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Contributions / Re: Meltdown clips

« on: January 22, 2008, 10:25:41 PM »

There's so much that its all but impossible to pinpoint what I want. Just contribute whatever you want to contribute.  :sunglasses:

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The Game Room / Re: Hangman TWC Today Style

« on: January 22, 2008, 08:43:34 PM »

Just a note: from now on, it needs to be TWC related in some way.  :sunglasses:

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Contributions / Re: Meltdown clips

« on: January 22, 2008, 08:23:13 PM »

Good grief, that's not much sleep!  :shocked:

That's why I'm going to sleep a nice, full 8 hours tonight.

I don't blame you one bit. 

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Contributions / Re: Meltdown clips

« on: January 22, 2008, 08:14:14 PM »

some members were up till 3 in the morning!

As was I. I wound up only getting about an hour of sleep last night.

Good grief, that's not much sleep!  :shocked:

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Is anyone else's TWC feed down?

« on: January 22, 2008, 08:05:58 PM »

Did they display the 4000 icons?

No, but they did display the old XL v.1 icons.  :sunglasses:

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Is anyone else's TWC feed down?

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:54:25 PM »

How did the makeshift graphics look like?

There were no graphics other than a satellite map and a radar map for the most part.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Is anyone else's TWC feed down?

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:46:53 PM »

First of all, welcome! Thank you for joining us! We're very happy to have you!

That said, a surge can easily destroy electronic equipment because said equipment cannot supress the surge and is not designed to handle such surges. Depending on how severe the surge was, they may have had to replace or repair many many thousands of dollars in equipment.

Thank you very much for the welcome, I appreciate it!

It was very interesting to see what TWC had in its arsenal in case of any type of malfunction. Seeing Heather Tesch and Kim Perez doing the forecast with the makeshift graphics was interesting and reminded me of the old days. I can't remember the last time they actually showed a satellite image except perhaps on EE w/Jim Cantore or maybe someone else on TWC with experience (not dangly-jewels with the tan from who knows where). I also haven't seen Kim Perez on air before since I don't get up early enough to watch First Outlook. Definitely a TWC outage that won't be forgotten in the near future 

Interestingly enough, I was thinking the same thing this morning about those makeshift graphics. I thought "Wow, this is like a trip back to TWC's past!". Definitley an outage I won't soon forget!  :sunglasses:

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TWC Today News / Re: Apologies

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:44:56 PM »

It's not that our relationship is stained, he's just very particular about what I can and can't do. But indeed there is no hurt in proposing the idea.  :sunglasses:

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:43:34 PM »

I just had a pizza for dinner! 

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Contributions / Re: Meltdown clips

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:26:56 PM »

Well...because it was pretty much a total meltdown last night at TWC. 

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TWC Today News / Re: Apologies

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:26:13 PM »

I'm not sure if that would be possible or not.

What I'm concerned about is that Matt would throw a fit over such an idea. Anytime I come even close to trying anything that might blur the lines between our sites he throws a fit. About a month ago the world as we know it was ending because I was considering something that Matt thought was a copy of something he did. So I have to be very careful when it comes to things like this.

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TWC Today News / Re: Apologies

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:21:21 PM »

Nah, I don't think they are affiliated with RR. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. It certainly is something to consider.  :sunglasses:

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Is anyone else's TWC feed down?

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:15:41 PM »

I've joined TWC Today after I looked for answers as to what was happening today at TWC. I found this website and decided to contribute my information as to what happened. I live in Salt Lake City and have Crapcast Cable. A few hours ago we had the Intellistar back up but the music wasn't starting or stopping on time. If a power surge happened at the studios, how would that be damaging to the equipment?

PS: I too find it weird that the forum that is dedicated to the past would be more visited than the forum dedicated to the current... 

Also, wouldn't it be cool if the old icons made a comeback at least for a while on the V3 Intellistar? 

First of all, welcome! Thank you for joining us! We're very happy to have you!

That said, a surge can easily destroy electronic equipment because said equipment cannot supress the surge and is not designed to handle such surges. Depending on how severe the surge was, they may have had to replace or repair many many thousands of dollars in equipment.

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TWC Today News / Re: Apologies

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:13:26 PM »

All good, but I was thinking "damn, and right when I find a good forum it may shut down" Like I said earlier,  I hope it will all work out. I may have a suggestion, there is another (non TWC) forum that I post in, Its an online police scanner site for a plethora of counties in my state. Each county has its own site and forum. But a part of the forum is shared between all the sites. I do not know what Forum software they are using or if it would be possible to do so here. Food for thought though.

Are you by any chance talking about RadioReference?

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TWC Today News / Re: Apologies

« on: January 22, 2008, 07:08:04 PM »

You weren't even involved.  :sunglasses: