Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.

'Sleeper'


Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Elena - Jan 28, 2003 10:12:18 pm PST #3850 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.

I manage to avoid the impossible spoilers. And I'm not suggesting that people shouldn't discuss the promos, I can skip and skim.


brenda m - Jan 28, 2003 10:55:17 pm PST #3851 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I used to not watch the promos, though since the move to UPN they're generally so misleading that it doesn't much matter. But it's not that big a deal to skip over them. TV guide type stuff tends to be worse.

Then again, I try just as hard to avoid the "coming up right now" teasers, covering the screen and muting the TV until 30 seconds past the hour, so maybe I'm just a freak-o. :)

Now those I'd like to avoid - they've given away more than one HSQ moment in recent memory, like Giles' return this season.


Rebecca Lizard - Jan 29, 2003 12:33:36 am PST #3852 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

Also, network promos can often be kind of misleading, too....


§ ita § - Jan 29, 2003 9:32:29 am PST #3853 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sometimes they say the wrong things, sometimes they say more than one'd want, sometimes they just whet the appetite. I really think it's a divide of convenience -- they're provided as part of the show package, most people watch them, and mandatory whitefonting would rapidly become unwieldy.


Cindy - Jan 29, 2003 9:51:55 am PST #3854 of 10001
Nobody

I always watch them, because I stay tuned 'til the Grrr Argh guy sings. I'm also an end-credit hound, even when it's smooshed up on my screen.

Please anyone who's suggesting we white font the previews, please, please, please, for the love of Joss, stop. I can't take it anymore. This is my last pleasure in life. No. Really. See Natter.


Java cat - Jan 29, 2003 11:29:35 am PST #3855 of 10001
Not javachik

Hi, could someone tell me where to find the info on how to change the font size for reading messages? Not for posting messages, but reading posts. I read it somewhere, but have been unable to locate it under FAQ, board etiquette, how-to, and profile/registration. I switched browsers, from Netscape to Mozilla, and everything looks giant now. Should I be asking in Tech? help?


Dana - Jan 29, 2003 11:30:24 am PST #3856 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

It's controlled on a browser basis. It's not anything you set on the board. I have no clue about Mozilla, so I can't tell you exactly where to do it.


Lyra Jane - Jan 29, 2003 11:34:30 am PST #3857 of 10001
Up with the sun

I have the same problem, and I didn't find a way to fix it thru the browser on IE. I just set the font size to smaller. User-set fonts are on the list of future features, IIRC.


DXMachina - Jan 29, 2003 11:36:27 am PST #3858 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Java, the size and font are hardwired into the code. In Mozilla you can override this by going to edit>preferences>appearance>fonts and unchecking the box that says "allow documents to use other fonts." Then the pages will display in whatever you've set as default in preferences. This also means that every page you view on the whole WWW will also use only your preferences.


Java cat - Jan 29, 2003 11:41:31 am PST #3859 of 10001
Not javachik