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General Discussion / Re: WTF!!!!

« on: January 02, 2009, 10:13:35 PM »

What's wrong w/ bolt wx?  What you all are doing is prejudice.   Let's wait for the site to even come out.

It's just the same as SS8. the same leaders, same maps, graphics... everything, but just a different name

No one has taken over, and we are not the same as SS8. The graphics and maps are still the same as SS8 because we made the decision literally just a day before this happened, so we didn't have time to make anything new. This is also why our stream hasn't been updated in a few days.

The maps are more or less taken directly from weather.com, aren't they? 

Actually they are generated by a program which gets them from the NWS

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General Discussion / Re: WTF!!!!

« on: January 02, 2009, 09:43:48 PM »

What's wrong w/ bolt wx?  What you all are doing is prejudice.   Let's wait for the site to even come out.

It's just the same as SS8. the same leaders, same maps, graphics... everything, but just a different name

No one has taken over, and we are not the same as SS8. The graphics and maps are still the same as SS8 because we made the decision literally just a day before this happened, so we didn't have time to make anything new. This is also why our stream hasn't been updated in a few days.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: TWC Alarm on Star Jr.

« on: December 31, 2008, 11:26:33 PM »

My Jr use to do this all the time, I think they just disconnected the alarm all together

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General Discussion / Re: WTF!!!!

« on: December 27, 2008, 01:44:08 AM »

Gotcha. I think it would be best to cite your sources in the videos

Another thing I just thought of, does the SS8 project have the rights to all of the music they use. Its claimed that Trammell gave the OK to use his music but unless you have a signed agreement I dont think its really legal. Plus it would not surprise me one but if TWC had attached some strings to the music preventing any competition (although I dont consider the SS8 to be that) from using it. Kinda unoriginal too using Trammell anyway.

Yes, we do buy all the rights to the music we use. We contacted Trammell via phone and he did give us permission to use the music, and we did request that he wrote an email to us saying that exact same thing.

Just out of curiosity, is Andrew a member of this forum, and if so, is his user name apoecker? Robomayhem posted like he was Andrew, so I thought Andrew may have changed his username.

Robomayhem isn't Andrew.

I am Michael, the one person not even talked about in that article.

And about the newspaper, I don't have the entire details on how it was written, all I know is we were all interviewed for it, asked a few questions about SS8, and that was it. From there, it was published, and I have no idea who it was written by.

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General Discussion / Re: WTF!!!!

« on: December 26, 2008, 11:15:07 AM »

Gee.. Thanks guys, I really feel welcomed here now

We work our butts off to get weather information out to you guys, creating weather maps, and yes, we do get most of our forecasts from the National Weather Service, however, we do have some expertise in some subjects.

It would be an absolutely stupid thing for TWC to sue us, because 1) it's a waste of their time, and 2) We are not violating any copyright/patent laws, and 3) If they sue us, they have to sue WeatherUnderground and every other weather website out there, which is illegal because then you have a monopoly. We are simply a weather site on the internet, nowhere close to TV yet.

If you guys hate SilverStar 8 so much, just stop watching us.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Media Coverage Thread

« on: October 24, 2008, 07:37:05 PM »

In Indiana:

South Bend - WSBT (www.wsbt.com)
South Bend - WNDU (www.wndu.com)
South Bend - WSJV (http://www.fox28.com/)

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TWC Today News / Re: Notice-PLEASE READ

« on: September 28, 2008, 01:46:48 AM »

Wow, that is REALLY Low

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Contributions / Re: You wanted an HD LF with the 2005 Storm Alert theme...

« on: September 24, 2008, 05:59:03 PM »

So how about a Stereo 2006 Theme? This one sounds amazing

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Programming and Graphics / Re: 62 Million Viewers Tune Into Ike Coverage

« on: September 20, 2008, 09:51:52 PM »

70 of those viewers are by my stream of TWC on the internet

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 12, 2008, 06:10:02 PM »

Thanks to Puckguy, and a possible Mistake at 1:18pm at the Local Forecast, I now have the complete Storm Alert Music

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/27/1301242/Storm%20Alert%202008.wma

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 11, 2008, 09:23:41 PM »

Heres the First Storm Alert open for Ike:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR4aGHqB1x0

(Its Different than any open yet)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 11, 2008, 08:16:09 PM »

I had the right show just the wrong day. This thing is a beast! TS winds extend out 510 miles, that's 70% larger than a normal hurricane!

lol

275miles for TS, 110miles for Hurricane winds

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 11, 2008, 07:04:54 PM »

STORM ALERT! 

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Hype/Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 10, 2008, 05:42:13 PM »

I think I remember Paul around 8pm saying that Storm Alert at TWC means that a Hurricane is going to make landfall in the US between 15 and 18 hours, The timing was a few hours off, but they were very close

I say they go into Storm Alert 4pm Friday

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 01, 2008, 01:09:46 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gX40pnXyt4

Storm Alert Open recorded at 11:00pm

2 More are uploading as we speak