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General Discussion / Re: Siren across the street from my friends house (Very close to house)

« on: January 18, 2009, 08:08:37 PM »

I think there's one up in Orting, kinda far away, for if Mt. St. Helens blows. There might be one closer that I don't know about because if the mountain blows a certain way, I could be screwed in the valley.

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TWC Today News / Re: Need Your Help

« on: January 17, 2009, 01:37:31 AM »

Am I the only one that sees a problem with parents allowing 7-year olds to freely roam the Internet and join forums?

No, I'm with you all the way. It's ridiculous. 

I was 11 when I got on the internet! And even at that point I didn't go around joinin' up forums. hah.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 16, 2009, 11:53:26 PM »

Haha yeah. I really hope it doesn't get pushed up at all, I really want it to stay at what it is now. All it's going to do is confuse people, and some people might get on a jist that they're not going to do it.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 15, 2009, 12:15:53 PM »

It's a balmy 36 here right now! Haha

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: January 14, 2009, 04:24:41 PM »

$2.01 average here. Jeez  this state sucks

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 14, 2009, 04:21:42 PM »

Now this is cold Wonder if anyone has ever heard it before

Oh of course you have to tease us with your narrations haha

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: January 13, 2009, 10:18:45 PM »

I heard some people installed it on Pentium 3's  and it worked pretty good.

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: January 13, 2009, 06:51:45 PM »

Microsoft's holding a public beta.

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: January 13, 2009, 04:17:37 PM »

I even installed it on my Desktop! That says something

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: January 13, 2009, 03:23:14 PM »

Windows 7 is a LOT better than Vista. I compare this to when Windows ME came out, it was a pile and then XP came out and it was like 100% better. Even for a BETA Windows 7 is great. Also, there's not much OSX copying, it's just fanboys getting upset that it kinda looks like it even though its a lot different.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 12, 2009, 06:32:26 PM »

Each cable system has an allotted space of bandwidth. It's similar to internet bandwidth, but a bit different. Analog channels take up a massive amount of bandwidth compared to compressed MPEG2 channels. I don't remember what the ratio is, but I think it was about 5-6 SD MPEG2 compressed to one NTSC Analog channel.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 12, 2009, 05:48:26 PM »

Comcast told me "When the DTV Transition goes as planned, we will Have enough bandwidth to add your indicated HD channel to your local lineup" so i guess its too good to be true then 

Comcast has their own "DTV Transition" plans. They are in a lot of areas getting rid of the Expanded Basic tier of analog and putting it in all digital.

Also, the boxes that they have available for older analog TVs are called "DTA"s and they are much cheaper than a full box. For Comcast you can get 2 for free, and I think its about a dollar for another.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 12, 2009, 04:13:37 PM »

After 2/17/09,  More free bandwidth from Analog channels = More room for NEW HD channels 

Just because there's more room doesn't mean Comcast will RUSH to add them.

They did here They added like 20 more right after they got the bandwidth.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 10, 2009, 01:32:12 PM »

Haha, that stuff happens all the time here, but I kinda give them some slack because the Western Washington region is one of the hardest places to forecast for.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 07, 2009, 05:13:10 PM »

Who cares? Those aren't our videos he is stealing, they're TWC/NBC's videos. Not liking the fact he's asking the passwords though.

Yeah, just because you recorded it doesn't mean it's yours.