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1572: "xkcd Survey"
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So are the results going to be posted anywhere? It's kind of been a month...
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PTTG wrote:So are the results going to be posted anywhere? It's kind of been a month...
The longer it takes, the more time there is for data to be collected! So, while we're all dying to see the results, at least we know that it should be worth the wait.

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applepi wrote:PTTG wrote:So are the results going to be posted anywhere? It's kind of been a month...
The longer it takes, the more time there is for data to be collected! So, while we're all dying to see the results, at least we know that it should be worth the wait.
Except he took down the survey page about a week after the comic went up.
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teelo wrote:applepi wrote:PTTG wrote:So are the results going to be posted anywhere? It's kind of been a month...
The longer it takes, the more time there is for data to be collected! So, while we're all dying to see the results, at least we know that it should be worth the wait.
Except he took down the survey page about a week after the comic went up.
I guess google couldn't handle that much data in one survey.

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teelo wrote:applepi wrote:PTTG wrote:So are the results going to be posted anywhere? It's kind of been a month...
The longer it takes, the more time there is for data to be collected! So, while we're all dying to see the results, at least we know that it should be worth the wait.
Except he took down the survey page about a week after the comic went up.
Oh, I actually didn't know that, lol. Now I feel a bit dumb for being out of the loop

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I just hope that the results will show up sooner than later.
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Nothing yet?
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I'm beginning to wonder if the data were significantly less interesting than he was expecting, and he just decided he couldn't find anything interesting or funny enough to be worth publishing. Or maybe the whole survey was some kind of performance art piece where the point of the work was the asking of the questions, rather than the answering of them.
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That was the initial appeal, yes, but it's Randall. I expect to see some section of the data reappear in some completely unexpected form in a year or so.
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We've now been waiting longer than the famous Color Name Survey for results...
Edit: happy 0.2k I guess.
Edit: happy 0.2k I guess.
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So... any news regarding the results? I'm really waiting here 

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Maybe Time-style we can release one piece of survey datum every hour...
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Just ended up on this strip through the Random button. I was really hoping the link would've been changed to some sort of analysis of the results... Nope.
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As the thread is active again, giving me a good excuse to read it properly, let me add:
Because I'm not Welsh (so don't have instinctive good a knowledge of the typography - and the letter-mutations still go straight over my head!) I learnt how to voice the placename, first. Thus I tend to write "...pwch..." instead of "...pwll..." (close enough, for a saesneg!) and forget the 'r' in "...chwyrn..." unless I remember to 'roll' it. Unforgivably, though, I'll also occasionally type "...tislio..." instead of "...tyslio...", even though those two vowels are actually quite different.
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Because I'm not Welsh (so don't have instinctive good a knowledge of the typography - and the letter-mutations still go straight over my head!) I learnt how to voice the placename, first. Thus I tend to write "...pwch..." instead of "...pwll..." (close enough, for a saesneg!) and forget the 'r' in "...chwyrn..." unless I remember to 'roll' it. Unforgivably, though, I'll also occasionally type "...tislio..." instead of "...tyslio...", even though those two vowels are actually quite different.
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Maybe he published the results and none of us noticed?
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Mikemk wrote:Maybe he published the results and none of us noticed?
Maybe we all took the survey and he didn't notice?
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I'm saying, maybe he put the results somewhere secret without telling anyone and is waiting for someone to randomly stumble on the page. It wouldn't be the first time.
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Mikemk wrote:I'm saying, maybe he put the results somewhere secret without telling anyone and is waiting for someone to randomly stumble on the page. It wouldn't be the first time.
Ah, that makes more sense. I doubt it, though.
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Maybe, the results are waiting for you inside a book, inside a bookstore.
That's good hiding.
You'll Never find it!
oh,...
Why are the results being hidden from you?
oh,...
What if....?
What if, the survey did not collect data?
That's good hiding.
You'll Never find it!
oh,...
Why are the results being hidden from you?
oh,...
What if....?
What if, the survey did not collect data?
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What if the results are already encoded in XKCD: Volume 0?
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What if Randall just forgot about this when he was busy with his latest book?
Edit: Perhaps the more likely reason this never got followed up is because the results just weren't interesting.
Edit: Perhaps the more likely reason this never got followed up is because the results just weren't interesting.
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Any updates here?
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Wait for it.
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I can't believe this isn't released yet. No amount of technical difficulties is THIS bad without being catastrophic (e.g. losing all data completely and irrecoverably).
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Is your name Randall?Did you lose all the data?
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Mikemk wrote:I'm saying, maybe he put the results somewhere secret without telling anyone and is waiting for someone to randomly stumble on the page. It wouldn't be the first time.
When was the first time?
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heuristically_alone wrote:Mikemk wrote:I'm saying, maybe he put the results somewhere secret without telling anyone and is waiting for someone to randomly stumble on the page. It wouldn't be the first time.
When was the first time?
It wouldn't be the first time he's hidden stuff somewhere on his site and waited for people to notice.
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Mikemk wrote:heuristically_alone wrote:Mikemk wrote:I'm saying, maybe he put the results somewhere secret without telling anyone and is waiting for someone to randomly stumble on the page. It wouldn't be the first time.
When was the first time?
It wouldn't be the first time he's hidden stuff somewhere on his site and waited for people to notice.
I was hoping for an example
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heuristically_alone wrote:Mikemk wrote:heuristically_alone wrote:Mikemk wrote:I'm saying, maybe he put the results somewhere secret without telling anyone and is waiting for someone to randomly stumble on the page. It wouldn't be the first time.
When was the first time?
It wouldn't be the first time he's hidden stuff somewhere on his site and waited for people to notice.
I was hoping for an example
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Facebook reminded me that 1 year ago today I encouraged my friends to take the survey.
1 year later I still don't recall results being published.
Anyone have any leads?
1 year later I still don't recall results being published.
Anyone have any leads?
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