This poll is going off an old poll of "How long can you last without a computer?" I don't really like any of the current suggestions for a new poll, so I went off an old one... Let's try and suggest more manga/anime-related ones!

You can discuss this poll at our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22934

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Have you ever believed in Santa Claus?
Choices:
Yes, when i was small - votes: 7473 (53.6%)
I still believe it! He really exists! - votes: 1219 (8.7%)
No, I never believed the story - votes: 4378 (31.4%)
Who is Santa Claus? - votes: 881 (6.3%)
There were 13951 total votes.
The poll ended: December 11th 2010

Another holiday poll has come to you by way of our member comel. This time, is Santa coming to town?

You can discuss the poll on our forum over here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22753

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Does it snow where you live?
Choices:
Yes, all the time! - votes: 3117 (19.8%)
Yes, and I hate it... - votes: 2254 (14.3%)
Only occasionally - votes: 4342 (27.6%)
Does around once in the last 100 years count? - votes: 2412 (15.3%)
Never - votes: 3593 (22.9%)
There were 15718 total votes.
The poll ended: December 4th 2010

Snow is only fun if it's not a blizzard and you're not the one responsible for shoveling it away from the walkway

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For the first time, this poll is a combination of suggestions from multiple people: comel, FormX, and ShadowSakura. Instead of snowing only around Christmas, I chose to make it more general.

You can discuss this poll in our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22596

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Last time you hugged your parent(s)?
Choices:
Today! - votes: 3069 (22.3%)
Within the last week - votes: 2813 (20.4%)
Within the last month - votes: 1716 (12.4%)
Within the last year - votes: 2357 (17.1%)
Within the last 5 years - votes: 1122 (8.1%)
Longer than any of the above - votes: 2715 (19.7%)
There were 13792 total votes.
The poll ended: November 27th 2010

The purpose was to get you thinking about your parents.

Happy Thankgiving to you all~

Due to all the online sales, I bought around $400 of stuff.

So I was thinking about Thanksgiving, which is upcoming in the USA, so why not have a poll about thanking and showing appreciation toward your parents? Maybe this poll will get you thinking about your parents and what they've done for you. (I hope they raised you well). Even if you're a grown man, your parents will still remember when you were a child, so there's no shame in hugging them.

You can discuss this poll on our forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22450

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Christmas Shopping
Choices:
Finished. I get that stuff done early - votes: 200 (1.7%)
I've started already - votes: 960 (8%)
Isn't it too early? Halfway through November... - votes: 4819 (40.2%)
I leave everything to the last minute - votes: 2170 (18.1%)
I don't buy Christmas presents - votes: 3846 (32.1%)
There were 11995 total votes.
The poll ended: November 20th 2010

Well, it was slightly early to have this poll, but Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner! Cheap prices for great gifts! Still though, I'm saddened by the number of people who don't give any gifts at all (well, perhaps you don't celebrate Christmas, but you could still give gifts to show some appreciation~)

From ANN:

Manga creator AKAMATSU Ken (Mahou Sensei Negima!, Love Hina) announced on Monday that he is launching a "J-Comi" website that will eventually post out-of-print manga for free with advertising support. He is working with DEGUCHI Ryusei (Abenobashi Magical Shopping Arcade) and other fellow manga creators, in part to deal with the current situation of manga being scanned and uploaded without authorization.

Under the proposed plan, the site will distribute out-of-print manga with the creators' permission and with advertising. The advertising revenues will then be split among the creators. The site will use PDF (Portable Document Format) files without DRM (digital rights management).

A beta version of the site will launch on November 26 with 14 volumes of Akamatsu's hit manga Love Hina, and the site will tally the number of downloads and clicks as a test of the business model. The site will formally launch on January 10, 2011. Akamatsu will post more information on the official J-Comi blog and on his own Twitter account.

FullArmageddon writes: Digital Manga Guild (DMG) is looking to legitimize scanlations by teaming up with Japanese publishers that will provide thousands of manga titles to be translated by people like you, anyone that can translate, edit, or typeset. You can register either as a group or individual. If you register as an individual, you will be given a title to either translate, edit, or typeset (whatever you registered to do) as a test to make sure you are up to standards. If you register as a group, you will be given a title to translate, edit, and typeset. If you qualify, you will be given more titles to work on. The revenue will then be split three ways; to you, the Japanese publisher, and to DMG. For more information, check out the site and watch the video:
[url]http://www.digitalmangaguild.com/[/url]

You can also discuss this on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22240

The Kaminski Brothers writes: *The New Media Publishing Company and the Kaminski Brothers are proud to announce the world’s
first Steam Punk Manga Musical, Newton’s Fable – the birth of a new era in music-driven story
telling – now available exclusively on the Apple iPad.

NEWTON'S FABLE seamlessly combines beautiful graphics, an amazing, eclectic musical score of
21 songs that come together to tell a tale of life, love, loss and redemption in world that is different
but not unlike our own.

An extraordinary tale of love and life in a world in crisis, NEWTON'S FABLE follows the musically
exciting and dramatic adventures of David and Margaret Newton as they grapple with the genius of
Artificial Intelligence and the future of mankind.

The story is delivered via 4 separate, serialized books that are called "Acts", in keeping with the fact
that this is a musical story.

Act 1 is free with the app download.
Act 2 is available for immediate in app purchase.
Act 3 will be released for in app purchase on December 13, 2010
Act 4, the final, very secret/under wraps, installment, will be released for in app purchase on
February 14, Valentine's Day, 2011

To learn more about Newton's Fable, and hear an exclusive track, visit the official website:
http://www.newtonsfable.com/

You can download the app FREE here: http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/app/newtons-fable/id385437469?mt=8#ls=1
The app is currently only available for download via the US app store. Newton's Fable will be
released in other territories and languages soon.

Stay tuned to http://www.newtonsfable.com/ and @newtonsfable on twitter to keep updated on that
front.

For more information, to find out how to get an copy of the App for review, or for interview
opportunities, please contact The Kaminski Brothers: [url=mailto:media@newtonsfable.com]media@newtonsfable.com[/url]*

This holiday (and time-orientated) poll came from the mind of our member tactics. How much do you plan ahead of time?

And we're finally gonna have a forum thread for this one! Here you go:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22286

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Daylight Savings Time
Choices:
I hate having to manually turn back all the clocks - votes: 906 (6.6%)
It's disruptive / annoying - votes: 1860 (13.5%)
I just roll with it - votes: 2349 (17.1%)
I love it! - votes: 435 (3.2%)
Is it that time of the year already? (I forgot) - votes: 1297 (9.4%)
We don't use DST where I live... - votes: 1420 (10.3%)
Whoot! Gain an hour of sleep in the Fall! - votes: 3383 (24.6%)
It doesn't matter. You gain and lose exactly the same hour - votes: 2102 (15.3%)
There were 13752 total votes.
The poll ended: November 13th 2010

You gain some, you lose some... I'm just glad that a lot of electronics automatically adjust for Daylight Savings already.