Comments on: 10 Questions http://marccooper.com/10-questions/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eenzijdige backlinks http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-646240 eenzijdige backlinks Mon, 16 May 2011 10:06:03 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-646240 You made some decent points there. I seemed on the internet for the problem and located most individuals will associate with along with your website. You made some decent points there. I seemed on the internet for the problem and located most individuals will associate with along with your website.

]]> By: Michelina Fuesting http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-620419 Michelina Fuesting Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-620419 I think this game is one of the best pc games I have playd so far. It is because of the cool visual effects. But unfortunaly no pc game is better than Assassins Creed 2 on playstation, so I am returning to the now ^^ In some days my brother will borrow me this game once more, so maybe I will return to my pc then :) I think this game is one of the best pc games I have playd so far. It is because of the cool visual effects. But unfortunaly no pc game is better than Assassins Creed 2 on playstation, so I am returning to the now ^^ In some days my brother will borrow me this game once more, so maybe I will return to my pc then :)

]]> By: Sergio http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580939 Sergio Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:40:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580939 It's very grisly. In WeHo we had power outages Sunday, and now GW Bush is in the area. It can't get much worse. It’s very grisly. In WeHo we had power outages Sunday, and now GW Bush is in the area. It can’t get much worse.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580857 reg Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:04:03 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580857 oops - nothing...then doubles! oops – nothing…then doubles!

]]> By: Rob Grocholski http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580852 Rob Grocholski Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:19:35 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580852 Marc -- Hope your end of the city is OK. These fires in So. Cal. tonight, blow. Literately. We can smell the smoke that is torching Malibu and the canyons all the way down here in San Pedro (LA Harbor). It's stuck in the marine layer. Sinister sunset. Tomorrow is going to grisly. Marc — Hope your end of the city is OK. These fires in So. Cal. tonight, blow. Literately. We can smell the smoke that is torching Malibu and the canyons all the way down here in San Pedro (LA Harbor). It’s stuck in the marine layer. Sinister sunset.

Tomorrow is going to grisly.

]]> By: jcummings http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580850 jcummings Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:18:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580850 great piece! great piece!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580846 reg Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:10:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580846 Disagree - pie-in-the-sky platitudes unless and until you folks who happen to be Third Party afficianados have something to show the rest of us. I agree that local independent political action is a great antidote to machines - but overall, outside of Bernie Sanders who comes from a unique political envirionment and is a de facto Democrat, whether he likes to admit it or not (has the Dem imprimatur, caucuses with Dems and will probably support whoever the Dem nominee is for President as the pragmatic choice for "socialists" like himself (left-liberal social democrats with a nostalgic twist) - you've got nuthin'. Except Bush's ascension in 2004 with that extra little lift from Ralph. It's not so much that I disagree. I just am not interested in what is obviously well-intentioned rhetoric that's backed up by precisely nothing you can show me. I can show you a whole bunch of liberal Dems who are actively progressive - almost as good as Bernie - despite their being a minority even in their own party. They have a hell of a lot more influence and exposure than the Greens are EVER going to get in our particular electoral (non-parliamentary) environment. Put your energy in some sort of electoral reform that gives 3rd parties some tangible possiblity of effecting change. In the current structure, it's about as likely to happen as space aliens coming to save us. Disagree – pie-in-the-sky platitudes unless and until you folks who happen to be Third Party afficianados have something to show the rest of us. I agree that local independent political action is a great antidote to machines – but overall, outside of Bernie Sanders who comes from a unique political envirionment and is a de facto Democrat, whether he likes to admit it or not (has the Dem imprimatur, caucuses with Dems and will probably support whoever the Dem nominee is for President as the pragmatic choice for “socialists” like himself (left-liberal social democrats with a nostalgic twist) – you’ve got nuthin’. Except Bush’s ascension in 2004 with that extra little lift from Ralph.

It’s not so much that I disagree. I just am not interested in what is obviously well-intentioned rhetoric that’s backed up by precisely nothing you can show me. I can show you a whole bunch of liberal Dems who are actively progressive – almost as good as Bernie – despite their being a minority even in their own party. They have a hell of a lot more influence and exposure than the Greens are EVER going to get in our particular electoral (non-parliamentary) environment. Put your energy in some sort of electoral reform that gives 3rd parties some tangible possiblity of effecting change. In the current structure, it’s about as likely to happen as space aliens coming to save us.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580845 reg Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:08:59 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580845 Disagree - pie-in-the-sky platitudes unless and until you folks who happen to be Third Party afficianados have something to show the rest of us. I agree that local independent political action is a great antidote to machines - but overall, outside of Bernie Sanders who comes from a unique political envirionment and is a de facto Democrat, whether he likes to admit it or not (has the Dem imprimatur, caucuses with Dems and will probably support whoever the Dem nominee is for President as the pragmatic choice for "socialists" like himself (left-liberal social democrats with a nostalgic twist) - you've got nuthin'. Except Bush's ascension in 2004 with that extra little lift from Ralph. It's not so much that I disagree. I just am not interested in what is obviously well-intentioned rhetoric that's backed up by precisely nothing you can show me. I can show you a whole bunch of liberal Dems who are actively progressive - almost as good as Bernie - despite their being a minority even in their own party. They have a hell of a lot more influence and exposure than the Greens are EVER going to get in our particular electoral (non-pariliamentary) environment. Put your energy in some sort of electoral reform that gives 3rd parties some tangible possiblity of effecting change. In the current structure, it's about as likely to happen as space aliens coming to save us. Disagree – pie-in-the-sky platitudes unless and until you folks who happen to be Third Party afficianados have something to show the rest of us. I agree that local independent political action is a great antidote to machines – but overall, outside of Bernie Sanders who comes from a unique political envirionment and is a de facto Democrat, whether he likes to admit it or not (has the Dem imprimatur, caucuses with Dems and will probably support whoever the Dem nominee is for President as the pragmatic choice for “socialists” like himself (left-liberal social democrats with a nostalgic twist) – you’ve got nuthin’. Except Bush’s ascension in 2004 with that extra little lift from Ralph.

It’s not so much that I disagree. I just am not interested in what is obviously well-intentioned rhetoric that’s backed up by precisely nothing you can show me. I can show you a whole bunch of liberal Dems who are actively progressive – almost as good as Bernie – despite their being a minority even in their own party. They have a hell of a lot more influence and exposure than the Greens are EVER going to get in our particular electoral (non-pariliamentary) environment. Put your energy in some sort of electoral reform that gives 3rd parties some tangible possiblity of effecting change. In the current structure, it’s about as likely to happen as space aliens coming to save us.

]]> By: Alex Walker http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580840 Alex Walker Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:12:42 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580840 The problem is that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards and most of the best and brightest political leaders in this country are enslaved by the idiocies of Democratic-Republican politics. I say this not just because of the failures of the Democrats in Washington, but especially because of their failures right here in California. See my Op-Ed posted to the Los Angeles Times Web Site at: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-walker22oct22,0,6131751.story?coll=la-promo-opinion Agree or disagree? Leave a comment Alex Walker The problem is that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards and most of the best and brightest political leaders in this country are enslaved by the idiocies of Democratic-Republican politics.

I say this not just because of the failures of the Democrats in Washington, but especially because of their failures right here in California. See my Op-Ed posted to the Los Angeles Times Web Site at:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-walker22oct22,0,6131751.story?coll=la-promo-opinion

Agree or disagree? Leave a comment

Alex Walker

]]> By: bunkerbuster http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580832 bunkerbuster Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:32:08 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580832 Whatever you do, don't mention Palestine! Whatever you do, don’t mention Palestine!

]]> By: Michael Turner http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580828 Michael Turner Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:14:14 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580828 I've been watching this 10Questions site for a few days now, maybe it's too early to say anything about patterns, but here's what I see: Votes at this site reflect (and therefore conflate) three or four independent variables: (1) How important is the question to the viewers? (2) How well do viewers feel the asker has presented the question? (3) How much does the viewer agree with the implied or expressed message of the video? (3) How much patience does the viewer have left? The current leader, by a mile, is someone raising concerns about warrantless wiretapping. There is none of the narcissism and rambling of some of the other videos. Instead of doing the recording at home, she went the extra mile and did it in front of the corporate offices of a telecom company. Nice move: make it concrete. As an amateur letter-to-the-editor/op-ed, it shines. But is warrantless wiretapping really the biggest issue in the minds of American voters? I don't think so. How does it rank next to health care, or Iraq? It's low. There are videos at this site raising Iraq as an issue, but some of them are being voted way down, and I think for being intolerably gimmicky or heavyhanded. Now, once you've watched the currently leading video, then watched a few others to get the drift, how much time (really, patience) do you have left? Not much. I recommend breaking the videos out into categories, like The War, Health Care, The Economy, Immigration, Terrorism, Privacy, Entitlements, Taxes, the Latent Fascism Inherent in Trying to Prevent Me from Fileswapping, What's Your Favorite Food/Color/Music Genre/Kitty Litter, and whatever else (solicit new categories from users). Locate navigation among the categories near the top, "above the fold", so that viewers can more easily choose and evaluate video contributions on topics of greater interest to them. This would save time for the viewers, it would give each category of issue its due, and it would allow viewers to more easily vote on which questioner really represents how they want a given question to be asked. It's not a bad concept, really -- it just needs to be organized a little better from a usability point of view. (As with so many sites out there. *Sigh*.) I’ve been watching this 10Questions site for a few days now, maybe it’s too early to say anything about patterns, but here’s what I see:

Votes at this site reflect (and therefore conflate) three or four independent variables:

(1) How important is the question to the viewers?
(2) How well do viewers feel the asker has presented the question?
(3) How much does the viewer agree with the implied or expressed message of the video?
(3) How much patience does the viewer have left?

The current leader, by a mile, is someone raising concerns about warrantless wiretapping. There is none of the narcissism and rambling of some of the other videos. Instead of doing the recording at home, she went the extra mile and did it in front of the corporate offices of a telecom company. Nice move: make it concrete. As an amateur letter-to-the-editor/op-ed, it shines.

But is warrantless wiretapping really the biggest issue in the minds of American voters? I don’t think so. How does it rank next to health care, or Iraq? It’s low. There are videos at this site raising Iraq as an issue, but some of them are being voted way down, and I think for being intolerably gimmicky or heavyhanded.

Now, once you’ve watched the currently leading video, then watched a few others to get the drift, how much time (really, patience) do you have left? Not much.

I recommend breaking the videos out into categories, like The War, Health Care, The Economy, Immigration, Terrorism, Privacy, Entitlements, Taxes, the Latent Fascism Inherent in Trying to Prevent Me from Fileswapping, What’s Your Favorite Food/Color/Music Genre/Kitty Litter, and whatever else (solicit new categories from users). Locate navigation among the categories near the top, “above the fold”, so that viewers can more easily choose and evaluate video contributions on topics of greater interest to them. This would save time for the viewers, it would give each category of issue its due, and it would allow viewers to more easily vote on which questioner really represents how they want a given question to be asked.

It’s not a bad concept, really — it just needs to be organized a little better from a usability point of view. (As with so many sites out there. *Sigh*.)

]]> By: Listener http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580825 Listener Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:39:22 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580825 Oops. A stiletto into Rachel Sklars of the <i>Huffington Post</i>, courtesy of Scott Horton of <i>Harper's Magazine</i>: <strong>When Critics Are Really Pumpkins</strong> http://tinyurl.com/yq2l4r I'm with Scott on this one. Oops. A stiletto into Rachel Sklars of the Huffington Post, courtesy of Scott Horton of Harper’s Magazine: When Critics Are Really Pumpkins http://tinyurl.com/yq2l4r

I’m with Scott on this one.

]]> By: I Didn't Say Simon http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580824 I Didn't Say Simon Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:05:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580824 I agree with what Simon says. I agree with what Simon says.

]]> By: Simon http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580818 Simon Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:22:05 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580818 Great concept, I have no doubt the candidates will completely ingore it. Great concept, I have no doubt the candidates will completely ingore it.

]]> By: jcummings http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580793 jcummings Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:43:14 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580793 This could go either way.. This could go either way..

]]> By: Michael Turner http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580783 Michael Turner Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:37:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580783 I think this girl's got the right way to put the issue of Social Security solvency: [from 10Questions] http://tinyurl.com/3ynfdq I'm sure every overcoached candidate has, in the end, at 2AM before the debate day, protested just as petulantly to his/her political consultants as this little tyke does at the end. AND gotten a similar response: "This is how you do TV, honey." I think this girl’s got the right way to put the issue of Social Security solvency: [from 10Questions]

http://tinyurl.com/3ynfdq

I’m sure every overcoached candidate has, in the end, at 2AM before the debate day, protested just as petulantly to his/her political consultants as this little tyke does at the end. AND gotten a similar response: “This is how you do TV, honey.”

]]> By: Bill Bradley http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580781 Bill Bradley Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:32:29 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580781 Good idea. Why will the candidates respond? Good idea. Why will the candidates respond?

]]> By: Rob Grocholski http://marccooper.com/10-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-580780 Rob Grocholski Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:24:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/10-questions/#comment-580780 Wow. Someone's got their thinking cap on. Sounds like an excellent project. Good luck. Wow. Someone’s got their thinking cap on. Sounds like an excellent project. Good luck.

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