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Everyone Votes consumes the most of my Wii time, partly because answering those questions is fun and goofy, but mostly because staring at aggregate data makes me feel smart.

There's even an arbitrary rating system to tell me I'm smart - here, look.

I am 70m away from Public Opinion.

With an 87% prediction accuracy, not only am I smart, but also precogniscent. (i already sent my resume to the NSA)

The latest poll question was "Which do you dislike more, heat or cold?" Here is my analysis of the results.

• Guatemalans are hypocrites - ranked as the country with the most people who dislike heat, yet the average temperature is in the mid-70s.


• Portuguese are dumb - ranked last in the accuracy of their predictions, my analysis indicates that all Portuguese are mouth-breathers who probably shouldn't own Wiis in the first place.


• In general, people are lazy - for nearly every country, the aggregate voting demographic favored temperatures inverse to the actual temperature in that nation. Guatemala, above, is a good example - as is Norway, who was one of the cold countries that hates the cold. Apparently nobody has a passport.

The Wii has been called many things, from a revolution in gaming to antiquated technology, but I find it to be, if nothing else, a way to make fun of foreigners.

My prediction rate is now 85%, thanks to making a prediction and then missing one.

I noticed, however, that after I missed that prediction (have aliens ever visited earth), my "Distance from Public Opinion" actually shrank, from 76m to 64m. I may make another Mii and crash my prediction results, to see what happens.

This is most interesting research.

So the latest worldwide poll on Everyone Votes boiled down to brains and brawn.

Now, as the target demographic for Wii users is kids and old people, they're not much for using brawn. So I selected that, and predicted that would be the common answer.

Not so, Japanese! Now, I think this has to do with the fact that the Japanese have some sort of superiority complex when it comes to using their brains.

"Aso! Me rikey being smalt! Stupid Amelicans use backs, not blains!"

Right. Which is why they got a 50% correct prediction rate on "which do you use more - brains or brawn?"

Note - I originally had two things to talk about, but then the third managed to crop up as well, so here we are with a strikeout and an extra paragraph.

So since I've had my Wii these Miis that are lookalikes created from NBC's The Office have been milling around. I've got Michael, Stanley, Dwight, and I think maybe one or two more hustling about, annoying me when I bowl or watching me play table tennis.

There's no creator tag on them, though. So I'm not entirely sure where they came from. My Wii Friends list isn't extensive, but it does have a few people who all know and love The Office, so I can't ascertain the exact identity of the mystery mii manufacturer. Interesting...

Speaking of interesting, a recent Everyone Votes question was posed, "Do you sleep with your window open?" I answered no, since I live in the 21st Century and own an air conditioner. But what's fantastically interesting about it is the geographical correlation between open windows and closed windows.

Since this question was posed in the summer, a relation between open windows and latitude can be uncovered. The cooler the summer (Oregon, Maine), the more the windows are open. And obviously, in hot states such as Florida and Texas, where A/C is prevelant, the windows are sealed tightly. Mine haven't been opened in probably 4 months.

And the final (addended) point. Nick came over last night, and, being an avid golfer, immediately fired up TWPGAT07. He as Furyk and I as Moto, we dished out 18 holes of fervor before I kicked him out. Final score - Moto -4, Furyk +2. But for his first foray into the game, Nick did surprisingly well. He'll be watching my apartment (and my dog) for the next week while I POKER IT UP IN VEGAS BABY, so I'm sure he'll have a few practice sessions in for when I get back.