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July 31, 2006

She Blinded Me With Science

After careful analysis and critical examination, our Ebates Science Team has revealed that Ebates blog readers are PC-lovin', reality show hatin', iPod totin' suburban folk that love a medium-well done burger. Let's take a look at the results of our recent "Getting to Know You" survey:

Favorite Reality TV Show: Yikes! The audience has spoken! Apparently reality tv isn't de rigeur for the Ebates set these days. 51.1% of respondents selected "Other". Here is an excerpt of your comments:

  • "I hate reality shows"
  • "None"
  • "The Real World"
  • "They're all stupid!"
  • "I HATE reality tv shows!"
  • "The next food network star"
  • "I detest reality tv shows"      

Cell Phones: Ebates users have mixed feelings about the gadget we love to loathe. Most of you use 'em, but don't exactly love to hear  them ringing off the hook. Here are some of your comments about our  most conflicted convenience, the cell phone:

  • "Always on vibrate, never in restaurants"
  • "Only use it for WAP to check bus arrival
  • "Like mine, don't live for it, though"
  • "I leave it in my car in case I breakdown"
  • "A necessary evil."
  • "Hang up and DRIVE!"
  • pie chart cell phone

     

    How Do You Get Your Music?: Put  away your eyepatches, we've got hardly a pirate in the bunch! Most of  you like to get your music the old-fashioned way: with the radio, or CDs. I encourage you to check out iTunes if you haven't before used mp3's. It's really easy to organize your music, and you don't have to buy an entire album.

    tunes pie chart

    Mac vs. PC: A whopping 80% of you are PC users! Can't anyone else show a little love for the Mac? Anyone?... Bueller? Well, I suppose the remaining 20% of us can go play by ourselves- with iTunes and iSight and iChat, and, well- you get the idea.

    ben stein ferris bueller




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    Mac's rule, but doesn't everyone end up using a PC for some reason or another.

    I started with MACs but the programs became obsolete, such as Clarisworks, replaced by Appleworks, and opening my original work in the new one...well, it didn't look the same. That ticked me off. Then when I bought a G-3 and found that it wouldn't upgrade to the OX 10 I was done. I still have it but I think you have to be rich to keep up with the changes. I have a Desktop PC and a wireless laptop both running Windows XP Pro and the support, synchronization, and volume of available programs work for me. Only thing I like better about a MAC is the file format. I don't know why Windows has to code the file names. Wish I could afford to keep up with MAC but don't know what to do with the obsolete one I have. Can't even give it away.

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