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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: March 22, 2008, 01:57:39 PM »

At 1:57 PM ET, they played the old winter station ID, and not the new spring one.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 22, 2008, 11:23:45 AM »

Gary, what does FWIW mean?

For What It's Worth.

Is that an official acronym or what? I've never heard that before.

You've never seen FWIW before? 

No. People don't really talk like that on the net.

I hear that acronym used all the time on the internet.

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: March 22, 2008, 01:59:24 AM »

Satellite LF 1:58 AM ET, then IntelliStar kicked in late.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: What is this?

« on: March 22, 2008, 01:36:50 AM »

My God, is that a Windows 3.x window behind that red box?   

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: March 22, 2008, 01:00:49 AM »

12:58 AM ET. IntelliStar froze midway through the local forecast, then Satellite LF appeared.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: March 22, 2008, 12:50:57 AM »

Wonderful work! Did your IntelliStar really use to say "Hanover Area"?

Yep. It did in early 2006 before we got HiRAD.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 22, 2008, 12:46:05 AM »

Personally, I like PS/2 keyboards and mice more than USB ones. That way, I have my USB ports freed up for other devices.

Same here. I bought my PC in 2005 and it has PS/2 ports. I wish they'd include them on Macs too.

Why? It's incredibly obsolete.

I don't really consider PS/2 obsolete. While it is not as prevalent as it was a few years ago, there is absolutely nothing wrong with PS/2, and I don't really see an advantage or disadvantage to using it over USB.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 22, 2008, 12:43:32 AM »

(Off the subject)

I just realized that my mom's alarm clock sounds like the IntelliStar alert tones. When I heard it a second ago, I was thinking, "WTF? Why am I hearing IS alert tones?"

Did you hear the voice over saying "A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for your area"?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 21, 2008, 11:50:00 PM »

Personally, I like PS/2 keyboards and mice more than USB ones. That way, I have my USB ports freed up for other devices.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: March 21, 2008, 09:58:15 PM »

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 21, 2008, 08:50:22 PM »

The sad thing about my speed that I just realized that I'm within 50 miles of the server, and everyone else is further away, yet they still get faster speeds.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 21, 2008, 08:48:19 PM »

ok here's mine:

I think your internet connection is evil.

Here's mine. I have a REALLY good download speed, but the upload speed sucks:

That upload speed doesn't suck. It's nearly twice my speed, which I can genuinely say sucks.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 21, 2008, 08:17:31 PM »

I'm going to eat Chinese tonight. Does anyone have suggesitions on what to eat?

Chopsticks! Oh wait, you're not supposed to eat them!

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 21, 2008, 08:13:34 PM »

My internet connection is lighting fast for once, something that rarely happens with Crapcast Slow-Speed Internet with Slowboost.

One thing i have to give credit to Comcast for. They have amazing internet, and its worth the price. I normally have speed of 15-25 MBPS Down.

I absolutely loathe the Comcast cable internet around here. I get 5.093 Mbps down and 344 Kbps up.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 21, 2008, 05:31:04 PM »

My laptop battery died because I left it on the entire way back from school this afternoon. It says "3% available (plugged in, not charging)".

Why would it not be charging the battery?

Its charging, but Windows is just being a douche. Microsoft products will do that 

I rebooted, and now it says it's charging.