Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Buffistas Building a Better Board ++

Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.


vw bug - Jun 29, 2008 11:22:27 am PDT #2379 of 4677
Mostly lurking...

Great! Thank you, Tom!


Jon B. - Jun 30, 2008 2:36:36 am PDT #2380 of 4677
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Spam registrations have really spiked the past two days. Maybe it *is* worth throwing a CAPCHA into the reg process?


Ginger - Jun 30, 2008 4:45:32 am PDT #2381 of 4677
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

How about a brief grammar test?


Jon B. - Jun 30, 2008 5:14:58 am PDT #2382 of 4677
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I know of one blog that asks a simple question that must be answered in order to post a comment. e.g. "What color is an orange?" That might suffice for our purposes.


§ ita § - Jun 30, 2008 8:52:07 am PDT #2383 of 4677
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oranges are in.


Jon B. - Jun 30, 2008 8:59:19 am PDT #2384 of 4677
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Excellent! Love the Commonwealth spelling, too.


omnis_audis - Jun 30, 2008 9:55:03 am PDT #2385 of 4677
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

How about a brief grammar test?
Oh no! I would have failed that, unless it was super easy.


Sue - Jun 30, 2008 2:30:48 pm PDT #2386 of 4677
hip deep in pie

How about a brief grammar test?

The true Buffista answer would be a 1000 word pro and con essay on the Oxford comma.


Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2008 4:03:40 pm PDT #2387 of 4677
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I appear to have been randomly unsubscribed from a bunch of threads. I can't tell how many, but I just know my Message Center is much smaller than it used to be.

ETA: Okay, as I suspected, I haven't been unsubscribed. Threads like Other Media and Premium Cable and Gaming and F2F and Buffy/Angel and Movies and Literary just aren't showing up in my Message Center.

I tried unsubscribing and subscribing again, and that didn't work.


§ ita § - Jul 05, 2008 4:27:36 pm PDT #2388 of 4677
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Same here, PC. I'm looking into it--totally weird, since there haven't been any coding changes recently.