[dvdvol] queue control
Aaron Cannon
cannona at fireantproductions.com
Mon Feb 28 18:14:02 PST 2005
haha no problem man. I truly didn't take it that way. I just assumed that
you had missed my message from before. :)
Sincerely
Aaron Cannon
At 06:28 PM 2/28/2005, you wrote:
>Aaron,
>
>I in no way meant to steal your thunder =) I was just agreeing with you ;)
>
>-brandon
>
>Aaron Cannon wrote:
>
>>I agree. In fact, that's essentially what I was proposing, although you
>>probably said it better. :) I'll CC Greg Newby to see if he has any
>>objections to this.
>>
>>
>>At 03:39 PM 2/28/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>>I think after the whole filesystem transition is complete for the
>>>gutenberg site, we should look at building a delay/confirmation into the
>>>dvdlogin.cgi page. When someone submits a request, they get an email,
>>>and have to come back 48-72 hours later to confirm the request. At that
>>>point, the request is then "confirmed" and is put into the queue.
>>>
>>>Thoughts?
>>>
>>>-brandon
>>>
>>>John Hagerson wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, requiring a second visit to the web site would cut down on the "Hey,
>>>>Vern! Lookee here! I can get free stuff from the Internet." I don't
>>>>know how
>>>>often this happens now, but we would reduce it.
>>>>
>>>>I think that we're all agreed that "third world" access is the most
>>>>important part of providing the CDs and DVDs. By "third world" I also mean
>>>>to include rural and more isolated portions of "first world" countries.
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: dvdvol-bounces at lists.pglaf.org
>>>>[mailto:dvdvol-bounces at lists.pglaf.org]
>>>>On Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 7:17 PM
>>>>To: CD and DVD Volunteers
>>>>Subject: Re: [dvdvol] queue control
>>>>
>>>>It's a great idea, and one I would go for, if paypal were available in
>>>>more countries. You bet it would decrease the number of requests, but
>>>>it would also keep people from the poorer countries from gaining access.
>>>>
>>>>Unfortunately, I don't really have a better alternative. The only idea
>>>>I came up with was to have the person type their e-mail address into a
>>>>form. They would then be e-mailed a password which they could use to
>>>>fill out the form like they do now. However, the catch would be that
>>>>they couldn't return to fill out the form until 72 hours had
>>>>elapsed. If they forgot, then they probably didn't want the discs anyway.
>>>>
>>>>Thoughts? :)
>>>>
>>>>Sincerely
>>>>Aaron Cannon
>>>>
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