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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: August 23, 2011, 04:02:49 PM »
I wonder if TWC will activate the Satellite product for IntelliStars along the east coast in anticipation of Irene?
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General Discussion / Re: Earthquake Rattles East Coast/Mid-Atlantic
« on: August 23, 2011, 02:11:07 PM »
Felt it here in PA. Didn't know what it was at first until a friend called me saying it was an earthquake. Very strange.
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: August 23, 2011, 02:02:10 PM »
Just felt my first earthquake. O_o
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Local Forecast / Re: Custom photo background on WS 3000
« on: August 23, 2011, 01:35:22 PM »
They all did. The background was on TWC's video feed. It was used in the mid to late 80s because at the time there was no proper satellite local forecast, so those without a STAR would see the background instead of a blank blue screen.
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: August 22, 2011, 03:13:21 PM »
I now have the red box highlighting Sunday on my IS's Week Ahead screen for possible heavy rain associated with Hurricane Irene.
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: August 22, 2011, 01:20:57 PM »I read that a fire weather warning, aka a red flag warning, is supposed to go in effect in Spokane and surrounding areas from 1PM PT to 8PM PT later today because of low humidity, high temps and breezy conditions.Nothing will appear on your IntelliStar for a Red Flag Warning.
Now here's my question: does anyone if a scroll is supposed to appear at the the bottom of the screen on TWC when the FWW goes in effect, or does it even exist and has anyone ever seen any scrolls of this warning? Just need a heads-up.
Thanks,
TWCJim
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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops
« on: August 20, 2011, 10:33:40 PM »
Clean Windows 7 install on my laptop.
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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops
« on: August 20, 2011, 01:38:30 AM »MyDouble clock!!Macbook Pro7 laptop's Ubuntu partition with Macbuntu 11.04 installed
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: August 19, 2011, 11:16:33 PM »
My school has a zero-tolerance policy on alcohol. If you're caught with it in the dorms, you're kicked out. It's a dry campus. Of course, that didn't stop students from risking it; I've seen quite a few alcohol busts.
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: August 19, 2011, 09:58:51 PM »HP killed off webOS and the phones and stuff with it.I was kind of disappointed when I heard this. WebOS was a really nice mobile OS. IMO, it was right up there with Android and iOS in terms of polish and functionality, but it was just poorly marketed by both Palm and HP. The lack of third-party developers and apps really killed it, too.
$99 TouchPad tablets tomorrow!
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: August 19, 2011, 02:38:08 PM »Technically speaking, they can, but whether they're going to invest the time into doing is very unlikely.Preferably, the XL would also get an opaque background so that the satellite feed can keep its LDL, and viewers with both an IntelliStar AND XL can have their own local LDLs. (4000 and Jr. are in such a minority I won't count them.)The XL's LDL has had an opaque background since September 2003.
But... could the XL be programmed for its opaque LDL to stretch only 3/4 of the way (or thereabouts) across the screen like the Intellistar's can? TWC isn't going to want to give up that lower-left corner to the local LDLs again.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: August 19, 2011, 07:28:05 AM »Preferably, the XL would also get an opaque background so that the satellite feed can keep its LDL, and viewers with both an IntelliStar AND XL can have their own local LDLs. (4000 and Jr. are in such a minority I won't count them.)The XL's LDL has had an opaque background since September 2003.
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Local Forecast / Re: Trammell Sightings
« on: August 19, 2011, 07:26:06 AM »
Trammell Fest '11 continues at 7:18 AM ET.
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: August 16, 2011, 06:03:36 PM »
We had drills at least twice a semester, and sometimes more, IIRC. Nobody was ever stupid enough to pull the alarm as a prank, because all the halls in the dorms were monitored by cameras. More often than not, it was caused by someone burning popcorn or something dumb like that.