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TWC Today News / Re: Profile Modifications
« on: June 19, 2010, 01:15:02 AM »Martin was able to figure out how to have no default selected, that way the area will be blank until you chose your provider. Thanks Martin!
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OCMs & Personalities / Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« on: June 19, 2010, 01:03:49 AM »I could have sworn I saw some ABC affiliate in the past but perhaps I was wrong.Yeah, that's the general idea apparently. TWC has featured live shots from (and mentioned) KXAS many a time, so I am not at all surprised to see someone from that station coming on-board.Well I would hope they are getting live reports from NBC affiliates and not CBS or ABC affiliates since after all they are owned by NBC.
I believe that when NBC took ownership, TWC discontinued any agreements with non-NBC affiliates.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: New TWC Media Kit Website
« on: June 19, 2010, 12:16:00 AM »Oh yeah - the ratings are the only reason I stick around...HA!
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 19, 2010, 12:11:17 AM »Hi guys! Just wanted to check back in with you guys. I haven't posted here in MONTHS; my life has been extremely busy for a while. Mostly school, but that's been over for a few weeks, and I've had some time to relax and I've got some more time on my hands now, which is good.I will try to be more active here throughout this summer.
Just wanted to stop by - in case you were worried that I died or something.
HOLY BAJESUS!! Welcome back Stephen! We missed ya
I was about to send flowers 
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TWC Today News / Forum Reorganization and New HD STAR Subforum
« on: June 18, 2010, 11:59:15 PM »
The following changes have been made:
- The TWC HD Forum has been removed due to lack of need and participation since the HD launch. Topics have been moved to their appropriate topics. Nothing was deleted.
- The Programming Forum has been renamed to Programming and Graphics and will now be used for various graphics changes made to TWC (excluding local forecast changes)
- A subforum has been created to accommodate the upcoming beta release of the HD Intellistar. The topic will be used for discussion, recommendations and feedback. It will likely be reviewed by the STAR team for opinion.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: June 18, 2010, 11:02:26 PM »The Tor:con index is basically a glorified version of the tornado forecasting that the SPC comes out with each day. Just another marketing technique NBC has up their sleeves.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: June 18, 2010, 10:49:42 PM »Just like you have said, I have a right to my opinion. That's how I see it.Thats not really an opinion but just plain wrong information. There is no evidence to support NBC was involved. It started with Vortex2 and was continued. Simple as that. Why you think NBC is so involved with this and the music is beyond me
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 18, 2010, 08:53:21 PM »
Never thought I would end up getting one but I ordered a Macbook Pro today. Looking forward to getting it
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 18, 2010, 07:27:25 PM »Today is my last day online before the move, so I want to wish you all a great weekend and start of the summer season! Please wish me luck over the next few days. I hope to be back at the end of next week when I'm mostly settled.Good luck Patrick! I am so excited about your new job!
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Local Forecast / Re: June 2010 Playlist
« on: June 18, 2010, 05:00:46 PM »I don't know what all the complaining is about it's just a playlist. TWC has their favorite artists and we have to live with that.I agree. Its a decent playlist to me. I have certainly heard better or worst. I would much rather have Ryan Farish then some of the music TWC could experiment with. TWC could step up the variety a little more
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Programming and Graphics / Re: New HD LDL
« on: June 18, 2010, 04:44:08 PM »
I am amazed how nice TWC looks in its intended 16:9 ratio. Finally!
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General Discussion / Re: Oil Slick In The Gulf
« on: June 18, 2010, 04:43:00 PM »Just like you have the highest position on this site, he has the highest position at BP. He has the responsibility of being proactive with choices made at BP below him. He obviously did not care, and did not even attempt to say he did not have an answer or respond correctly to the questions. He was sent a letter several days in advance of the hearing, and could have gone to others who knew more about what happened and the poor choices that were made. He was asked once if he made a commitment to safety, and if he followed through on that commitment. His response? "I am distraught". I fully understand it is not completely BP's fault. But they could easily have prevented it by taking safety into their own hands and being proactive with decision making.I dont think you can compare my admin position with that of a CEO. A CEO doesn't own the entire company and isn't responsible for all divisions under him. He can even be kicked off by stock holders or a company committee. Why is it obvious that he did not care? He didn't want to be held accountable for words he wasn't prepared to make. Every question asked by those retards we call congressmen related mostly to questions that still have no been ancestored or to solutions that haven't been properly researched. Did you actually watch the whole thing? It was several hours long. Once a BP, independent, and government investigation finds out what actually went wrong then I will assign blame. Right now the media and the rest of the zombies just blame BP for not being safe. When someone explains how not being safe led to his accident or/and that someone knew about it, then I might reconsider.
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General Discussion / Re: Oil Slick In The Gulf
« on: June 18, 2010, 12:09:53 PM »So I have looked over a couple clips on youtube of the hearings yesterday. All I can say is... wow. Evasive is an understatement to how Tony Hayward responded to much of the questioning. I know less about the company and operations than he does and I could have answered the questions better. One misconception that just about everyone has is that it is not all BP's fault. Granted, BP very easily should have prevented this disaster, and they carried out the operations of the well. But they only lease it; they do not own it. Even though many are already on both the cleanup and shutoff operations, just about everyone can do more.Why is it all BPs fault? As you said it wasn't even their own oil rig but contracted out. Could they see into the future and forsee this accident? Does CEO Steve Jobs know everything about his company? No and no. Its ridiculous to expect Hayward to be able to answer every single question. Just because you are CEO doesn't mean you know every single piece of information about the company. I think he did a fine job and made a good point that answers should not be given until all the facts and reports are in. BP has hired outside parties to help distribute relief money and has the largest cleanup operation ever in place. Sure in a perfect world we would all be driving electric cars and oil free. But the fact is the technology and costs are not there yet. Oil is a part of our daily lives and will be so for years to come.