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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: June 18, 2010, 07:49:28 PM »
I doubt NBC created the Torcon index. It sounds like something Dr. Forbes would create to aid his reports and forecasts.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: June 18, 2010, 04:35:55 PM »
I never understood the Tor-Con scale. It seems like TWC has a knack for making fictitious scales (Golf index etc.). What registers a 10 on the Tor-Con and why does it make no sense to say "this area has a high chance of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes developing tonight"?
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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC to carry Obama's primetime address on the oil spill
« on: June 16, 2010, 03:10:04 PM »
I wish the ratings for the NBC/Universal networks (maybe except the USA network) would follow the trend of NBC: falling rapidly with little hope of recovery.
I just love how whenever TWC does talk about the oil spill, they used as much red as they can. I wonder what graphics they'll use when a major hurricane is about to make landfall. Probably the same amount of red, but I won't be surprised if they go all out with strobe lights, swirling graphics, and big lowed 3rd's that clutter most of the screen.
I just love how whenever TWC does talk about the oil spill, they used as much red as they can. I wonder what graphics they'll use when a major hurricane is about to make landfall. Probably the same amount of red, but I won't be surprised if they go all out with strobe lights, swirling graphics, and big lowed 3rd's that clutter most of the screen.
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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC to carry Obama's primetime address on the oil spill
« on: June 15, 2010, 03:45:19 PM »
I wasn't sure how relevant to weather the oil spill is, but I wasn't surprised to see TWC cover the oil spill nearly every segment. I do think it is an environmental disaster that needs attention, but TWC needs to focus on the weather more often.
As far as game 6, I'll be watching it, though it does not start until 9:00.
HEY, TWC, YOU ARE NOW A
ING WASTELAND NOW! YOU ARE NOT WORTH WATCHING. YOU SANK TO A NEW LOW. YOU COPY ALL OF THE OTHER NETWORKS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT A SINGLE IOTA OF ORIGINALITY AND YOU LOST FOCUS OF ALL THAT WAS GOOD ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. GET OUT MY CABLE LINE-UP OR DISCUSS THE WEATHER. IF I SEE YOU CONTINUING INCESSANT COVERAGE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU, BY DEFINITION, SHOULD NOT BE COVERING, I WILL ENGRAVE BRONZE BUSTS OF MARSHALL SEESE AND DAVE SCHWARTZ, TWO MEN THAT MADE TWC NOT SUCK.
As far as game 6, I'll be watching it, though it does not start until 9:00.
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now twc has a countdown 5hrs 41mins 40 seconds(clears throat and takes deep breath)
HEY, TWC, YOU ARE NOW A
ING WASTELAND NOW! YOU ARE NOT WORTH WATCHING. YOU SANK TO A NEW LOW. YOU COPY ALL OF THE OTHER NETWORKS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT A SINGLE IOTA OF ORIGINALITY AND YOU LOST FOCUS OF ALL THAT WAS GOOD ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. GET OUT MY CABLE LINE-UP OR DISCUSS THE WEATHER. IF I SEE YOU CONTINUING INCESSANT COVERAGE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU, BY DEFINITION, SHOULD NOT BE COVERING, I WILL ENGRAVE BRONZE BUSTS OF MARSHALL SEESE AND DAVE SCHWARTZ, TWO MEN THAT MADE TWC NOT SUCK.
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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / STAR down for nearly a week. (Comcast Monterey, Calif.)
« on: June 14, 2010, 12:00:05 AM »
My local IntelliSTAR (ID either 26679 or 26779) has been missing in action. I see a national LDL and I'm seeing the satellite LF. The STAR went down sometime midweek last week. I'm sorry I can't tell a more precise time. Thank you in advance.
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General Discussion / Re: Shows Cancelled and renewed for Next season Fall/Spring 2010-2011
« on: June 13, 2010, 02:36:06 PM »
The networks are canning several shows I enjoyed, but they're sticking with some of the worst I've seen. NBC must be desperate because they're keeping the mid-season rookies "Minute to Win It", "The Celebrity Apprentice", and "Who Do You Think You Are". Some of the most unfunny comedy shows (The Cleveland Show, Community, The Marriage Ref, Two and a Half Men) stuck around, surprisingly.
I know only one fan of the Cleveland Show, and he is a 28-year-old manchild living in Ruckersville, Virginia.
I've seen. NBC must be desperate because they're keeping the mid-season rookies "Minute to Win It", "The Celebrity Apprentice", and "Who Do You Think You Are". Some of the most unfunny comedy shows (The Cleveland Show, Community, The Marriage Ref, Two and a Half Men) stuck around, surprisingly.I know only one fan of the Cleveland Show, and he is a 28-year-old manchild living in Ruckersville, Virginia.
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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wake Up With Al
« on: June 12, 2010, 10:55:23 PM »
Have they been playing songs like "Alejandro" lately on WUWA?
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General Discussion / Re: Your Interactive Program Guide
« on: June 06, 2010, 02:54:44 AM »
I've seen some pics of the FiOS program guide. I nearly drooled. It rendered my guide obsolete. I wish the Comcast HD guide would look like it.
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General Discussion / Re: Your Interactive Program Guide
« on: June 05, 2010, 02:33:15 PM »
Curt's guide looks like mine, except mine is blue instead of "onyx". I would like an upgrade soon, though. It's been roughly five years and my cable program guide upgrades nearly every five years. I have an HD receiver for one TV, and it looks the same.
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General Discussion / Re: Your Interactive Program Guide
« on: June 05, 2010, 03:19:43 AM »
I'm lucky to have the current ad-free program guide with On Demand from Comcast. It has a blue color scheme, unless you change it from the Setup menu.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: New Graphics and Icons
« on: March 26, 2010, 08:32:01 PM »
Though I thought the bigger LDL bar distracts from the on-air presentation, I think it's a very good upgrade. I still wasn't used to the 2006-2010 icons. I'm surprised they had new icons this early. I like the current icons much better.
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General Weather Chat / Re: California Pacific Storm Parade
« on: January 20, 2010, 01:42:40 AM »
This storm packs quite a punch. There were occasional 50 mph wind gusts and I might have accumulated 2 inches of rain since Sunday. The worst will come tomorrow. It is predicted to rain heavier and blow stronger winds. I'm surprised the storm didn't make my power didn't go off yet. I thought it did for a few minutes, but it was just a power surge in my home.
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Who here gets TWC HD?
« on: December 31, 2009, 02:56:01 AM »
Comcast added a dozen HD channels recently to my line-up, and TWC is one of them. I'm glad to see TWC HD.
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General Weather Chat / Re: Winter of 2009-2010 Forecasts
« on: November 22, 2009, 03:05:18 AM »
I expected AccuWeather to predict a rainy winter for California. Worst case scenario: the storm that slammed my region last month might be a practice drill for what to expect this winter. Best case scenario: Few severe rainstorms for California.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: November 10, 2009, 12:38:43 AM »
It's Alberto and Ernesto all over again, but NOTHING compares to TWC's coverage of that hot air balloon hoax a month ago.