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General Discussion / Re: Human on the NOAA Radio

« on: July 30, 2010, 04:12:07 PM »

I haven't heard any human voices here in nearly five years now. The last product the human voice did here was the station ID, and that became narrated by the computer voice sometime in late '05 or early '06. Marine forecasts, tides, and marine-related alerts are done by Donna, and all other products are done by Tom. Paul is only used to announce the time every 10 minutes, and on very rare occurrences doing other products if Tom or Donna were under maintenance.

Interesting fact: My office in Mount Holly, NJ was the first to introduce the new computer generated voices (Tom and Donna) in 2000.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Evan!

« on: July 30, 2010, 04:07:04 PM »

Welcome to the teenage Evan! Happy birthday man!

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News and Updates / Re: New Update Coming?

« on: July 29, 2010, 06:03:32 PM »

I think I like the ones Bolt96 posted best for an airport background.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: July 29, 2010, 05:05:24 PM »

Is it possible for the I2 to display five hours of Rad/Sat data like the original intellistar does? IMO, three hours is rather short for an area so zoomed out.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: July 28, 2010, 10:55:53 PM »

I'll try calling Brian tomorrow and see whats going on. I have his extension somewhere.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: July 28, 2010, 07:16:46 PM »

When do you think the new August Playlist will start?

Knowing TWC's pattern with changing playlists these days, probably not for another 2-3 weeks.

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General Discussion / Re: Your class schedule...

« on: July 28, 2010, 06:43:48 PM »

Here's my 2010-2011 schedule- subject to change:

PERIOD - TIME - CLASS - LEVEL

1 - 745-827 - Study Skills - 5
2 - 832-914 - Communication Tech - 3
3 - 919-1001 - Cooperative Work Education - 3
4/5 - 1006-1048 - Chemistry - 3
6 - 1053-1118 - Lunch
7/8 - 1123-1205 - Geometry - 3

If I can get a job before school starts, I'll be able to leave school three periods early, at 12:10 PM.

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Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: July 28, 2010, 03:36:14 PM »

Nice, I love it!

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News and Updates / Re: New Update Coming?

« on: July 28, 2010, 11:15:04 AM »

The background is a little too bright for that though... I'd look for something that's a tad darker so you can see the text easier.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 28, 2010, 12:58:39 AM »

I thought it was 14 years and 9 months in MI.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: New OCM- Bryan Norcross

« on: July 27, 2010, 11:10:29 PM »

There hasn't been a "new" OCM that I liked since like the early 2000's. And yes, I have watched the new OCMs enough to judge them. I understand how these people may be experienced, but TWC is just making excuses for money IMO. It's not about money, it's about the OCMs personality. There was nothing wrong with the OCMs TWC fired/laid off. You know what they say... don't fix what ain't broke.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: July 27, 2010, 08:43:29 PM »

The "old" Weatherscan that is in the upper left corner is Frutiger. The L-bar is all Interstate.

IMO, the whole channel should be in one font or the other. It looks rather awkward how it is now, especially when both the corner radar and main radar are seen at once.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: New OCM- Bryan Norcross

« on: July 27, 2010, 08:16:04 PM »

Awesome, let's hire more!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 27, 2010, 08:15:17 PM »

Jim just announced that he has 2 special needs children.  I did not know that.

Yes, Fragile X. His spouse has special needs too IIRC.

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The Game Room / Re: Control+V (or command+V for Macs)

« on: July 27, 2010, 07:12:46 PM »

GOOD MORNING - IT IS TIME FOR YOUR WEATHER TODAY!! We have everything from your wardrobe forecast to where the active weather is. Stay here!