Right. Sir. Honey.

Zoe ,'The Train Job'


The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress  

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


§ ita § - Jun 11, 2005 2:23:29 pm PDT #8678 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Changing the filename back doesn't work?


Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2005 2:27:01 pm PDT #8679 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Adding file 'D:MoviesVeronica MarsGlobal Frequency Pilot.mpg'
Creating torrent for 'D:MoviesVeronica MarsGlobal Frequency Pilot.mpg'
ShareManager: Tracker must be configured, ShareResource: Torrent create failed

(For the confused, I had to copy the file into another folder before changing the filename because the original is uploading to YSI.)

Okay, think I figured it out. I needed to seed the torrent first, not just the file. I'm seeding now.


DCJensen - Jun 11, 2005 2:57:37 pm PDT #8680 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

According to various googles I did, a lot of bittorrent programs do not yet do UDP, but Azureus should. I don't know what version you need. Probably very recent.


Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2005 3:01:27 pm PDT #8681 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I don't know what UDP is, but I have the latest version. I'm seeding now, and uploading to YSI.


DCJensen - Jun 11, 2005 3:09:33 pm PDT #8682 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

I usually use bit tornado, but I have Azureus 2.2.0.2 and it has UDP, and it works on that. So at least back that far has UDP ability.


Kiba Rika - Jun 11, 2005 3:19:40 pm PDT #8683 of 10001
I may have to seize the cat.

A television show realistically portraying the mysogyny that exists in society, and the charcters maybe even using it to their advantage in going after the bad guys, doesn't equate to promoting it or excusing it, in my book.

Yes, so much. I find myself constantly frustrated with people I know who get upset when misogyny is portrayed realistically, because acknowledging something exists is the same as supporting it, really. *rolls eyes* Truly, if we are to make any forward progress in this world, we can't pretend that nasty things aren't out there.

[This post brought to you partly by my displeasure with "The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D" and its implication that, if you want it bad enough, your parents WON'T split up.]


§ ita § - Jun 11, 2005 3:22:27 pm PDT #8684 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's possible to exploit misogyny and crimes against vaginas (cf SVU) without supporting them. I dislike it as a shorthand to ultimate horror.


Kiba Rika - Jun 11, 2005 3:35:09 pm PDT #8685 of 10001
I may have to seize the cat.

I dislike it as a shorthand to ultimate horror.

That makes sense. I think there is a balance to it. Sometimes it is valuable to portray these bad things, and it is certainly always possible to do so in a manner not exploitative, and it is thoroughly disappointing when people exploit it. Especially if they are pretending to be self-righteously against said misogyny while using melodramatic portrayal of it to their advantage. Even so, I know some people with a knee-jerk reaction to any portrayal of it at all that I think could use to be kept in check.


Trudy Booth - Jun 11, 2005 4:03:04 pm PDT #8686 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Yes, so much. I find myself constantly frustrated with people I know who get upset when misogyny is portrayed realistically, because acknowledging something exists is the same as supporting it, really. *rolls eyes* Truly, if we are to make any forward progress in this world, we can't pretend that nasty things aren't out there. [Itallics mine]

There is a flip-side to that last bit though. Grey's Anatomy does several things racially and genderwise that are basically not true to life but it doesn't take you out of the drama. The Times did an article on it. [link] (buffista/foamy) There's something to be said for creating an alternate reality. Arguably, it too encourages forward progress.

I'm not saying The Inside is mysoginistic. (I've only seen the one but I sincerely doubt that would be the case.) But I can see how some people would really prefer the other approach.


Consuela - Jun 11, 2005 4:20:42 pm PDT #8687 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I got my copy of GF without a problem, in about 3 hours.