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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 23, 2011, 09:59:32 PM »

firefox refuses to work on my OS.

it freezes after launching, and the page is continuously loading...no thanks. i'm sticking with chrome.

*delete

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General Discussion / Re: Tsunami Warning in effect for Entire Pacific, including Hawaii

« on: March 11, 2011, 02:04:55 PM »

the band from the school I graduated from is currently on a trip to hawaii, they are safe and the wave that hit the island was not as extensive as they thought it would be.

http://www.kens5.com/home/Alamo-Heights-band-safe-in-Hawaii-despite-tsunami-waves-117809893.html

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 11, 2011, 11:03:23 AM »

someone really messed up on weather.com:

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lower Thirds

« on: February 06, 2011, 08:40:46 PM »

demanding much. at least say please. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 02, 2011, 01:41:16 PM »

update: the state of texas is experiencing rolling black outs so that the power grid does not fail.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages electric power to 22 million Texas customers, has declared a level 3 Energy Emergency Alert. ERCOT urges customers to reduce consumption of energy due to an overload on the system. Level 3 requires "firm load shedding" to restore and maintain system frequency, according to the council.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 02, 2011, 01:41:26 AM »

we've been having sporadic power outages tonight, around 915 the power went out for about 2 hours. the lines were replaced and power came back up, 7 minutes after restoring the power, they went out again.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 01, 2011, 05:16:39 PM »

so today has been a rather odd, yet fun day. earlier this morning the front passed and brought sever weather with it, it later transitioned over to sleet then snow. at 6, we (student body) got an email stating that classes will be in session, which slightly shocked me because just a few hours before they sent out an alert saying that traveling will put our lives at risk and they discouraged it...like really? lol anyway, I had an 8AM class and 30 minutes into the class, we all got a text message from our alerting service to inform us classes have been cancelled due to worsening road conditions. another professor came into our class to let our professor know that classes have been released.

we're considered a residential campus, and apparently it's really rare for residential campus' to close due to weather conditions.

i also called into work to tell them i will not be there today, reason being: i've never driven on icy/snowy roads and I don't intend on dieing today. 

now i'm just bored outta my mind, rumor has it that the ice isn't going anywhere and classes may be delayed or even cancelled again tomorrow...guess we'll see how this plays out.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Tyler's HD Concepts

« on: January 30, 2011, 03:18:52 PM »

After looking at the image, I decided to scrap the circles in the middle, as I felt they were too distracting.

Hey tyler, what is the name of the font you used in this concept?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 28, 2011, 02:32:06 PM »

where is Nick Walker? haven't seen him lately. 

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: January 27, 2011, 12:12:04 PM »

is there anyway we can make a list of the cities that have received the IS2 in one topic?

i haven't had a chance to check out TWCHD in either San Angelo or San Antonio.

Here in San Angelo, I have Suddenlink...dunno if we'll ever get it. in San Antonio, I have time warner...based off of what I've read none of the time warner headends have upgraded yet, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

i'll definitely be checking in on TWCHD here in Angelo within the next couple of days (haven't gotten a chance to check since like last semester, lol).

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Nicole Mitchell's Last Night

« on: January 26, 2011, 01:52:02 PM »

anyone else note that everyone who has hosted your weather today, with the exception of heather, who went to Evening Edition/Weather Center is gone now.

interesting fact.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 26, 2011, 01:49:19 PM »

post from twc's facebook page:

We are experiencing weather data outages at this time and are working to correct the problem. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

looks like it's affecting weather.com too. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 13, 2011, 11:04:25 PM »

quite honestly, I see it failing on the verizon network. we'll have to see how this works, but i don't think it'll roll over too well.

every person I know who has had verizon hated it, and have switched to AT&T not just for the iphone, but for better coverage in texas.

verizon has horrible coverage in texas, apparently.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Alexandra Steele Let Go

« on: January 12, 2011, 11:58:07 PM »

I wonder why she wanted to step down. 

but yes, indeed...what Kyle mentioned could very well be the legal issue that we had previously heard about.

edit: and if this is the case, then Alexandra was not "let go", this topic name may need to be changed.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:32:43 PM »

I just finished up my "minimester" today, a 16 week course condensed into 12 days.  It's pretty intense, but it's a great feeling when it is done.  I start back on the 18th.

Fortunately, since I've taken summer and winter courses, I only need three more classes for my Associates degree.  I am re-taking a class I got a D in my freshman year, because that crushed my GPA.  So, I only need two books, so it will not cost me much.  But like Al and Martin mentioned, BUYING BOOKS SUCKS!!!

even C's will horrendously bring down your GPA, it's ridiculous. lol

i did get my books today, cost? $443.29. that's pretty cheap (based off of my previous semesters here), the past three semesters they've ranged higher from $600-$850. but still, it's money i'd rather spend doing fun stuff. lol