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Reply by email, filling out this form and emailing it to me.
Trimming off the rest of this post is unnecessary.
I will guarantee anonymity except in cases of blatant abuse.
I will achieve anonymity by tallying the results in
uncorrelated tabulations and then deleting the emails.
(I know this loses interesting correlation data, but if
resondents want anonymity it's hard to avoid.)
I know that this anonymity promise depends on trust and that
you have no particular reason to trust me. Someday, I hope.
I will post results Saturday.
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yes( ) ( )no Should RoadRunner be subjected to some kind of UDP?
yes( ) ( )no ... active UDP (cancels) ?
yes( ) ( )no ... passive UDP (drop messages) ?
yes( ) ( )no ... all-groups UDP? (as opposed to specific groups)
yes( ) ( )no Are you a Usenet sysadmin? How big:_ How long:_
yes( ) ( )no Should another server be subjected to UDP? Who:_
yes( ) ( )no Should UDPs be used more often?
yes( ) ( )no Should UDPs be used less often?
yes( ) ( )no Would you have answered this survey without anonymity?
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to receive me.
"Your sufferings have been truly great," he said, "but
all that you have endured has been to good purpose. We
have studied the people of Earth, and the people of strange,
mistaken cults there who have and will persecute you, for
they have little understanding. But now we have to discuss
your future. Your present body is nearing the end of its
useful life, and the plans which we have for this event must
come to pass." He walked beside me along the banks of a
beautiful river. The waters sparkled and seemed to be
alive. On either bank there were gardens so wonderful that
I could scarce believe my senses. The air itself seemed to
vibrate with life. In the distance a group of people, clad in
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Tibetan robes, came slowly to meet us. My guide smiled at
me, "This is an important meeting," he said, "for we have
to plan your future. We have to see how research into the
human aura can be stimulated, for we have noticed that
when 'aura' is mentioned on Earth, most people try to
change the subject."
The group moved nearer, and I recognized those of whom
I had stood in awe. Now they smiled benevolently upon
me, and greeted me as an equal. "Let us move to more
comfortable surroundings," said one, "so that we may talk
and discuss matters at leisure." We moved along the path
in the direction from whence the men had come until,
turning to follow a bend in the path, we saw before us a
Hall of such surpassing beauty that involuntarily I stopped
with a gasp of pleasure. The walls seemed to be of purest
crystal, with delicate pastel shades and undertones of color
which changed as one looked. The path was soft under-
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