Which technological item is most important to what you do all day?

Car:

 13%

Airplane:

 1%

Printing press:

 2%

Computer:

 67%

Telephone:

 11%

Refrigerator:

 5%

If you were allowed to have only one of these technological items, which one would you chose?

Television:

 23%

Internet:

 56%

Cell phone:

 12%

Hybrid-powered cars:

 7%

Satellite navigation:

 1%

How much time do you spend on a computer each day?

All day:

 24%

About half the day:

 44%

An hour or two:

 27%

Less than an hour:

 5%

None:

 0%

How do you most often communicate with your friends and family?

By phone or voice mail:

 56%

By email or instant messaging:

 39%

By regular mail or notes:

 1%

By shouting:

 4%

Not at all:

 1%

Do you feel that cell phones should be banned from more places?

Yes:

 54%

No:

 31%

No, not unless you also ban sniffers, paper rattlers, coughers, and whisperers:

 15%

What is your favorite high-tech device in a car?

GPS/nav system:

 23%

Hybrid engine:

 27%

Bluetooth phone speaker:

 2%

Self dimming headlights:

 8%

Automatic parallel parking:

 5%

DVD/MP3 player:

 10%

Heated car seats:

 24%

What is your favorite high tech tool in the kitchen?

Microwave oven, with sensors to stop the cooking when the food is done:

 42%

Convection oven that speeds cooking times:

 11%

Timed coffee maker/grinder that has fresh coffee ready when I wake up:

 23%

Spoon that measures and reports the thickness and makeup of a mixture:

 1%

Food container that keeps track of how many days the contents have been in the fridge:

 4%

Cell phone to order take-out:

 19%

What was your favorite technology toy as a child?

Model train:

 29%

Computer game or console:

 9%

Model steam engine:

 2%

Hula hoop:

 10%

Frisbee:

 4%

Slot car:

 11%

Talking/wetting doll:

 11%

Something else:

 24%

What are you most likely to do when you have a computer problem?

Call customer service:

 19%

Call a savvy friend or relative:

 54%

Call a computer professional:

 22%

Buy a new computer:

 5%

Is downloading copyrighted files from the Internet wrong?

Yes:

 45%

No, as long as the material is only for personal use:

 50%

No, the concept of copyright does not really apply to things on the Internet:

 5%

Have you used the streaming feature of a local television or radio station?

Yes, I do it all the time:

 14%

Yes, I do it once in a while:

 43%

No:

 25%

No, and I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about:

 17%

What do you not know how to do on your computer, but most wish you could?

Download videos:

 3%

Download podcasts:

 6%

Write a blog:

 11%

Block popups:

 18%

Wipe its memory clean:

 17%

Something else:

 45%

How often do you visit Mayorslay.com?

At least once a day:

 8%

At least once a week:

 57%

At least once a month:

 31%

This is the only time I have ever visited it:

 4%

Which weekly MayorSlay.com feature is your favorite?

Field Trip, Steve Edward's weekly cartoon:

 9%

Mini-Poll, Annette Mandel's weekly survey of public opinion:

 66%

Big Picture, Mike DeFilippo's weekly photo:

 11%

St. Louis Traffic, Carson Minow's bi-weekly video:

 7%

Podcast, Janie Papaccio's bi-weekly audio interview:

 8%