s30986u@kaira.hut.fi (Martin Helin) (02/12/91)
In article <1991Jan31.162332@axion.bt.co.uk> JHiggott@axion.bt.co.uk writes: > I've got a couple of friends who've been keeping TV lists for ages. Andy's TV >list is currently around 900, and Dave's is similar. It's sad, it really is, >to see normally rational people replay a videoed wildlife programme ten >or more times just `to see if that distant bird among the Dunlins that... Yeah, it's crazy and sad... but I do it myself. I mean, keep a TV list. Of course there's no "official" rules for this but I *think* that using videos (for any kind of replay !) is generally not accepted in Finland. But in this game everybody can have his own rules... (I don't accept still photos, the use of videos, captive birds, birds only heard, trusting the narrator etc. - the latter is a source of often misidentified birds). Martin PS. Sorry about this late reply but I was unable to post to the news for a while. Martin Helin Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Internet : mhe@otax.tky.hut.fi s30986u@kaira.hut.fi UUCP : uunet!kaira.hut.fi!s30986u