That looks like the link was lost between the web server and the database server.
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§ ita § - Sep 28, 2002 6:27:41 pm PDT #453 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DXMachina - Sep 28, 2002 6:30:38 pm PDT #454 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yeah. It's working fine now, obviously, but it was weird. Mozilla just kept saying my connection was being refused by the server (and then asked, "OK?"), and Netscape gave me the error page.
John H - Sep 28, 2002 6:34:30 pm PDT #455 of 10000
I got a brief network thing going on too in the last five minutes or so. Just timeouts though, nothing interesting.
Should that error message say something like "cut and paste the error message above and send to dev@buffistas.org if it keeps happening" instead of just "where the $$?&(@#& are the developers?"?
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2002 7:22:51 pm PDT #456 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Errors are trapped and written to a log. So there's no need to cut and paste.
Allyson - Sep 28, 2002 10:18:15 pm PDT #457 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I was wondering if the FAQ/links could carry a link to First Book and heiffer.org for preferred Buffistas charities? Is that ridiculous?
I was thinking of a few sentences to the effect of: these are beloved buffista charities. if you'd like to give a gift in honor of a beloved buffista, a donation to one of these organizations would be most appreciated. We like to save the world. A lot. If you're wondering about the appropriate livestock, a goat is always good.
You know, something like that, but better.
Burrell - Sep 28, 2002 10:28:19 pm PDT #458 of 10000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Allyson, you are a world class sweetheart.
Noumenon - Sep 28, 2002 10:33:31 pm PDT #459 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
We like to save the world. A lot.
This is really good. We would need something to explain, because the rest of the links page is all links about Buffy. I'd like to link to a few charities (and come to think about it, who's to stop me: WaterAid and the Screensaver Lifesaver), but one thing to worry about is that the charities linked to would seem to be endorsed by the Buffistas. That's not a problem for a link that turns out to be badfic, but I'm sure there are political or faith-based charities that some Buffistas would not want to be associated with.
heiffer.org
That's [link] What a weird name.
Allyson - Sep 28, 2002 10:46:42 pm PDT #460 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Well, the reason i picked those two is because there was a community-wide discussion about them, and they've been part of giving projects. I think those two ARE buffista endorsed. If we do a community project for RAINN or something, then that would be added. That's what I'm thinking.
Noumenon - Sep 28, 2002 11:21:10 pm PDT #461 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Wow, I missed the heifer giving project entirely. Were we trying to buy some Buffista a good wife? If those charities aren't just two examples, but the only two (so far), that's another strike against putting it on the links page, where people would be free to submit their own. Yet it doesn't seem like an FAQ. We could find a spot to put it, maybe in its own little hardcoded box on the Links page.
Allyson - Sep 28, 2002 11:39:27 pm PDT #462 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The heifer project is hand in hand with the baby gift for Joss and Kai. We're donating a goat in their honor.
It's no big, I just thought it'd be sort of a cool way for people to be all philanthropic, and to sort of introduce us as charitible people. The latter aspect is what i thought would be attractive in the FAQ part.