Comments on: Data pr0n: the demographics of employment and leisure http://futurismic.com/2009/08/05/data-pr0n-the-demographics-of-employment-and-leisure/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nancy Jane Moore http://futurismic.com/2009/08/05/data-pr0n-the-demographics-of-employment-and-leisure/comment-page-1/#comment-40876 Nancy Jane Moore Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:27:03 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8482#comment-40876 Me, I always find that whenever someone asks me to choose between x and y, I always want to answer z. Surveys never seem to get at what's important to me; I can always see another answer. However, I am usually as truthful as I can be, given that the choices are too limited and any answer I give is therefore incomplete. But I suspect Paul is not alone in this vice -- a rather entertaining vice, imho -- providing yet another reason to be skeptical of anything anybody asserts they've proved about anything. Me, I always find that whenever someone asks me to choose between x and y, I always want to answer z. Surveys never seem to get at what’s important to me; I can always see another answer. However, I am usually as truthful as I can be, given that the choices are too limited and any answer I give is therefore incomplete. But I suspect Paul is not alone in this vice — a rather entertaining vice, imho — providing yet another reason to be skeptical of anything anybody asserts they’ve proved about anything.

]]> By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2009/08/05/data-pr0n-the-demographics-of-employment-and-leisure/comment-page-1/#comment-40848 Paul Raven Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:57:46 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8482#comment-40848 I always find myself wondering about the methodologies of these things, too... not least because my particular Imp of the Perverse encourages me to seek out pollsters and give them plausible but deliberately inaccurate answers. Childish, yes, but a person needs a vice. Or seven. :) I always find myself wondering about the methodologies of these things, too… not least because my particular Imp of the Perverse encourages me to seek out pollsters and give them plausible but deliberately inaccurate answers. Childish, yes, but a person needs a vice.

Or seven. :)

]]> By: Nancy Jane Moore http://futurismic.com/2009/08/05/data-pr0n-the-demographics-of-employment-and-leisure/comment-page-1/#comment-40791 Nancy Jane Moore Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:27:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8482#comment-40791 Either I'm really weird -- a definite possibility -- or the computer use stats are wildly off. Of course, I use a computer in my job, so all the time I'm working, I'm pretty much on the computer. Plus I write fiction, and am part of an online publishing collective, so I do a lot there, too. I assume some computer use is also grouped under socializing and shopping. And what about gaming? While I'm sure the big lumps for work and TV and household business are reasonably accurate, I think there are gaps in the data. I wonder if they allowed people to check more than one box, for example. Either I’m really weird — a definite possibility — or the computer use stats are wildly off. Of course, I use a computer in my job, so all the time I’m working, I’m pretty much on the computer. Plus I write fiction, and am part of an online publishing collective, so I do a lot there, too. I assume some computer use is also grouped under socializing and shopping. And what about gaming? While I’m sure the big lumps for work and TV and household business are reasonably accurate, I think there are gaps in the data. I wonder if they allowed people to check more than one box, for example.

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