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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Weather Photo Sticky Thread

« on: May 15, 2010, 02:23:07 AM »

This has been my future suggestion ever since most of us started posting incredible weather pics at the Porch. That would be an amazing idea. I'd say go for it.

Most of the pics, especially Martin's and Aaron's, are pretty. They deserve to be in a separate thread.

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: May 15, 2010, 01:59:51 AM »

I'm using Bayleef as my avatar.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: May 15, 2010, 01:59:10 AM »

79 degrees, clear.

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General Discussion / Happy Birthday, Henry! (hen7713)

« on: May 15, 2010, 12:01:33 AM »

Happy birthday, Henry!!! Thanks for being a great friend! Have a great birthday!

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: May 14, 2010, 06:27:19 PM »

New bg. I give credit to Martin for the picture.

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Local Forecast / Re: DirecTV Local Forecast not showing?

« on: May 14, 2010, 01:18:24 PM »

It's not a temporary error. This pretty much happens to most direcTV users, like me. Like beanbo said, resetting your receiver will do the trick.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 14, 2010, 01:15:18 PM »

Thanks everyone for your reviews! I can see it's definitely worth getting an online subscription. Guess I'm a bit behind on the future. lol Hopefully soon, I'll get into online renting... and I'll encourage my friend to get one, too.

And going back to the job topic... I really really need to get one for this summer. My mom is like "I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE LAZY THIS SUMMER." It turns out I decided I won't be going this summer because the school is not offering a lot of classes. I'm considering getting an online class, but there aren't many good ones. I re-applied at the Bookstore, and applied for one another. Last year I was very close to getting the position at the Bookstore (not the one @ IVC), but my eye surgery got in the way, so I had to turn it down. Let's hope I have more luck this year.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: May 14, 2010, 03:28:47 AM »

68 degrees, clear.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 14, 2010, 12:41:37 AM »

<333 the one on the bottom.

I might use it as my next desktop background (of course, credit will be given).

and HOLY CRAP. I just got back from hanging out with a best friend of mine to rent out a video game, and I am shocked to hear that my nearest Hollywood Video is closing this July. Because not only the company filed for bankruptcy, but the whole "online renting" frenzy has impact them drastically. Now I feel that sooner or later, the only way to rent movies and video games is online. Great. I need to start thinking of making a subscription to Netflix or GameFly.

On another note, has anyone ever used Netflix? I've gotten mixed reviews.

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Local Forecast / Re: Ryan Farish

« on: May 13, 2010, 09:17:48 PM »

Hmm.. That's one song I'm missing on my collection. It's not on iTunes.

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General Discussion / NWS Bans Twitter (& Possibly Other Social Media...)

« on: May 13, 2010, 05:06:35 PM »

So, upon coming back from class, I get news that the NWS bans twitter? It looks like the news is still unconfirmed, because googling only took me to this article that has been retweeted several times.

http://knowthenetwork.com/blog/2010/05/natl-weather-service-bans-social-media/

I'm not really liking the idea, to be honest. When some people are under a severe weather watch or warning, they need a faster way to get in the know. And Twitter makes it simpler (I sound like an ad here. >_>). There are times that they dont have the time to go to the actual NWS site and look at the advisories.

I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say about this. as for now, I stand by my opinion.

EDIT: Looks like they only banned "personal" accounts and "bots", and they're probably gonna work it out with an agreement. (scroll down for the confirmation.)

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