Our live, instantaneous discussions continue on SCREENchat. On Monday,
September 23, 8:00 p.m. CDT, we will be having a discussion on _ID4_,
provisionally titled: _Bigger than Ben Hur_. This will be a free-form
chat that will be a good introduction to SCREENchat and a warm-up for
next week's discussion with scriptwriter George Wolfe on screenwriting.
 
All are welcome and there is no charge for using SCREENchat.
Additional information is available at:
 
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/chat/
 
SCREENchat uses the technology of *both* IRC and the World Wide Web to
facilitate discussions about film/TV studies.
 
Okay, So How Do You Start?
 
There are two ways to enter SCREENchat:
 
  1.  Using a World Wide Web browser that can handle Java
      applications (e.g., Netscape Navigator 2.0, Microsoft Internet
      Explore 3.0.).  If your browser doesn't do Java, then you
      cannot use this method--but you could probably upgrade to a
      (free) browser that does do Java.
 
      Connect to http://www.tcf.ua.edu/chat/ for more information.
 
  2.  Using an IRC client (e.g., PIRCH for Windows and Ircle for Macs)
 
      Connect to irc.tcf.ua.edu (port 6667), join channel #SCREENchat.
 
      Note:  Unlike "regular" IRC, this channel will only work if you
      are connected to the IRC server at irc.tcf.ua.edu.
 
Meeting Time(s)
 
Monday, September 23
  6:00 p.m., Los Angeles
  9:00 p.m., Tuscaloosa, Alabama (and, say, Chicago)
 10:00 p.m., New York
 12:00 p.m., Buenos Aires
Tuesday, September 24
  2:00 a.m., London and, I believe, GMT
  3:00 a.m., Paris, Stockholm
  4:00 a.m., Cairo
  9:00 a.m., Beijing
 10:00 a.m., Tokyo
 11:00 a.m., Wollongong, Sydney
 
Suggestions/Comments?
 
Kate Bowles (University of Wollongong, [log in to unmask])
Jeremy Butler (University of Alabama, [log in to unmask])
Scott Miller (University of Wollongong, [log in to unmask])
 
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