Popularity Contest

[Ed Fletcher]

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Jim Cheetham wrote:
| On Apr 3, 2005, at 7:37 PM, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
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|> On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 11:29:45PM -0800, Ed Fletcher wrote:
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|>> As a matter of fact, I did try to see if it had a way to turn it off.
|>> Couldn't see one.  How can I see that it's inactive?
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| /usr/share/popularity-contest/default.conf has the PARTICIPATE variable,
| which is set to "no" by default.
| Ditto for /etc/popularity-contest.conf
|
| -jim

OK, got it now.  So the package was installed but never enabled.  Odd,
but not an issue for me.

I suspect that almost no one knows that this is on their system.
Therefore almost no one will have enabled it.  So what good does it do
if only a small minority have it running.  And those people will likely
be the more technical of the group, so the results will be somewhat skewed.

Anyway, I didn't mean to make a mountain out of a molehill.  But maybe
the increased visibility that popularity-contest now has means more
results will show up every week.

Ed
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whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism
or the holy name of liberty or democracy?  -  Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

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