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Final Coach Ballots to be Confidential

May 27, 2009 by Allison Boyer  
Filed under Football

Final Coach Ballots to be Confidential

The American Football Coaches Association is making a number of changes to the USA Today coaches’ poll, which factors into the BCS formula. At the top of the list is the confidentiality rules. Coaches will no longer be required to reveal their votes on the final regular-season ballots.
Before 2005, coaches could keep their votes confidential, but the BCS pushed for the rule change after 2004, when the Rose Bowl bid was questionable. The coaches voted to reveal their final regular-season votes, which have been printed in USA Today.
However, this has caused some awkward situations. Coaches have been criticized for voting …read more

That Damn Poll: Which account do you use to log into your system?

December 29, 2008 by Sravan  
Filed under Computers

That Damn Poll: Which account do you use to log into your system?

The poll for this week is:
Which account do you use to log into your system?
1. Administrator (or equivalent)
2. Guest (or equivalent)
3. I don’t know.
4. I don’t care.
 
You will find a widget called “That Damn Poll” in the side bar on the left where you can take this poll. If you wish to vote for any other option, feel free to shout using the comment form below. For the poll, I am not interested in your identity and therefore not logging your IPs. You may vote more than once, for each of the systems you log into: home, workplace, lab servers,… …read more

Two great pieces of news!

June 27, 2008 by Jesse  
Filed under Computers

Two great pieces of news!

Number 1, we picked the name for the confessional — correction, you picked the name for the confessional — and it will be…
The IT Confessional
I know, you’re all surprised and excited. I know I am. The second piece to this post is what you’re all want to hear. Who won the contest?
The winner of this particular contest is Kevin Potter for his awesome, “Is that a big or little zero?” story! I will be contacting Kevin (or better yet, if he wants to email me at jesse.middleton at b5media dot com) to get him his KB.
I want to thank everyone …read more

What would you call your confessional?

June 18, 2008 by Jesse  
Filed under Computers

What would you call your confessional?

With the new section of the blog being formed, the “IT Confessional” and the contest where you’re going to win a free, awesome keyboard, I figured I’d open it up to you guys and gals as to what to call the confessional. Please choose an answer from the poll below, add your own or comment and let me know what you’d like to see it called. We’ll be calling on graphic designers next to help us brand this section of the blog.
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