Maybe swap out BvD for OMWF?
Definitely.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
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
DavidS - Apr 06, 2004 6:00:32 am PDT #9262 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
esse - Apr 06, 2004 6:16:02 am PDT #9263 of 10005
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
PAL-format people, those in the UK, Australia and elsewhere, can buy pretty much everything on Blackstar or Choices Direct.
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.co.au have them as well.
There are other options, but they are both illegal and morally questionable. You can try to download eps off of alt.binaries.multimedia.buffy-v-slayer on USENET, or find one of the mythical download sites, or find someone on an auction site who will sell you a set. Buyer beware. Have fun.
No one said anything about the downloading eps link being unusable. I get nothing when I click on it - but that could just be my browser being wonky. I guess we leave it unless someone has an objection.
I think if we're talking downloading, we should mention BitTorrent. Because Suprnova (http://www.suprnova.org/) has the current angel episodes, as well as often hosting links for dvd-rips of older shows--like earlier seasons of Buffy, etc. I've never done Usenet, but I know it's possible; I also have a couple links to places that sell vcds that we could include.
Not that I'm wicked gung ho about this or anything, but 'cause I'm a downloader/vcd fan versus dropping forty bucks on dvds, I think it would be nice to include some updated information on that, as it's already in the faq.
Dana - Apr 06, 2004 6:19:19 am PDT #9264 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I also worry about our linking to sites like that in the FAQ. It's one thing to have individual people post about it. It's another for the whole site to endorse it.
Jon B. - Apr 06, 2004 6:21:46 am PDT #9265 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
What Dana said. I don't mind mentioning the word "Bittorrent", but I don't want to link to any of the sites that use it.
Good point about Amazon.co.uk & au though. I can probably get associates income through those as well.
DXMachina - Apr 06, 2004 6:22:35 am PDT #9266 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I think if we're talking downloading, we should mention BitTorrent.
I don't think we should. Even if we don't mention specific sites, I'd hate to have the MPAA's attention drawn here by a Google search for "BitTorrent."
Jon B. - Apr 06, 2004 6:24:22 am PDT #9267 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
a Google search for "BitTorrent."
Good point. Having the words "buffy" and "bittorrent" in close proximity could draw unwanted attention.
Michele T. - Apr 06, 2004 6:36:56 am PDT #9268 of 10005
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Can I suggest, if it hasn't already been brought up, a section on what the right-hand column threads are for, and what to post in them?
Press: General news, no natter Beep Me: Personal announcements, no natter
And I know this risks reopening fresh wounds, so I'll leave off commenting on what's appropriate for Press, but I liked Hec's formulation, which I can't now find, of what's appropriate for Beep Me - something like first-degree-of-separation events only? and maybe going grey announcements that are for more than three-four days minimum?
esse - Apr 06, 2004 6:37:03 am PDT #9269 of 10005
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
But "buffy" "usenet" and "downloading episodes" doesn't?
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2004 6:40:54 am PDT #9270 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But "buffy" "usenet" and "downloading episodes" doesn't?
Compared to product recommendations? I don't think so.
sumi - Apr 06, 2004 6:43:13 am PDT #9271 of 10005
Art Crawl!!!
Does the Tuesday night TNT Angel need a separate mention?