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Michael Maul said:

 

>It may also show how knowledgable the people

>taking the poll are. Taking the poll sets a

>"cookie" so you cannot take the poll again.

>
>Turning off cookies before you take the poll

>- or opening new tabs in Mozilla/netscape allows

>you to vote as many times as you wish.

 

I was wondering about this.  I always have

cookies disabled as a matter of standing policy.

 

I was wondering whether their software was

sophisticated enough to record the IP of

the voter server-side, and then sort through

the results to eliminate duplicate IPs.  Not

perfect for dial-up'ers who can login again, but

better than nothing.

 

So, all we have to do to "win" this "poll" is

get Michael to write a script that hits this

URL repeatedly with the right parameter while

refusing cookies and we can "win" by "millions"

of votes.

 

Oh, and hope that the "other side" doesn't

just do the same thing.

 

So maybe all the poll measures is the number

of hackers on each side ;-)

 

On the other hand, I would agree that anything

that moves horse people to actually act on their

own behalf is therapeutic and a good habit to

reinforce!

 

Linda B. Merims

lbm@xxxxxxxxx

Massachusetts, USA