March 19th, 1997

In an independant survey, taken between the beginning of 1997 and the end of February, 1997, RANT became the decisive victor in a heated web service popularity battle. Judges worked around the clock calcuating figures and graphs, and only recently were able to come to an astounding and universally agreeable conclusion.

RANT kicks CNET's ass.

The following graph explains in more detail.

The awe inspiring, though not surprising results.

 

There were, of course, a few categories that CNET was extremely close to RANT in. CNET's shareware libraries are vastly superior to RANT's, however, in this case, our judges based their opinion directly off of counter hits. RANT's screensaver, although the only piece of software on RANT, totalled more hits than CNET's entire library combined for the 3 months the survey was taken.

Incredible.

The following are some excepts from the surveys. Please keep in mind that they were used for statistical purposes only, and will continue to be kept in extreme confidence.

Rant rocks my world! Cnet bitez!

Kent Sayre
ksayre@uofport.edu

* Baking Recipes
didn't see any if I missed them let me know

* Nude Celebrities
I would love to see the where's the beef lady

[redacted]

What the hell are you talkin about? Is this serious?

Ian Williams
delvis@gladstone.uoregon.edu

* Baking Recipes
grr!!! need more recipies!

* Hormonal Balance
i want more!

Ryan Sayre
ryan@magic.hurrah.com

There is a really cool survey program called Powertab.
It not only helps you create surveys to gather information from your audience (or customers)... It actually creates a custom Perl script and the HTML needed to place the survey on the web. Then it analyses all the data returned and creates a report.
N E A T O !
If I knew C++, I would write a game like NasCar, but it would be friken demolition derby!!


Casey Spain
spain@teleport.com

 

Not posted above - but RANT was also described by 9 out 0f 10 people as either being, "succulent", "devoid of rational thought", "sweaty", or just downright, "intoxicating."

When shown pictures of Mahlon Smith, RANT webmaster, during psychological testing conducted thoughout the survey, the most overwhelming response was an uncontrollable drool. RANT scientists could only attribute this to an intense desire, through direct stimulation to the pleasure center of the brain. For comparitive reasons, pictures of Trevor Leahy were also shown to testing subjects. Oddly, drooling also resulted - this time immediatly followed by a sharp pain in the abdominal region and quick, short gasps for oxygen. No pictures of CNET staff were available at the time of testing.

 

If you'd like to take place in this survey, or just show your support for RANT, just e-mail us your credit card number.

Thank you.

 

The RANT staff