Oh, too bad. Jengod gave us her password, etc. We could've changed the admin contact to you if we'd known to do it ahead of time....
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
Jon B. - Sep 15, 2003 5:09:54 pm PDT #5281 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2003 5:22:11 pm PDT #5282 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I doubt it's a big deal, since Jen has a month to do it.
And if it is a big deal, I apologise to her quite sincerely.
That damned Jesse.
Allyson - Sep 15, 2003 5:43:35 pm PDT #5283 of 10005
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 told you to fire her. No one listens to me.
Cindy - Sep 15, 2003 10:15:49 pm PDT #5284 of 10005
Nobody
I just got it for a year, even though 10 years would have got us a discount.
Oh ye of little faith!
Jesse - Sep 16, 2003 4:37:18 am PDT #5285 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I didn't know! I just do what I'm told!
Bah.
Wolfram - Sep 16, 2003 5:31:06 am PDT #5286 of 10005
Visilurking
Nilly from Quotable:
Well, as far as I can remember, we still have the four 'big' characters (Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles), Tara, Joyce, Spike, Angel(us), Faith, Dawn, Jonathan, Andrew, Wesley, Jenny (?), the short-term characters and baddies, the images, and that's all I can come up with.
I think we might want to let the thread close and open up a new one, considering we've spent 8,000 or so posts on simply minor (but just as lovable) characters.
jengod - Sep 16, 2003 10:54:45 am PDT #5287 of 10005
Dear Network Solutions Customer,
This is to inform you that the Registrar Transfer Request has been approved for:
Domain Name: BUFFISTAS.ORG Requesting Registrar: TierraNet Inc. d/b/a DomainDiscover Current Registrar: Network Solutions, Inc.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2003 11:00:42 am PDT #5288 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks, jengod!
Liese S. - Sep 16, 2003 11:53:57 am PDT #5289 of 10005
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Cool! Yay, Jesse! Yay, jengod!
Also, Cindy, I should probably clarify that I wasn't apathetically and somewhat sluggishly opposing your suggestion, I was apathetically and somewhat sluggishly opposing Victor's. (I think, Victor's.) Putting it front-page, was what I was opposing, though not very vehemently.
Anyway, I guess I should verbalize a little on why I get squeamish. There are two aspects, one valid and one quirky. The first is that I'm proud of our existence as a donation-based, advertising free board. The Amazon affiliate program, while a) free money and b) relatively unobtrusive, is still advertising. I don't want to look at Amazon's corporate name, or have reinforced its brand placement, every day. This would apply to any affiliate program, or other advertising.
The second aspect is a just-me thing, and it's very old. I personally dislike Amazon and would not buy from them if I could avoid it, because of the one-click patent mess. It's just a geek thing, but it's one I feel pretty strongly about, so the lower profile our pimping Amazon can be, the better. Would I feel better about it if it were bn.com or half.com or whatever? Probably, but then see objection the first.
Now, of course, if people are already buying from Amazon, that's great, no problem. And if those people want to give buffistas free money that's great, and we should make it easy for them. But, I feel, not at the cost of giving up our mindshare.
Victor's suggestion, of course, was just a donate-here link, which is not advertising, but not overwhelmingly needed at the moment, so back to, eh, regarding that.
Cindy - Sep 16, 2003 12:28:48 pm PDT #5290 of 10005
Nobody
I should probably clarify that I wasn't apathetically and somewhat sluggishly opposing your suggestion, I was apathetically and somewhat sluggishly opposing Victor's.
Hee! And gotcha.