I am your best bet for quick and accurate guidance to the best science fiction television show to have as-yet graced the airwaves, FIREFLY, and my FAQ covers the fabulous subsequent Hollywood film, SERENITY. The FAQ has its own domain now, but I use the less-verbose <http://FF-FAQ.notlong.com>. If you forget, the easy-to-remember but longer <www.serenityfireflyfaq.com>, will get you there
The site is still vibrant, but needs a lot of updating, so it's under construction now, as of late-'08. It's had many thousands of visitors now, and giving a short, accurate summary of the FIREFLY phenomenon seems to have been a good call and provided a needed resource.
Because the show's concept was wildly ahead of its time, I was attacked (with little effect) on Usenet and fought back. I had a little advantage on my side, a nice mix of truth, accuracy, and my own integrity, so all irrational critics had to either yield or hide. Valid critics are valued above all else; their remarks invariably become part of the FAQ.
After taking a couple of the more insidious among the former "out," I became TRBS, and I saw that Usenet's grand freedom was also its unfortunate vulnerability. "U.R." refers to "Usenet Renaissance."
Anonymity on the internet is a revolution in human history, a great thing, ask any freedom-fighter, for example, in dictatorial China.
But a tiny subset of human stinkers - there will always be a few - want to use it for their own sick purposes. They behave as bullies, fraudsters, libelers, stalkers, liars, imposters, harassers, and verbal sadists. Some are literally monsters (think the Daniel Pearl obscenity.) Many - in real-life - simply cannot afford exposure.
To be sure, most are just snot-nosed arrested-development non-achievers who have little better to do than share their misery.
After being almost victimized by one, I got a kick out of fighting back. Join me to help clean up the ugly side of the otherwise invaluable gift of anonymity.
I work...ahhh....VERY closely with an attorney, and when we can shine light on a perp, we legally take 'em out.
Yes, the picture is real, and it's me. I got a free glamour shot in my local hospital as a courtesy after a run-in with a hard surface, which resulted in a fractured limb.
