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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC

« on: January 11, 2014, 04:43:53 PM »

I'd like to make a rare appearance to say that TWC is running this scroll about it (I sadly have DirecTV) saying "You may not have TWC after January 13 due to DTV", so on and so forth. DTV later chose to slap their own scroll on top of that telling folks to go to the Weather Nation channel on channel 361. Do they not realize how many people trust TWC, despite all their longform crap? Gosh, if DTV goes forward with this, I hope they go bankrupt (not going to happen - wishful thinking) so we can finally go back to the equally crappy but better Comcast.

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The Game Room / Re: Yes or No Question

« on: August 25, 2013, 09:05:38 PM »

Nope.

Are you ready for fall?

Yes, I am ready for autumn.
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Do you feel as though all schools should be air conditioned?

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The Game Room / Re: Yes or No Question

« on: April 12, 2013, 06:23:16 PM »

No.

Do you prefer cable or satellite television/internet?

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

« on: February 03, 2013, 05:49:05 PM »

24°, Light Snow

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 10, 2012, 10:58:50 AM »

Quick question for everybody here: Was anyone's IntelliSTAR and/or Weatherscan affected by this morning's DST switch?    Usually these units glitch during each DST switch but earlier this morning it didn't seem to affect the STAR units at all   

My Weatherscan did. I got lucky - I actually DVR'd mine for the DST switch and it COMPLETELY rebooted. I feel lucky to have gotten it, we had DirecTV installed the next day! This post will be edited soon to include said video, once YouTube's glitches are done with.

Two years ago, they were live at 1 AM EDT but had longform at 1 AM EST and at 1 AM EST, IntelliStars nationwide were cuing on the '8s as if it was live programming.

LOL!

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Local Forecast / Re: October/November 2012 Playlist

« on: November 10, 2012, 10:48:34 AM »

Ever since I have gotten DirecTV on Monday I have only heard instrumental music, when just before that during the Comcast era I heard music with lyrics on the LOT8s.

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: August 10, 2012, 04:35:53 PM »

I'm not under a tornado watch until 9 pm.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: August 05, 2012, 01:12:21 PM »

It is your opinion but because its your opinion doesnt mean that their gonna amend to one little problem that only bothers one person versus millions who receive the weather scan channel

Look at this:

I also think upon the issuance of an SVS, there should have been a narration saying

I never said they should fix it, end of story. The preceding is the final statement I will make on the matter.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:54:29 PM »

I have noticed, unlike TWC, there is no narration after 3 of the beeps saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area." followed by 3 more beeps. I hate this, as it tricks people into thinking a warning was just issued when one wasn't.

What are you talking about? Weatherscan only beeps whenever a warning gets issued...

I was saying that on TWC following 3 of the beeps it has a narration saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area.", while Weatherscan doesn't. People will know that a warning was just issued with the narration, but w/o it people may be fooled into thinking that another warning was issued when in reality it's just re-scrollig the one previously issued.

The majority of people I know don't care how many warnings there are - just that there is one.

Then again, DO remember that I reserve the right to my opinion, and it may or may not reflect the opinion of somebody else. End of story, that's MY opinion.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:46:40 PM »

I have noticed, unlike TWC, there is no narration after 3 of the beeps saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area." followed by 3 more beeps. I hate this, as it tricks people into thinking a warning was just issued when one wasn't.

What are you talking about? Weatherscan only beeps whenever a warning gets issued...

I was saying that on TWC following 3 of the beeps it has a narration saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area.", while Weatherscan doesn't.

So what? it never has and it never will

Still, I'm not a fan of the concept.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:42:52 PM »

I have noticed, unlike TWC, there is no narration after 3 of the beeps saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area." followed by 3 more beeps. I hate this, as it tricks people into thinking a warning was just issued when one wasn't.

What are you talking about? Weatherscan only beeps whenever a warning gets issued...

I was saying that on TWC following 3 of the beeps it has a narration saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area.", while Weatherscan doesn't. People will know that a warning was just issued with the narration, but w/o it people may be fooled into thinking that another warning was issued when in reality it's just re-scrollig the one previously issued.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Florence

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:36:30 PM »

Flo will commit suicide not harming any landmasses. It's starting to look like it's dying out now.

How do you know the storm will dissipate? (Besides models.)

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The Game Room / Re: Yes or No Question

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:34:46 PM »

No. (Again, wanted to take break but I hate the beach so much that I just had to answer that.)
Do you like Coca-Cola over Pepsi?

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The Game Room / Re: Yes or No Question

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:30:08 PM »

No way! (I just had to answer that one even though I wanted to take a break from the game room...)
Do you hate the summer weather?

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: August 05, 2012, 12:28:59 PM »

I miss Weatherscan     

I have Charter now ever since I moved here to Long Beach just a little over a month ago. They don't carry the channel on their lineup 

Wow, dumb Charter. They must want people to actually like the long-form over on regular TWC.
If you've ever seen Weatherscan in severe WX mode, you may have heard the 4 beeps to tell you there is an alert. I have noticed, unlike TWC, there is no narration after 3 of the beeps saying "A _________ warning has been issued for your area." followed by 3 more beeps. I hate this, as it tricks people into thinking a warning was just issued when one wasn't. I also think upon the issuance of an SVS, there should have been a narration saying "A _________ warning in your area has been updated." Just my opinion.