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Subject: Some ideas.
These ideas have been floating around in my mind for a while. I'm not putting them forward as requests, just presenting them to see what others think.
inthe00s:
Why doesn't parody have its own forum, rather than being raspberry rippled with "has anyone heard of this song"s?
amiright:
1)User registration! It could enable *us* to go back and correct the typos in our parodies, stop one author or commenter pretending to be another (does that happen?), ensure people only vote once to eliminate stacking, and enable us to receive promotional email of competitively priced sexual organ enhancement products.
Okay, forget the last bit.
2)When submitting a parody, it'd be great if you could add in the URL to your performance at that time. Conversely, when adding a performance, put in the link to the lyrics.
3)When submitting a parody, optionally add a link to a MIDI file. Then when your lyrics are displayed people can follow the tune. My site (www.theforce.net/songbook) uses this and readers love it.
Comments?
Subject: Re: Some ideas.
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Why doesn't parody have its own forum, rather than being raspberry rippled with "has anyone heard of this song"s?
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I've wondered about that too. It actually took me awhile to figure out this was the parody forum. Good idea.
Quoting:
1)User registration! It could enable *us* to go back and correct the typos in our parodies, stop one author or commenter pretending to be another (does that happen?), ensure people only vote once to eliminate stacking, and enable us to receive promotional email of competitively priced sexual organ enhancement products.
Okay, forget the last bit.
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I know Chuck has balked at registration before because he doesn't want to discourage new people from joining. If there was a big problem with impostors I'm sure we'd know about it. There's only one instance I can think of where that's happened since I've been here: Someone insulted Wild Man and Diva, posing as malcolm. It was pretty obvious it wasn't him but it got a rise out of a couple people. I know I'd be mortified if I found out someone posing as me was posting offensive anti-religious remarks or something ::) I think it's a good idea though cause I could use all the enhancement optio--I mean, I'd love to be able to completely revise a parody after it's been up awhile.
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2)When submitting a parody, it'd be great if you could add in the URL to your performance at that time. Conversely, when adding a performance, put in the link to the lyrics.
3)When submitting a parody, optionally add a link to a MIDI file. Then when your lyrics are displayed people can follow the tune. My site (www.theforce.net/songbook) uses this and readers love it.
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Not a lot of opinion on these two. My computer's too slow to spend much time downloading music (though I loved your "Princess Leia, Be Our Guest")