Submitted by Xlorep DarkHelm - December 4, 2007 at 6:24 pm -0500207.166.99.104
@Saint13
I don't dispute anything you said about the NIMF's "questionare" practice/methodologies. I said that when it came to one specific point, which Icehawk commented on, I quoted, and then responded to, they aren't completely off-base. That one point being related to the notion that parents today didn't play video games with their parents. Icehawk said that today's parents were kids predating video games, which isn't entirely true -- sure, there are some which grew up predating video games, but there are also a number which grew up with video games.
About Harris' numbering scheme. The Harris Group's question numbers are somewhat confusing. My own company builds and runs reporting for surveys. When a survey is built, the numbers originally are in sort of a chronological order. However, sometimes a question is re-done, and can't simply be altered, but a new question needs to be added. Other times, the question order is changed around, what is 'Q05' in the database, and jumps to 'Q06', it might become that 'Q06' instead skips to 'Q05'. Some questions are removed, reworded, or replaced. It happens during the construction of the survey. Depending on how nit-picky the customer is, we can have very unobvious question numbers. Typically, when a survey is "launched", the questions don't change places any more, but even then, that isn't true.
Harris happens to be one of my company's competitors, for the record.
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:58am eraserheadthelynch: mental
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:57am eraserheadthelynch: but hes still a metal case
Posted 07/04/08 at 08:47pm eraserheadthelynch: as much as we hate thompson hes only human and he looked happy accepting tha t award
Posted 07/04/08 at 03:38pm Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : (I know that was late but better late than never.)
Posted 07/04/08 at 03:38pm Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : Everyone! Quick! Repent! The Apocalypse approaches! Jack Thompson has been honored for his deeds! *screams and faints*
Posted 07/04/08 at 03:12pm JustChris: The parade was a false hope for jack...an ego boost is an ego boost.
Posted 07/04/08 at 02:33pm Silencets: Read the comments in the Editorial...JT himself in all of his asinine glory was there, as well as details on the parade
Posted 07/04/08 at 02:24pm BlackIce: What?
Posted 07/04/08 at 01:59pm Silencets: I still can't believe JT was in a parade...
Posted 07/04/08 at 11:01am BlackIce: Frank, I watch that when contemplating armed robbery.
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:49am ZippyDSM: Monolith: get a name yet? *yawns* was no on much yestersday.
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:45am Frank: To prepare myself for the agony of writing a long reply I'm watching that clip from FOX news about the torture game 2.
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:43am Frank: After reading Jack's reply I think that at some point today I'm gonna have to give him my own reply.
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:42am eraserheadthelynch: i think noel was on super skunk [cannabis] himself when he made that comment
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:24am Jack Wessels: Haha, Thompson finally replied to the edatorial. Much lulz.
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:20am gamepolitics: heh... GP is like a shark. Can never stop.
Posted 07/04/08 at 10:19am Belgarion89: @GP Dude, they made you work on the 4th? That's harsh!
Posted 07/04/08 at 09:24am eraserheadthelynch: GOD BLESS AMERICA HAPPY 4TH[even though England is better
Posted 07/04/08 at 07:48am beemoh: @ConstantNeophyte: Of course! It's not games that turn people into killers, it's kills that turn people into gamers!
Posted 07/04/08 at 05:47am GRIZZAM PRIME: Happy 4th of July!!!
I don't dispute anything you said about the NIMF's "questionare" practice/methodologies. I said that when it came to one specific point, which Icehawk commented on, I quoted, and then responded to, they aren't completely off-base. That one point being related to the notion that parents today didn't play video games with their parents. Icehawk said that today's parents were kids predating video games, which isn't entirely true -- sure, there are some which grew up predating video games, but there are also a number which grew up with video games.
About Harris' numbering scheme. The Harris Group's question numbers are somewhat confusing. My own company builds and runs reporting for surveys. When a survey is built, the numbers originally are in sort of a chronological order. However, sometimes a question is re-done, and can't simply be altered, but a new question needs to be added. Other times, the question order is changed around, what is 'Q05' in the database, and jumps to 'Q06', it might become that 'Q06' instead skips to 'Q05'. Some questions are removed, reworded, or replaced. It happens during the construction of the survey. Depending on how nit-picky the customer is, we can have very unobvious question numbers. Typically, when a survey is "launched", the questions don't change places any more, but even then, that isn't true.
Harris happens to be one of my company's competitors, for the record.