)

The Happening

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GOOD
7 (14.9%)

BAD
40 (85.1%)

EDIT: Martin has the summary poll.

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Title:	Battlestar Galactica
Topics:	battlestar galactica, tv
Date:	2008-06-15 @ 21:17
Security:	public

( There's just no way of talking about this one without being spoilery )

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Title:	Gosh
Topics:	doctor who, tv
Date:	2008-06-14 @ 19:54
Security:	public

RTD wrote a good episode!

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Title:	Strange Horizons Fund Drive
Topics:	strange horizons
Date:	2008-06-05 @ 08:32
Security:	public

It's that time of year again: Strange Horizons' annual fund drive is on! As you know, Bob, Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of and about speculative fiction. It's been going for nearly eight years now, staffed entirely by volunteers (including me) but paying professional rates to contributors, and is dependent on donations from its readers to keep going. Check out some of the fiction, columns, poetry, artwork, and of course reviews to see what the site is about, if you don't already know.

This year there's a shiny new SH blog to track the fund drive progress -- for which you can add the RSS feed or livejournal feed. Exciting revelations so far include the fact that this year there aren't just prizes for donating, but prizes for mentioning (and linking to) the fund drive. Each week, one person who's linked to the fund drive will win a special prize; the first prize is a set of Ellen Datlow/Terri Windling-edited fairy tale anthologies. So, go forth and spread the word!

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Title:	Who cares?
Date:	2008-05-20 @ 18:58
Security:	public

I eschew the Doctor Who news everyone's posted a bajillion times anyway, in favour of a poll about Battlestar Galactica, inspired by a courageously positive view of the show (relative to almost everyone else I've spoken to about it, anyway) seen on my friendslist.

Poll #1191037
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

I ...

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... have never watched the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
16 (18.8%)

... used to watch the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, but gave up
27 (31.8%)

... have watched the reimagined Battlestar Galactica from the start
35 (41.2%)

... have recently got into the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
5 (5.9%)

... am a snowflake
2 (2.4%)

Season one

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GOOD!
52 (80.0%)

BAD!
13 (20.0%)

Season two