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Frequently asked questions Q: most recently, i was reading DDD while listening to 2 records featured in the same issue (foxx and talkingheads - yeah, the fancy packaged one) and it freaked me out having the records sitting right next to me as i saw them mentioned in your pages. i love having moments like that, where things all happen at the same time and you are the only person that witnesses it. A: Not sure if this is a question we need to reply, but yes, chances, and odd feelings are the reasons why we do the magazine. cheers. Q: This site is appropriately simple and boring. I like it. A: What?! and this is suposed to be a compliment? Chris, I am sure you can do better that that. Q: plz tell if the ernst bettler story was an hoax or not. A: Markus, as far as we are concerned it is true. DDD is based on true stories. Q: I have found the name of the magazine in object on the web; I would like to receive, if possible, a free number of it, so that I could be able to consider a possible subscription. A: Giovanni, as a small, self-funded magazine, we really can't afford to give away the magazine. I hope you can understand this. But, hey, it is only 10 EURO. Q: I am interested to know whether you accept any internships? A: No. Q: I ordered an issue a long time ago and never received it. A: Please contact our subscription service. Q: I changed my address, can you update your files? A: You should contact our subscription service, DDD doesn't keep your records. Q: Can I send you my 4Mb portfolio for consideration as email attachment? A: Hell no! Q: Why has my name got an italic M on the Dot3 credits page? so has Eugene Menard! Is this subliminal M/M advertising? A: John, although making M's italic for some stupid coded reason is the easily the sort of thing we do, in this case it's actually a technological error - a mysterious one though. The printer used the wrong side of the card for the cover of DDD3 - we'd asked for the rough side on the outside. They offered to reprint it correctly, which we accepted. In the meantime, though, we wanted copies to take to a conference in Denmark, so asked for 100 to be bound with shiny wipe-clean covers. Some of these were sold, and there's still a few lying about somewhere. About a week after the new versions arrived, though, we noticed all the M's were italic on the inside front cover page, and a few days later that all x's were too, and a few days after that that all the italics on the front cover had disappeared apart from the first letters... At first it seemed particularly bizarre, as they must have already made the printing plates; it turned out, however, however, that they are new disposable printing plates so they had made new ones for the reprint. Gah. We still don't really know why the font messed up, though, other than the fact that it's most probably something to do with Peter's shoddy workmanship on the custom font (not that he'd admit that). We could try invoicing M&M's chocolate for subliminal advertising. Maybe. Q: How much is it? A: What, the magazine? 10 euro. (It is a bit cheaper to subscribe but certainly safer.) Q: Where can I get your publication in Australia? A: Claire, we've told you, we have no distribution in Australia - you have to subscribe. (Good news: We are working on it, now.) Q: I'm curious about the absence of women. Is this intentional? A: No. Q: I don't have a credit card. How can I subscribe? A: Ask Bruil & vd Staaij. Q: I am searching for information about XXXXX for my study. A: Holger, we do not provide this kind of information. Q: Can you please email me a free copy of your magazine? A: Chrys, it is sort of difficult to email it. And since we are a small independent publisher, we cannot afford to send free copies. Q: Oh no... you've already sold out of issue one. Do you know of anyway I can get my hands on it? A: Oh yes... Kate, it is true, there are no more copies. (Good news is that Bruil & vd Staaij say that they do have a few for new subscribers.) Q: We would like to start up a magazine exchange. Are you interested? A: Yessssssss. Q: I want to do graphic design and would like to show someone my designs to see if they like them. Would you like to see some and criticise so I can improve? A: Sorry Moira, Stuart is busy with his band right now, and I have to spend more time with my girlfriend... then there is the next issue we have to make... so... sorry. Q: I am a professor at the University of Nebraska, how can I contribute? A: We are pretty tough on professors from Nebraska. There are so many publications, why would you choose us? If you have a good reason read about contributions here. Q: I certainly hope your publication looks nothing like your web site, as your pages are clumsy, pretentious and virtually unintelligible. Web page layout, mechanics and attitude reek of adolescent thickheadedness. What a pain in the ass! A: Send more comments here.