Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.

'A Hole in the World'


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

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Ouise - Nov 11, 2002 4:08:33 pm PST #1395 of 10000
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.

There's an unclosed size tag in post 5039 of Firefly.

Ok, nevermind. It's been fixed.


John H - Nov 11, 2002 4:40:27 pm PST #1396 of 10000

Oh hey, I just though of something about bandwidth -- someone recently posted that they had Message Centre set on one-minute refresh.

If we have a lot of people doing that, the bandwidth will be inflated.


Jesse - Nov 11, 2002 4:58:43 pm PST #1397 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was wondering about that -- are there things we could do to reduce our bandwidth usage? I mean, tell me not to click refresh a zillion times a minute, and I'll...try really hard. If it'll help.


Michele T. - Nov 11, 2002 5:00:55 pm PST #1398 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Well, I think a one-minute refresh on the message center rather than just clicking "read new" when you're in front of the computer is a bit much, bandwidth-wise. I think a minute of clicking refresh madly and then going away is in the end far more conservationist!


Jesse - Nov 11, 2002 5:03:23 pm PST #1399 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So maybe we shouldn't let people set their own refresh rate? Just set it at 5 minutes or something for everyone? Or something?


§ ita § - Nov 11, 2002 6:06:30 pm PST #1400 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Or set the minimum at 5.


Jesse - Nov 11, 2002 6:09:01 pm PST #1401 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

See, this is when I start thinking I might have a problem. Because I think, "HOW COULD ANYONE WAIT MORE THAN 5 MINUTES?!? THERE MIGHT BE NEW POSTS!!"

And then I get a grip and attempt to get a life.


brenda m - Nov 11, 2002 6:22:23 pm PST #1402 of 10000
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've got mine set at three. Workable compromise, or is that still too much?


Elena - Nov 11, 2002 6:28:31 pm PST #1403 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.

So, hitting 'read new' is easier on bandwidth than setting it to automatically refresh?


Burrell - Nov 11, 2002 6:48:06 pm PST #1404 of 10000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I leave mine at 5 & occasionally push Read New to see what comes up.