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General Discussion / Re: What Type of Cell Phone Do You Have?

« on: September 20, 2010, 07:45:21 PM »

I've had the Motorola Droid since February and am in love with it (as well as Android).

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 20, 2010, 05:01:16 PM »

This is pretty funny.

Newsday iPad Commercial

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: September 20, 2010, 04:55:04 PM »

Scary weather in Kittanning and Oil City tonight!
(taken from my dorm room)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Microsoft Surface Debuts on The Weather Channel

« on: September 20, 2010, 12:07:45 PM »

I don't mean to troll, but Microsoft, Schmicrosoft.

Steve Jobs' RDF at work…

Uhh.... ok. Great contribution there. Just because a product is made by Microsoft doesn't mean its horrible. Other companies besides Apple make decent products.

Microsoft rarely makes decent products. The only things I can think are the Xbox, and the Trebuchet MS and Georgia fonts.

1) You're wrong. 2) If you don't have something intelligent to contribute to the thread, please don't bother posting.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 19, 2010, 05:18:08 PM »

I'm all for newer designs. The Euro is much prettier than US currency designs.

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Local Forecast / Re: Weather Warning Question

« on: September 19, 2010, 01:06:09 PM »

Red: Tornado Watches and Warnings, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, Flash Flood Warnings, Hurricane Warnings, Emergency Management Bulletin

As well as Tropical Storm Warnings, Flood Warnings, and River Flood Warnings.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Microsoft Surface Debuts on The Weather Channel

« on: September 18, 2010, 08:01:32 PM »

The female anchor is terrible, though.

Agreed! For some reason her looks make me think of Jenetta Jones...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 14, 2010, 11:25:46 PM »

Wait, so TWC is planning to change the name "Weather Center" to something else??? Like Al said, I thought EE was canned to make WC a big thing/name, and now they want to can that all together too.

Just to clarify, I think Nicole was asking for suggestions to rename the second edition of WC (which starts at 10pm/et). I don't see them messing with the 7-10pm edition of WC.

I could see why they want to do this. They probably want the WC brand to be related to specific perks the 7pm show does that the 10pm show doesn't (for example, a live "Lightning Rod" presentation). They probably want to distance the 10pm show from the 7pm for that reason, and I don't blame them.

I for one would like to see EE return at 10pm. Or maybe Weather Center: Late Edition or Weather Center Overnight.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!

« on: September 12, 2010, 09:20:39 PM »

Thanks for posting! I too would love to see the marine forecast if you get a chance!

As for the questions... yes as previously mentioned this set of icons is the set that's going to be used on the IntelliStar 2. And the flavors do depend on if what version of the hourly and text forecasts are shown. The idea was to have a bigger variety of products.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Rebranding Services to "xfinity"

« on: September 12, 2010, 02:30:36 AM »

I notice today that the Comcast logo on my cable guide has been replaced with an Xfinity logo. Anyone else?

Been like that here for a few months now.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 10, 2010, 12:11:05 PM »

Officially, the LDL hasn't been discontinued. That's all I can say at this point.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 09, 2010, 08:28:11 PM »

I'm with Martin. Don't bother TWC with emails like that when you have insiders (like me and Martin) to tell you exactly what is going on.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 08, 2010, 09:11:09 PM »

Who requested equipment first, location configurations, diversity and testing of locations, headend readiness, further TWC testing
I am sure its all based on a variety of those factors and more. Tyler can you confirm they are starting to role them out nationwide and if its still in beta? Ive seen BS from their sales team like this before.

It is still in beta - there are still things that need to be worked out. But it is slowly rolling out.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: September 07, 2010, 08:22:21 PM »

i got a reply from a TWC sales rep saying

Deployment of the HD Star has just begun.  Roll-out is on a first come first serve basis so the systems that launched the national feed first will get their equipment first.

So it seems those areas that acquired TWC HD 1st is the ones supposed to get it first and which is maybe the case with those Tennessee Headends.

This isn't necessarily true. There are many factors going in to who gets the HD STAR first, and this is only one of those factors.

I can confirm that COX Cleveland has their HD STAR, as well as a few small towns that have Blue Ridge Communications. There is also one small cable provider in central PA (I can't recall the name) that has their STAR as well.

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Local Forecast / Re: When Did Your Older STAR Get Upgraded To The IntelliStar?

« on: September 07, 2010, 08:20:37 PM »

All Pittsburgh area Comcast STARs were upgraded in April of 2004: 22420, 22434, 22345, 22346, 22437, and 22438.