DISQUS

Will do Seth - thanks.

Donald -

Accuracy is definitely an issue. One of the advantages to using them on a local basis is hopefully we know the area well enough to realize that Baboosic Lake Road does not run through the middle of the lake.

Can't promise we will be perfect about it - but a human touch can definitely help the technology along a bit.

Donald -

Accuracy is definitely an issue. One of the advantages to using them on a local basis is hopefully we know the area well enough to realize that Baboosic Lake Road does not run through the middle of the lake.

Can't promise we will be perfect about it - but a human touch can definitely help the technology along a bit.

Of course if you fit all 300 million into New Hampshire, 10 million or so would drown as the state is 3.4% covered with water. (According to Wikipedia)

Mr Walters.

Thank you for the suggestion. It is one that has been requested by staff at the Telegraph as well - as they do not want to vote in the polls (and sway the results) in order to see the results.

I will pass the idea along - but I believe as with the overall security issue - it is something that we can not do in-house, and needs to be addressed by our vendor.

Nonetheless - a good idea.

thanks

Damon

Well - I stand corrected.

Fortunately, as I stated in the above entry - attempts at abuse of our polls are few and far between.

But, at least we can pull the poll back out from 'behind' registration so it is visible without being logged in to the site.

My other comments stand. The polls (and the hundreds of others across the Web) are what they are. Non scientific surveys of public opinion.

In most cases our readers have shown themselves to be worthy of trust. Where we find egregious violations of the trust we will remove the polls and make a note of the reasons.

Thanks

The site came back online at 2:24 pm.

The site came back online at 2:24 pm.

Awwww...he scared the kangaroos.

But, so the whole thing is basically a viral marketing effort by Stride gum?

I just notcied - apparently my language skills only add up to 85%

Your Linguistic Profile:

35% General American English

30% Yankee

15% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Wow - jargon alert. Sorry, I wrote that post kind of late. CMS is a 'content management system.' It is the software that controls the design and presentation of news articles on our Web site.

For an update on this topic:

http://blogs.nashuatelegraph.com/...o_part_ii.html

For an update on this topic:

http://blogs.nashuatelegraph.com/...o_part_ii.html

Mike -

We tend to view reader registration as a necessary evil. This Web site is free, so reader registration is a concession to the reality of the business needs. Every paper approaches this problem differently, and we are almost constantly reevaluating our registration process. Thanks for your comments.

Mike -

We tend to view reader registration as a necessary evil. This Web site is free, so reader registration is a concession to the reality of the business needs. Every paper approaches this problem differently, and we are almost constantly reevaluating our registration process. Thanks for your comments.

That is just wrong on so many levels.

Abigail. Thanks. Yep, I think we can all agree Mine Falls is on the Nashua River. Thanks for pointing it out - there will be a correction in tomorrow's paper.

Abigail. Thanks. Yep, I think we can all agree Mine Falls is on the Nashua River. Thanks for pointing it out - there will be a correction in tomorrow's paper.