Archive through August 15, 2000

The ClubHouse: Big Brother 2000: Live Feeds - Latest News: Live Feeds Suggestions/Comments: Archive through August 15, 2000

Scoobettenq

Saturday, August 12, 2000 - 11:52 am Click here to edit this post

Thanks so much to all of the live feed posters. I've done it a time or 2, but every time I have RP open to watch the broadband feeds, it gives me an illegal operation and I have to reboot to get my sound back. If anyone can tell me how to fix this, I'd watch the feeds and post more often!!

Until then, I am grateful for all of you who take the time and effort to help out those of us who can't watch often. The show wouldn't be the same without you!!

Ryn

Saturday, August 12, 2000 - 12:57 pm Click here to edit this post

There is no gap. The archive time listed is hard to explain, but this is how it works.....

The archive is set to go after there are 35 messages posted. So if you are posting at say 9:35 and you are the 36th post, the board archives the top 25 and thats the date and the time listed, but of course there are no posts in that archive with that time because there are 10 posts still listed. I didn't set it up this way and I have no way to change the time. I think if you count down roughly 10 posts from the top - the time you see will correspond ot the PRECEEDING archive time.

I have looked at the archive area for august 11th. the posts from 7:57pm-11:58pm are listed right in the main area. Everything before that is archived above them (and about 10 post down on that list is the 9:40pm time that is confusing everyone).

Nothing is missing, I am the one that moved tham and I made sure.

As for the weird #'s (35 or 46 or whatever), its a bug in the board and I have not fiiggured out hjow to fix it. The # is about 25 MORE than what is really there. Rest assured no posts were lost, I depend on them as much as the next perspon.

Jana

Saturday, August 12, 2000 - 01:40 pm Click here to edit this post

Ryn, yeah the highlight thing sounds great! jana

Bernie

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 03:03 am Click here to edit this post

Thanks, Ryn, for commenting on my message. I've looked again, and clicked on things, and still cannot find any updates for those times. I apologise profusely if I'm being totally thick here, but what should I click on to get to that time period? I'd be most grateful for the assistance. Thanks again :-)

Ccc

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 04:30 am Click here to edit this post

Bernie - the postings I think you are missing are on the first page just below the listing of archives for that date. Scroll past the first couple of messages (too tired to explain that one) and then you'll find what you are missing.

This is a neat feature if you are reading current postings, the latest messages are right on the page until there are too many. Then a portion of them are archived and the current ones continue. Makes for less clicking when reading as it happens.

Pls reply if I solved it so Ryn doesn't have to - lots of board stuff going on right now.

Bernie

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 04:56 am Click here to edit this post

Thank you! That's it! Sorry to have been a nuisance and a dope, but I'm not a very skilled computer user, and need some hand-holding quite often when it comes down to anything complicated. Thank you very much, I'm now off to catch up on the missing hours-and I hope all will be well with your excellent site. It's a pain isn't it, when success causes problems? Usually it's the opposite. Good luck, and hope to see everything working well when you get organised.:-))

Ryn

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 07:00 am Click here to edit this post

No problem Bernie - and you were not the only one having this difficulty.

Mikal

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 07:40 am Click here to edit this post

Bummed about CBS and pre-season NFL. First no BB broadcast last Friday due to preseason football and now I see in today's TV schedule that there is no show next Saturday night! Arggghh!

Meglet

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 08:00 am Click here to edit this post

I just have to thank every single poster for totally enriching my Big Brother experience! Reading these posts is a huge part of my summer. I am inspired to thank everyone again as when I read the blow by blow (or should we say blow chunks by blow chunks?) description of the pie eating challenge I was laughing so hard I hurt- tears streaming down my face. Watching the real thing on tv did not compare. Thank you thank you thank you!

Egbok77

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 08:02 am Click here to edit this post

To All the Wonderful Posters: Thank you for all your hard work. This BB addict enjoys reading all your posts because they enrich what I see on the TV show. I do have one question. Sometimes I see shortcut type phrases like "b/c = because" and there is one in particular that I've seen a few times and I don't know what it means. (IMHO) - can any of you tell me what this refers to??

Jana

Sunday, August 13, 2000 - 08:50 am Click here to edit this post

IMHO - In my humble opinion :) jana

Ryn

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 07:42 am Click here to edit this post

Ok - Here we go..

Yes, I know the board time is 3 hours BEHIND bb time, No, I do not know when/if that will be 'fixed.'

For now you might use our time notation from the original board which is to post the "BB Time" when you post.

For point of reference "BB Time" is Pacific Standard time - 3 hours LATER then the time listed by the board.

Please direct any questions to the appropriate area.

Thanks & welcome back!!!!


Monday, August 14th, 7:35 am BB time

Spaga

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 08:53 am Click here to edit this post

Scootbetteng, I too would like to help out by posting live feed, and like you, every time I have the rp open to watch it gives me an "illegal operation" ping and shuts down my whole computer.

I'm watching out for someone to clue us in on our to fix it or avoid it. Sounds like we BOTH have MSN.

Ryn

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 08:56 am Click here to edit this post

try using BBLIVE to view the vids....

BBLIVE free viewer

Several people have said this solved their problems!!!! Its a small download and comes pre-loaded with all the feeds set.

Scoobettenq

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 09:07 am Click here to edit this post

I've tried using BBLive and I am even careful to press stop before switching feeds. Unfortunately it still crashes on me to the point where I have to hit the off switch on my computer to unfreeze everything. I wish I could figure out why that happens. Probably the same reason the Sims doesn't work on my computer either...lol

I have a fast enough connection - 640k DSL. Oh well. Guess I'll keep trying on days like banishment day. The day Jordan was banished, it crashed RIGHT when Julie Chen announced the name. I was pissed.

Ryn

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 09:10 am Click here to edit this post

since you have a fast connection.

UN-install real player.

re-boot

Download a new copy & install it.

If that doesn't fix it.. ummmmm re-install your Operating system (I am only half-joking - lol)

Ryn

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 02:18 pm Click here to edit this post

The Clock is fixed - there is not "gap"

Labpuppy

Monday, August 14, 2000 - 11:36 pm Click here to edit this post

Hi,

I just wanted to thank all of the live posters. I was going to try to do it tonight, but I nearly went 'inconsistent' listening to the dog barking and trying to make out the conversation. I hope you know how grateful the rest of us are to those of you with the patience to stick it thru.

Rollerboy

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 08:35 am Click here to edit this post

Please, no more live posts of, "the dog is barking", "DAMN DOG!!!", etc., is almost as distracting as (NPI) a dog barking. Please, I'm beggin' ya :). Same for, "airplane flying over".
I understand painting a verbal picture, ones having a style, etc. However, with multiple parties posting same thing and all mentioning barking... Well, you get my point.:) All the posters do a great job, imho. Many thanks.

Farkle

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 11:16 am Click here to edit this post

Did you HEAR the dog last night? If you had been posting, BELIEVE ME, you couldn't help but mention it! There was a lot of important conversations going on, in very low tones, and she barked - CONSTANTLY - for a good 20 minutes to a half hour! I happen to like those "small" asides as "dog" or "airplane", I think it adds FLAVOR and explains getting things a little wrong or missing something. But whether you like them or not, AGAIN, last night, you would have mentioned it! :) And I love little, yappy dogs (I have one) and I could have stuffed a sock in her yesterday!!!

Scoobettenq

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 12:18 pm Click here to edit this post

Sorry Rollerboy, I was one of the ones posting about the DAMN dog...lol But you have to understand - unless you were listening to the live feeds and trying to focus enough to relay what they were saying, you can't possibly know how bad it was. It was worse because BB was moving the cameras around trying to get her to bark even more.

The dog barked loudly and consistently for almost an hour through all of the sometimes quiet, serious, important whispered conversations. It was so bad that my mom, 3 rooms over, came out twice and said, can't they shut that dog up?! So the comments about the dog were necessary to give the complete picture of what was going on. :)

Ryn, thanks so much! I cleaned up the hard drive, uninstalled Real Player and installed the RP 8 beta version. It works just fine now.

Glass

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 12:57 pm Click here to edit this post

There have been numerous complaints about ANY editorializing or extemporaneous information on the live feeds. Although we try to show/post only what is actually being said and done by the house guests, we can and do get caught up in the excitement of the moment. The posters are trying their best to a difficult job, watch and listen to sometimes blurry/ inaudible feeds, scan
the different feeds for any "action", and post information quickly and accurately. When there is a lot going on in the house (like last night) there is no time to sit back and leisurely review/edit our posts. We try not to get emotional but we are only human. If it were not fun and interesting to watch the dramas as they unfold and post this information for others, we would not do so. We already know what is happening. These posts are for your benefit. To those who criticize, try it yourself for awhile and you will have a new appreciation for those who do it regularly and well. (ed: I will now jump off my soapbox.)

Rollerboy

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 02:09 pm Click here to edit this post

I knew I shouldn't have said anything. Yes, I did listen in last night. Couldn't take the dog and had to mute.:)

I know you all work under adverse circumstances and are under a lot of pressure, etc. Your efforts are appreciated and I've said so many times to many of you. Here and at the old board.

I like the like the asides, the sarcasm, the contextual statements, the witticisms and much of what is generally referred to as "editorializing". I just felt, in this instance, a separate post script periodically (i.e., "dog continues to bark") might have been adequate.

In my request above I was not speaking to any specific person. I used generic posts created from my impressions of what I recalled reading.

Again, your efforts are appreciated and thank you.:)

Loyce

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 02:41 pm Click here to edit this post

I have contacted PETA regarding the dog, what BB is doing is cruel, and should be stopped..they are torturing that poor animal...

Glass

Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 02:54 pm Click here to edit this post

Hey! Isn't Chiquita considered a houseguest now? Her dialogue could be shown as Chiq: "Woof! Woof! Growl! Woof!"(instead of dog barking). Also, why shouldn't she be subjected to all of the camera "torments" that others have to endure. If she makes it to the end, she should be entitled to a share of the "prize money". LOL