[dvdvol] queue control

[Brandon Galbraith]

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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