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We could make some clever comment about the economy, but we'll spare you. Take our survey, and someone will win a $300 AMEX card. Survey ends Wednesday at 6pm EST, so get at it. [Rules] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5147251&view=rss&microfeed=true Yes, it's time for our every-few-months psychotronic, holistic, non-pornographic survey. As ever, we use this survey find out more about you so that our nice advertising department at Gawker Media can sell more ads in those wee sidebars, and thence allow io9 to continue thriving as the commercially-sponsored free thing that it is. In addition, those nice advertising people are sweetening the pot by offering you a chance to win a $300 Visa gift card if you fill out the survey (winners will be picked at random by fiendish mutants). You must complete the survey before next Wednesday the 20th to win. So go ahead and take the damn survey already — it will only take you 10 minutes. More »
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I am a devoted Doctor Who fan in a family of Trekkies — and I'm also the only creative writer in a family of electrical engineers. Are those two facts related? What kinds of minds do science fiction shows attract — and, more importantly, what kinds of minds do they create? My first independent research project as an io9 intern will attempt to answer those questions. And it all starts with you. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381274&view=rss&microfeed=true Yes, it's time for our every-few-months psychographic, demographic, non-pornographic survey. As ever, we use this survey find out more about you so that our nice advertising department at Gawker Media can sell more ads in those wee sidebars, and thence allow io9 to continue thriving as the commercially-sponsored free thing that it is. In addition, those nice advertising people are sweetening the pot by offering you a chance to win a $300 Amex gift card if you fill out the survey (winners will be picked at random by evil robots, and some contest rules apply). OK, so fill out the survey already. It will only take about ten minutes. More »
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Human sleep patterns were once controlled by circadian rhythms governed by day and night. But now, according to a new study, almost everyone in the United States has a sleep pattern that's controlled by when they watch TV. A massive survey on time management conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics shows that most people watch TV between 11 - 11:15, dropping off to sleep when they switch the tube off. The hour when nighttime falls affects this pattern very little. Human sleep patterns are therefore more malleable than believed, and it's possible people could change them as easily as changing channels. More »
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It's been nearly a month since io9 lowered its shields and initiated signal transmission. Now we want to know more about you, our readers. We've posted a brief demographic survey to harvest your innermost thoughts — but we don't want to know anything privacy-invading like your address or phone number. If you fill it out, you will be entered to win some credits with Amazon. So what will we do with the information on this survey, other than feed it to our machine overlords? More »
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