[hackerspaces] Master's thesis

[matt]

No option for Plan 9?


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson <myself at telcodata.us>wrote:

> > Dear all,My name is Sophie Andriol, and I am a French political science
> student.
>
> Oh, dear. That's very serious indeed. I'm glad you turned to us for help.
> Fortunately, there's still hope -- it's never too late to switch your major
> to engineering!
>
> > I made a survey that would require as many answers as possible
>
>
> http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/post/57077553819/please-fill-out-our-survey-on-hacker-culture
>
> > amongst the hackers community.
>
>
> http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/post/44155093569/getting-called-by-a-news-station-to-get-the-angle-from
>
> > Your input is highly valued on this,
>
> Out of curiosity, how many surveys have you filled out in the last year,
> which sought to gauge the interests and opinions of "the political science
> student community"?
>
> Do you find that such surveys always include varied enough options that
> any of the 'valued' respondents would truly be able to capture their
> opinions, or at least not feel forced into answering questions they
> disagree with the very premise of?
>
> Or, after the third or fourth survey, did you begin to realize they were
> all just different shades of naive, misguided, presumptuous, narrow, or
> just plain manipulative?
>
> ...
>
> I can't resist quoting this:
>
> > Which exploitation system do you use?
> >  Microsoft Windows
> >  Mac OS X
> >  GNU/LINUX
> >  None of the above
>
> Folks, if you haven't clicked through to read the survey, please do so,
> whether or not you intend to fill it out. It's a gem.
>
> (Although, points for using the full name "GNU/Linux".)
>
> > Thanks for your help!
>
> No problem. Best wishes on your thesis,
>
> -Nate B-
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