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Last modified: Mon Mar 8 11:15:34 PST 1999
Why a LinkExchange banner?
Because we want to get the enigmatic but strangely compelling Sucks-Rules-O-Meter banner onto random
sites. Please help by visiting the Operating System
Sucks-Rules-O-Meter often.
Banners suck -- make it stop.
If you don't want to see this banner or any others you can use
either Apache, the Internet Junkbuster Proxy, or Squid to hide banners
from all the big advertisers, not just LinkExchange. Do a search.
Why no Macintosh rules? Why no
AS/400 rules? Why no Amiga rules?
An Apple Macintosh is an integrated hardware/software product,
not an OS alone. So is an IBM AS/400. So is an Amiga.
How do I nominate a page for the "Most Romantic Linux Rules
Page" award?
Send the URL to the address below.
Are you counting each occurence of "OS NAME rules"
and "OS NAME sucks", or just the number of pages on which
the words appear?
The number that gets plotted is the one in the "n matches were
found" line at the top of the Alta Vista results. So this
CGI script is a waste of bandwidth.
Do you search for any misspelled words, like "Windoze" and
"Slowlaris?"
No. We search for all operating system names exactly as shown
on the chart, with the exceptions of Mac OS and VMS. For
Mac OS, we add the search results for the incorrect but
common spelling "MacOS". For VMS, we add the results for "OpenVMS".
We do not search for any derogatory slang misspellings of any
operating system name.
I think it's kewl to say "sux" and "r00lz." Could you search
for those words too?
No. And we won't search for "Windoze$uxz" with 4 Ms and a
silent Q, so don't ask. We want to be responsible AltaVista users
here. If you want to denounce sucky OSs with "3l33t" slang, stick the
correct spellings in a meta tag or something.
How do I get you to link to my site from the Operating System
Sucks-Rules-O-Meter?
Do a sucks-rules-o-meter or a similar web statistics page, and
link to the Operating System Sucks-Rules-O-Meter. You don't have to
search for "sucks" and "rules." You can modify this
Perl script or use some other method. Mail us at the address
below with the URL of your page.
Can I have permission to use the Sucks-Rules-O-Meter script for
[something you want to do]? Can I modify the script?
Yes, the script is free software under the GNU General Public
License. Share and enjoy. (The GPL doesn't require you to provide
the code to web users if you use GPL software to provide a web
service, but we think that putting a link to the script on
automatically generated web pages is the right thing to do.)
Why was the Operating System Sucks-Rules-O-Meter listed as Cruel Site of the Day for 15 June 1998?
We don't know. Ask them. The meter is here as a free service
to help our readers select a quality operating system, not to be cruel
to anyone. We make every effort possible to be kind to all living
things.
Why hasn't Yahoo added the Operating System Sucks-Rules-O-Meter
to Computers
and Internet:Internet:Statistics and Demographics?
Because Yahoo sucks.
Could you add my favorite OS?
Please do the search on AltaVista manually first. See how
many pages you get. Search for quoted strings like this:
+"FooOS rules"
+"FooOS sucks"
Please don't suggest operating systems that don't have any "sucks" or
"rules" pages. Please don't suggest names of integrated
hardware/software products.
What's with the "Caution to Exuberant OS Advocates"?
A few users of OSs that suck made some pathetic attempts at
Sucks-Rules-O-Meter spamming. None of them worked. The meter did
not move. If you understand AltaVista well enough to move the
meter, you're too smart to waste your time trying to move the meter.
We don't know of anyone who has had his or her site kicked out of
AltaVista for Sucks-Rules-O-Meter spamming; keep it that way.
How can I learn to write web client Perl scripts like this one?
Read the documentation for LWP by Gisle Aas. LWP rules.
Gisle Aas rules.
Hey! The Linux source code has "linux/Rules.make" in it! No fair!
We know. This doesn't raise the count of "Linux rules" much,
and besides, putting the source code for your OS on the web rules.
Some bars are the wrong size on the Opera web browser.
We are aware of this issue. We will fix it when Opera for Linux
is available so we can see if we got it right.
The bars are the wrong size on my non-Opera browser.
Please send a screen shot and your browser name and version to
the address below.
Now that I've read the FAQ, how can I mail you?
sucksrulesmaster@electriclichen.com
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