Who here owns a computer?

[Rabrrrrrr]

Or has access to one, anyway.

just curious if DU is truly representational the demographics of the country/world, or if DU is skewed toward the higher-income educated computer-owning liberal elitist end of the spectrum.

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. How would the people with no access to a computer vote in this poll?

B-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. To clarify....

I own one at home and have access to one at work. SSSSHHHH about the last one!

[cheezus]

3. my secretary does it for me

she prints out all the new posts, and I write replys on my trusty dictophone.

[arcos]

9. ROFL!!

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. ROTFL!

brilliant!!

I used to do that when I was a secretary - not for polls, but printing out emails, letting the guy write the response, then me typing and sending. :-)

Love the idea of doing that for DU, especially with the dictophone! I hope she's writing it in shorthand first, then typing carbon copies before entering it into the computer.

[Terry_M]

4. Maybe you should warn people that

This poll is not scientific? :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. If they can't figure it out,

then, hey, I don't care if they don't know. :evilgrin:

Still, there are some no votes...

[0rganism]

5. The public libraries in Portland have computers

Would using them to reach DU make one a "higher-income educated computer-owning liberal elitist"?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. umm if we didnt have access to a computer

how would we vote in this poll?

[GirlinContempt]

17. Telepathy

:shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. so whats up

how are you doign?

[GirlinContempt]

23. Not a lot

listening to New Order, relaxing... Haven't heard from you in a while... I was sad, desolate, and alone. ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

7. I thought long and hard about my answer

and it appeared on DU! Who needs a computer?

[texas1928]

8. I built my own

I am not an elitist. I have an hourly job and can not afford a high end pc. but building it myself I got a high end pc for a little over 500 bucks.

[jobycom]

12. Oh, very good!! nt.

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Thanks!

So, how did you answer?

[SOteric]

14. I have to walk a mile in the snow every morning just to post to DU.

And another mile in the sweltering heat every evening just to read the responses.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Uphill both ways?

[SOteric]

21. You know it!

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Yeah, my parents walked to school the same way

(though actually they did walk miles to school, though I was never fooled by the 'uphill both ways' crap :-) )

[DS1]

25. My parents did that before miles, they had to count sunrises

You lightweights.

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. LOL!

Actually, my parents we nice enough to convert fortnights into miles for me. I should have said "fortnights" in the post, but, you know how it is, the family has it's own lingo, you get used to it, you assume everyone else knows what you mean, and next thing you know there's a serious of communication, and then some inbred thugs with banjos are asking you to drop your pants, you know?

[politicat]

31. It can happen....

As a teenager, I lived on the edge of one small valley, up on the ridge. My high school was on the other side of the valley, up on the opposite ridge.

And yeah, I walked to school. And it was N Arizona, where it does snow.

Too bad I'm not thinking about breeding.

Politicat

[Mattforclark]

16. Nope

no computer here

:shrug:

[DS1]

18. Computer, Server, Laptop, I am my own Triad

[LWolf]

19. I don't have one, but

I think I knew somebody once who did.

I wouldn't know what to do with it anyway.

What are they good for?

[texas1928]

26. Well working tech support for an ISP

The dreaded thing to hear is "I don't know what to do with a computer, I just push buttons." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[LWolf]

33. You must hear that a lot.

Tech support ought to be a secure job, since most of us can't get along without you!

Is there much outsourcing of tech support going on?

[texas1928]

34. Not in my arena

I work for a cable internet service provider.

[Zero Gravitas]

24. a what?

I've never even heard of a "computer" let alone seen or used one.

[camero]

28. My ISP is ESP

of course most of the time the server is down because of heavy traffic

[texas1928]

29. One question

So what port do you use to download the internet?

[camero]

32. the left port

Why else would I come to DU? :)

[Spirochete]

30. This poll's been freeped!

And no dingbat option, either.

[ironflange]

35. I was forced to vote No

I don't have A computer; we have 6 of the damn things, for four people, plus the Atari 800 in a box in the garage. How did this happen?

[mvd]

36. There are two in my house

:hi: