I remember that back on TT we usually asked people to whitefont until the end of the week on the Buffy and Angel threads, so that people who got WB shows on other stations on Saturdays could catch up. I can't remember when we started asking to whitefont for the whole current season.
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Hil R. - Jan 10, 2003 10:07:45 am PST #2743 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
P.M. Marc - Jan 10, 2003 10:12:23 am PST #2744 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I remember that back on TT we usually asked people to whitefont until the end of the week on the Buffy and Angel threads, so that people who got WB shows on other stations on Saturdays could catch up. I can't remember when we started asking to whitefont for the whole current season.
Sometime this season. The Canadians being a day behind us, there was some taunting in whitefont when they were doing the standard Monday Buffy taunting. Anyhow, like Victor and I said, if it becomes an issue, we can revisit it then. If it doesn't, well, it's just a little whitefont.
Katie M - Jan 10, 2003 11:50:16 am PST #2745 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
That's not my impression. I feel like it's something we've been asking people to do in the Buffy and Angel threads for a while.
No, I'm with Plei. It just kind of... happened. I'm pretty sure it was never covered in Bureaucracy (before now).
For what it's worth, I'm happy to whitefont for some sort of span of time, given that there are enough NAFDA folks who are on delay that it's worth it (which it seems that there are). Sounds like the consensus is to revisit the issue of a set time limit if there turns out to be some sort of need to discuss one show in the other topic, and otherwise we treat NAFDA Buffy as an Unamerican zone for Angel purposes? Is that a fair summary?
Jon B. - Jan 10, 2003 11:59:13 am PST #2746 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sounds like the consensus is to revisit the issue of a set time limit if there turns out to be some sort of need to discuss one show in the other topic, and otherwise we treat NAFDA Buffy as an Unamerican zone for Angel purposes? Is that a fair summary?
Sounds good to me.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2003 12:01:31 pm PST #2747 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And Angel is UnAmerican for Buffy, right?
Steph L. - Jan 10, 2003 12:06:12 pm PST #2748 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Well, yeah. He's originally from Ireland, y'see...
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Katie M - Jan 10, 2003 12:20:34 pm PST #2749 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
And Angel is UnAmerican for Buffy, right?
Right. Etc., etc. I assume we apply this to all shows, so we don't talk about S4 Farscape in Angel without whitefont, for instance.
Well, yeah. He's originally from Ireland, y'see...
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John H - Jan 10, 2003 2:03:39 pm PST #2750 of 10001
Dudes, I am so proud to have made it into the FAQ with my own entry, but I feel we probably need an explanation of exactly how to read the last fifty posts of Natter (or indeed any other thread). I remember someone wondering how it was done.
- Look at any post. It'll be marked #1234 of 4567 or whatever.
- The 4567 part is the total number in the thread
- Now look up at the browser's URL bar. You'll see that your current URL ends in something like showthread.php?thread_id=25&post_id=1219 -- to leap directly to the point fifty from the end of the thread, you replace the number after post_id= with the number you want (in this example, 4517, because that's 4567 minus 50), and hit Enter.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 10, 2003 2:05:17 pm PST #2751 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Can't you just set your # of posts per page to 50 and hit the thread? Or am I being silly?
John H - Jan 10, 2003 2:08:58 pm PST #2752 of 10001
Can't you just set your # of posts per page to 50 and hit the thread?
Er, not as you've written it there. Did you mean, set it to fifty, hit the thread, then hit "Last" or "Return"?
I'm not sure what those commands do.
But anyway, my way doesn't involve waiting for any pages to load, or cleaning up afterward. It's also useful if you want to skip and skim in lots of 100 posts or whatever.
You can say "2,000 posts of Natter! Let's dip into it 500 posts in. Skip ahead a thousand. Skip back a hundred" or whatever.