[dvdvol] queue control

[Aaron Cannon]

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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