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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: September 29, 2011, 12:13:03 AM »

My butt lies.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: September 28, 2011, 10:59:52 PM »

Wait, dont you get DirecTV at your dorm though?

Yeah, I do but it's not the same since I go home (and watch Dish programming there) every other week

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: September 28, 2011, 10:28:25 PM »

It has officially been one year since I made the switch from DirecTV to Dish. To me, I see no difference. I do miss the LF app to some extent but the HD forecast becomes addicting to watch after a while. I still can't wait for the day until I have cable for myself, though...

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: September 28, 2011, 09:36:21 PM »

At the dining hall this morning they played:

Euge Groove - 7 Large
Jackiem Joyner - Push
The Rippingtons - Lucky Charm
3rd Force - We Should Be Together

all from the Watercolors channel

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Local Forecast / Re: September/October 2011 Playlist

« on: September 28, 2011, 09:35:03 PM »

Whisper to Me - 7and5

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 28, 2011, 04:18:05 PM »

I wonder how long it will last, though. I can see them using the L-bar during longform because obviously people would want to check their local weather information while watching longform, but isn't it a little different with live programming? That's what the LDL is for.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 28, 2011, 03:38:06 PM »

How long is temporary? I don't understand why they can';t just get rid of it and bring back the regular locals.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: September 27, 2011, 11:58:15 PM »

Or even having to pay the teacher to just get our phone or ipod back? That's ludicrous

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Local Forecast / Re: September/October 2011 Playlist

« on: September 27, 2011, 07:50:42 PM »

Got a reply from Melissa M.. no wonder why Whisper to Me hasnt been playing... 

Hi Zach,

 

The problem you note with “Whisper To Me”  is due to the programming clock change to full-screen locals playing only at :28 and :58 past every hour. “Whisper” is scheduled only in the :60 and :90 second Locals. Since we are now only doing 2-minute Locals during the afternoon, that song does not play. It may pop up during severe weather or hurricane coverage (when we activate :60 and 90 locals). However, our team will investigate moving that title to overnight.   

 

We are actually playing two different segments of “Kiss of Life” in the morning and prime time playlists. Several parts of that song sound very similar to “Aperture”, but “Kiss of Life” is the only Ryan Farish title playing in Prime Time.   

 

Thanks,

Wow, Zach, thanks for the update. How is Whisper to Me only supposed to play on 90 second locals, if they played on full 2 min locals during the playlist debut? Also if you haven't already Zach, tell Melissa that Aperture is playing on primetime instead of Kiss of Life, instead. They're using the different cut for the wrong song. You can use my two Aperture clips on YouTube as a comparsoin.

As always, please alert us if you do hear Whisper to Me and/or Kiss of Life. I'll be sure to spring my tuner into action..

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General Discussion / Re: Jerry Haynes, "Mr. Peppermint", dies at 84

« on: September 26, 2011, 05:23:11 PM »

Never heard of him

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 26, 2011, 11:01:57 AM »

Did u get the song at 7:58, 10:58 or 11:58pm eastern too?

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 25, 2011, 08:24:15 PM »

Does anyone know what song played at :58? I'm hoping it's not aperture..

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 25, 2011, 05:45:09 PM »

Still such a waste on a hard worked on computer local forecasting system, it's too bad people's attention spans are so short that the LFs had to be reduced to an L Bar, but I can understand because our technology is so well advanced that most folks are not going to want to sit and watch a 90 sec. or 2 min forecast they can look up online or get on their phone or iPads.

I don't think it's because of short attention spans.  I think it's because TWC wants to make more money with commercials, and, most importantly also to attract an audience that's not necessarily interested in what the UV forecast is or when the next high tide will be.

We already know that weather forecasting is becoming less and less important at TWC.  It is changing itself into a reality-themed network.  We know that, and there's nothing that we can do about that.  Local forecasts just do not fit into TWC's new image of itself.

You're also right that it's a waste of the Intellistar, and it's also because there are so many other sources for real-time weather information that just did not exist back in 1982, or 1992, or even 2002.

That's what I am thinking. The IS2 would be a waste IMO if it can only be seen twice an hour. How many people are honestly going to sit around and wait for 30 minutes to see their LF presented with the new hardware? Not me.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: September 25, 2011, 05:41:34 PM »

Tardiness was a separate and somewhat complicated issue in high school to say the least.

Speaking of tardies, have any of you heard of (or have) the "Tardy Eliminator System" or "Tardy Sweep?" This is a fairly new thing, overall. My high school implemented it in the spring semester of this year. It's basically just another way to crack down on tardies and reduce them. What happens is that the teachers lock their doors once the tardy bell rings, and if a student is late to class, he or she has to go to a station, get the ID scanned, and then walk back to class with a pass. To get into the classroom, the student must display this pass in the window of the door. With two tardies, a student is let off with a warning. More tardies mean more severe punishments, the worst not being executed but by having three days of ISS. If any of you have this system implemented at your school or have heard of it, I'd be interested to hear your comments about it. I can see both its advantages and disadvantages.

Yeah, we had that when I was in high school, but the first time if you were caught, you got administrative detention which is stupid to me, but if you were caught more than once and given a tardy slip during a tardy sweep you got in school suspension. Personally, the way it was done at my school I considered it ineffective and not full-proof because you still could be allowed to come into class late with or without the tardy slip and most times teachers didn't lock their doors, they just closed them after the tardy bell ranged. Getting tardy slips for being tardy coming to school made even less sense because it was only documented as a tardy if the teacher's class you were late going to marked it as a tardy on the school's online attendance system, they could have just marked you present (which some teachers did do) instead and it wouldn't go down as a tardy. Getting 3 tardy slips being late getting to school equaled up to 1 absence and 10 absences in one schoolyear equals up to a good chance you most likely will be kicked out of school and will probably sent to an alternative school, but I know there were Seniors who missed as much as a month of school and not only stayed, but graduated too.

I'm going to have to do a facepalm if they do execute people for being tardy...

Now I know this may sound uncomfortable for some, but execution is actually one method of punishment implemented in developing countries. In rural indian villages, it's not uncommon for students to get killed (let alone whipped) for violating rules such as refusal to listen to the teachers, failure to attend school or do work or extreme disrespect in the classroom. After all, they only have so many people living in the country..

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: September 25, 2011, 11:56:12 AM »

You guys will love this topic
https://twctodayforums.com/forums/general-discussion/detention!!!/msg38720/#msg38720