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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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Cy, I have to thank you for bringing up the "at first i was like... then... I lol'd" thing...
Here at work... when one of our research projects comes out of the field, one of the things I have to do is go through the raw data and scrub the "Others" file... It's qualitative research, so a lot of our questions are open-ended. I have to through the open-ended "other" response for each question and see if a response should be attributed to an item that is on the existing list of responses for a question... or see if there were enough of the same responses to create a new item in the database.
Normally, the others are fairly workable... for a 500 in-tab project, you might have 30 pages... for a 1000 respondent study, you might get up close to 100 pages. Normally, if the document that I am working with is more than like 70 pages, I get all depressed because it takes forever to go through and hand-code this crap...
Well, today, I got the raw data for our Boston study... 1550 respondents... 236 pages of the most random bullchit you've ever seen.
We usually bind these with one metal ring in the upper left hand corner... I put them in a three ring binder and made this the cover:
Chick next door thought this was the funniest thing EVER. I'm leaving it on Hairy Guy's desk with a note asking him to do it for me on Monday since I have client meetings
This will take me a week to trudge through... argh! Can't do nothin' but laugh. _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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OndinitaAKALibchit Journeyman
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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LMAOOO!!!!!! I wanna work with you, E! _________________ "If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal.'" ~ Senator John F. Kennedy 9/14/1960
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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She just found out she was picked as a White House intern! _________________
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OndinitaAKALibchit Journeyman
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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SSSS wrote: | She just found out she was picked as a White House intern! |
If the rumors are true, Hillary wants her to be her intern! _________________ "If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal.'" ~ Senator John F. Kennedy 9/14/1960
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Cylinsier Master
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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ellipses wrote: | Cy, I have to thank you for bringing up the "at first i was like... then... I lol'd" thing... |
Internet Addiction...not totally useless after all. _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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OndinitaAKALibchit Journeyman
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Cylinsier wrote: | Internet Addiction...not totally useless after all. |
Speaking of internet addiction...I'm starting to freak out about not being able to go online frequently when I go to Norway for two weeks in May! _________________ "If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal.'" ~ Senator John F. Kennedy 9/14/1960
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Don't you have a netbook? _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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OndinitaAKALibchit Journeyman
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Cylinsier wrote: | Don't you have a netbook? |
Yep! I'm definitely gonna take it with me...But I'm used to having internet access 24/7!! I'm also taking my iPhone in case it works over there! _________________ "If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal.'" ~ Senator John F. Kennedy 9/14/1960
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Cylinsier Master
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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They both should work if you can find a hot spot. The way I understand it, their internet speeds are faster than ours anyway. As an aside, Google is going to start providing high speed internet domestically at the levels they get in Europe to show us what we've been missing. Now, your average user is in the 5 to 15 mbps range. Google will be offering 1 gbps (1,000 mbps). You'll be able to stream hi def movies at that speed. _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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OndinitaAKALibchit Journeyman
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, that's awesome! I have such a love/hate relationship with Google! _________________ "If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal.'" ~ Senator John F. Kennedy 9/14/1960
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, they have really pulled some screwball antics with this google buzz thing. _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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ellipses Mod
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:00 am Post subject: |
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I stream hi-def stuff on roku at my current 5-15 mbps... I think gigabit internet is more of a main-pipeline thing than it is a boon to individual users... I mean, if my various internet activities actually USED the 15 mbps that is available to it, it would blow the doors off of reality. _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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Cylinsier Master
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Well, you stream Netflix movies at 720i with basic stereo sound. We're talking streaming full 1080p, 5.1 audio and the whole movie is cached in about 3 minutes, so no wait times if you've seen the first part before and want to skip to the middle. Tracking would be instantaneous. _________________ The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
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