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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 08, 2010, 06:19:18 PM »

Wow guys, I sure have missed a lot even in only the past 24 hours... lots of replies to my posts here, hehe
It has been driving me crazy not having internet access at my house, and there was a substitute in my 4th hour class... meaning I could not watch the 10:48 AM EST LF... meaning I was even more on edge about this. With systems like these, I seem to have to have constant watch on developments. It was amazing at school today though. I have been asked countless times about my snowday predictions as to tomorrow and Wednesday. Word is getting around that we could be looking at more snow in a single storm than we have had in any storm in over 5 years! The weather was incredible today. Nice and sunny... could not possibly have asked for a better day. I'm uploading a couple clips of 22840 from today rite now. Unfortunately because of the LF sponsor and "Stone Groove" airing, I can't trim the 4:08 PM EST LF, which was when the Winter Storm Warning crawl appeared. Look for some clips from this event over the next couple of daze, and I'm giving thought to recording clips of 22842 with the new camera I got for Christmas.

Also, the new internet modem comes tomorrow, so I hope this is the last time I have to come over to my mom's office to use the excruciatingly slow internet.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 07, 2010, 03:56:47 PM »

It's about frikkin' time!

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WATCH
   AREA FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 * THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SHOULD BE FOUND ALONG AND SOUTH OF
   INTERSTATE 96.

 * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY FOR
   TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BECOME A HAZARD LATE TUESDAY
   NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
   MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT
   IN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS.

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Local Forecast / Re: Want to know why songs sound different on some TWC SD feeds compared to others?

« on: February 07, 2010, 02:36:51 PM »

I never understood why it sounds different between headends like that, thanks for clearing it up a little. I find it interesting that music sounds different only between 22840 and 22842.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 11:47:05 PM »

Aaron, if you don't mind me asking why do you attach screenshots in every post?

Um, I don't. I only do if I am posting something I want to share, and can't explain.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 09:40:15 PM »

We've had our modem and router since 2003, and they've both been very reliable.

Yeah, it's like the guy on the phone told me today... you get the modem out of the box, it could only last a month. You get the modem out of the box, it could last a year. You get the modem out of the box, it could last 10 years.
Some are better than others, but it partially has to do with what you use them for and how you use them.

Wow, I'm a sucker for puns, lol

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 08:39:30 PM »

Well, as of approximately 3:50 PM EST, my internet modem here is shot. I pressed the reset button on it like I always do when the internet is slow, and it stopped working. I called Comcast twice (the 1st time to have an automatic refresh signal sent) and scheduled a technician to come out and swap the old modem for a new one. Until then, unless I  go over to the church or use my mom's phone (like I am now), I won't be online nearly as much. Geesh, we've had that modem since we moved downtown in 2007.

Modems are crappy pieces of tech. Most (from my experience) tend to die after several years if you are lucky. Actually read a study that shows the constant use and heat tends to significantly shorten the lifespan of most routers

Yeah, that makes sense. My router is always quite warm, but the modem is fine. My mom was never happy to have the entire set-up in my room- modem and router- next to my desktop computer. Just figures that all I have for 3 daze is occasional access to this crappy slow T1 over here at the church, which does not load videos well, my message section on youtube, or the flash-sucking channels.

No matter how you slice it, this is just ridiculous:

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Andrea (WXAndrea)!!!

« on: February 06, 2010, 06:01:31 PM »

Happy Birthday!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 05:38:05 PM »

Well, as of approximately 3:50 PM EST, my internet modem here is shot. I pressed the reset button on it like I always do when the internet is slow, and it stopped working. I called Comcast twice (the 1st time to have an automatic refresh signal sent) and scheduled a technician to come out and swap the old modem for a new one. Until then, unless I  go over to the church or use my mom's phone (like I am now), I won't be online nearly as much. Geesh, we've had that modem since we moved downtown in 2007.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 02:47:00 PM »

Okay wow, I just went out to shovel off my deck (I'm not used to snow this season, so I've become lazy with shoveling). I left a pumpkin for decoration purposes on my deck a week or so before Halloween, and I was going to carve it around Halloween. But, I never got around to it and left it out there, all winter, and it's still there. When I went out my room door to my deck, I saw it and it was mushy-feeling, with what looks like fungus. Yuck! 

Also, I noticed a stripe of what looks like extremely heavy snow movng through central Jersey on my sat/rad. It just went through Philadelphia a couple hours ago. I can't possibly imagine how heavy the snow is under that band... 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 01:22:15 PM »

I know we're still on the subject of games here, but there have not been a lot of local forecast videos uploaded of the big storm. As much as I want to throw up right now, this is somewhat exciting to watch. Can you get some more videos up Billy and Mike?

Umm I uploaded 2 clips last night...

I meant LFs with narration... plus the bulletins page doesn't show up on the DirecTV LF. Not that big of a deal, but I would like to see some more clips of this area.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 11:53:46 AM »

I know we're still on the subject of games here, but there have not been a lot of local forecast videos uploaded of the big storm. As much as I want to throw up right now, this is somewhat exciting to watch. Can you get some more videos up Billy and Mike?

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 11:13:35 AM »

I loved all of the Sim games and Roller Coaster Tycoon games. I was addicted to SimCity 2000 back in the day, and I'll still occasionally play it.

I have SimCity 2000 (with Urban Renewal Kit), SimTower, SimIsle, SimCopter, Streets of SimCity, SimFarm, SimCity 3000, Rollercoaster Tycoon (with Corkscrew Follies and Loopy Landscapes), and Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.

If I know anything about the old Maxis games, Aaron, they use 16-bit installers, so they won't be able to run on Windows x64. You might be able to try to install the game on a 32-bit system, like you've already done, and copy the program files over to the 64-bit system. If that doesn't work, you can play the games in a Virtual Machine, like I do.

Wow okay, I didn't think about that. I'll give that a shot.

I remember SimCity 2000, and for some reason, it was too depressing for me to play.

While still on the subject of games, anyone heard of SimCity 4? I love that game, but haven't played that in a while now either.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 10:12:05 AM »

I have SimTower and Yoot Tower, a re-released "improved" version.

I prefer RollerCoaster Tycoon.

I've heard of RollerCoaster Tycoon; I know my sister tried to play it and I think we still have it... never cared for it though. We used to have 2 copies of SimTower... stepped on one

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 06, 2010, 02:53:32 AM »

Glad you brought up the concept of old games, Billy. Anyone ever hear of a game called SimTower? I used to love that game, and my brother inadvertently got me into it. It works on my desktop, which apparently has Vista 32 bit, but not on my laptop (which I know has 64 bit). I always play the game the exact same way, lol. I love though how it is like a window, and does not force you to stay in the program like most other games.

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

« on: February 05, 2010, 08:14:26 PM »

Yeah, just noticed it in the Lansing State Journal today... not sure this makes any sense to me. What a goofy name, imo 

So I noticed that the wikipedia article says services will only be available in 11 Media Markets... obviously meaning Lansing is not included. Does this mean that Comcast will still be shown on my station ID and cable bill? I also wonder if this would make higher internet speeds cheaper...