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General Discussion / Re: Windows 7 - "Consider replacing your battery"
« on: August 30, 2010, 09:06:05 AM »
"Thank you" for mentioning that... my new laptop is an HP, too. 
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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Left Area on former HD LDL shows
« on: August 25, 2010, 08:36:36 PM »
Thanks for posting the graphic. Yep, they're definitely rearranging things and making room for the new IntelliStar HD LDL... whenever it becomes available throughout the whole country. In the meantime, people are stuck looking at a lot of empty space, I guess.
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General Discussion / Re: Translation
« on: August 23, 2010, 03:29:32 PM »
Sorry... I can help you with Russian, but not with Korean.
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General Discussion / Re: Dish Network: I *may* get it...
« on: August 21, 2010, 11:14:40 AM »I would never get Dish, DirecTV, or U-Verse because I love my WeatherStar Local Forecasts. Plus, I wouldn't get Dish because the reception could get crappy in bad weather.
Ditto.
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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Pix of Bill Keneely at good-bye party
« on: August 20, 2010, 11:40:30 PM »
It's a good photo. Sad that TWC booted him out, though. 
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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion
« on: August 19, 2010, 02:50:40 PM »This morning I was watching Your Weather Today, and I heard Mike Bettes mention "Taking a look at 'Live Action Radar'" SEVERAL time (almost to the point where it was too much). I did not understand why he was calling it by that name. Apparently that is what they are now calling it, because during PM Edition, a graphic with a "woosh" popped up with "Live Action Radar" on the graphic. Kind of interesting they are calling the Radar by that.
Welcome to the 1980s, everyone!
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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: New IntelliSTAR Product Suggestion: River Stages
« on: August 17, 2010, 12:56:11 AM »The XL used to have a blue alert scroll to mention lake levels I believe. Perhaps a similar idea could be applied to this.
Probably the biggest factor that will prevent this feature from coming to light.... Nobody cares about the river stages until they begin to affect peoples lives. At that point there is a good chance the NWS has issued some advisory on the subject already. Thus an alert and/or scroll would probably already be showing up
Maybe this can be chalked up to the public's apathy until it's already too late?
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General Discussion / Re: Anyone have Sirius/XM radio?
« on: August 16, 2010, 08:19:57 PM »I'm currently on a free trial for Sirius Internet Radio. I'm enjoying the overwhelming variety of stations. I'm inclined to register, but it is $12.95 per month. I'm not going to buy any equipment; I'll just subscribe to the online radio. Is it worth it if I will continue listening to Pandora and my iTunes library?
I think the biggest benefit of satellite radio is if you do a lot of travelling (allowing you to listen to your favorite stations no matter where you are in the country), or if there's specific content you're interested in that you can't get on terrestrial radio. Yes, $12.95 a month is a pretty hefty sum.
I'm going to give you a couple of links that are free alternatives and still give a great variety of music:
http://music.aol.com/radioguide/bb
http://www.musicchoice.com/
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General Discussion / Re: When did you start watching The Weather Channel?
« on: August 16, 2010, 03:30:26 PM »
I do sometimes wonder how people interpret TWC and the changes that take place on a short-term scale without having the bigger picture. For example, I can still see similarities between the IntelliStar and the WeatherStar III, some of which actually seem a little out of date now. For example, the "Current Conditions" screen, in my opinion, is a little superfluous now, since the same information can be presented on the LDL and on local maps. However, in the days of the WeatherStar III, there were no maps, and the line-by-line "Latest Hourly Observations" and "Regional Conditions" were the best that could be done otherwise. But, 25 years later, the legacy continues...
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Programming / Re: Tropical Update maps
« on: August 15, 2010, 07:09:15 PM »
Wow - you're brilliant! Excellent visual aids to go along with my story!
I loved the color scheme for infrared satellite views in the 1980s - soft, yet informative. They changed them sometime in the early 1990s, and I was actually upset for a while, even trying to picture what the image would look like with the old colors.
And the radar... Marny Stanier even commented about the radars including county boundaries the first day that happened, and then when the three-letter labels were replaced with actual names... that was a big day!
I loved the color scheme for infrared satellite views in the 1980s - soft, yet informative. They changed them sometime in the early 1990s, and I was actually upset for a while, even trying to picture what the image would look like with the old colors.
And the radar... Marny Stanier even commented about the radars including county boundaries the first day that happened, and then when the three-letter labels were replaced with actual names... that was a big day!
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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic
« on: August 15, 2010, 07:06:44 PM »
You clean off the sidewalk, I'll bring the eggs.
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General Discussion / Re: Your favorite WeatherStar?
« on: August 14, 2010, 08:37:38 PM »Definitely the 4000. Nostalgia & memories of the days when the Weather Channel was at its' best (in my opinion) do play a part. I really liked the color scheme which was more eye appealing than the plain blue screen of the first WxStar 3's. The date, day of the week and time were always clearly visible in the upper or lower right of the screen (as they were on the 3000) and it was the first time a local Doppler radar was shown at my location.
Oh, I remember the first day I saw the current radar on the WeatherStar 4000 - I was just amazed at how much technology had progressed up to that point!
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General Discussion / Re: ABC Family to Become ABCF
« on: August 14, 2010, 02:50:36 PM »Yeah, the Weather Channel may be next for a name change... I can see something like "WC" or "Wx" coming in the future.
ICK! Don't give them any ideas!!
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General Discussion / Your favorite WeatherStar?
« on: August 14, 2010, 12:37:01 AM »
Once upon a time I thought the WeatherStar III was the bee's knees, and I was in total awe when I saw the 4000 for the first time. Actually, the day the cable company installed it, they were setting it up live on air, meaning the local forecast segments were totally worthless as far as weather information was concerned, but it was SO incredibly interesting to watch what they were doing with it, and, of course, my eyes were just absorbing everything that I was seeing for the first time - a graphical local forecast!! This was in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1991, only a year after the 4000 had been introduced, and just as it was coming out of its final test phases. For example, there were still fade animations between the blue text box screens and the maps, the local forecast screens had a vertical wipe between the three screens of text, and the regional maps used the current conditions/extended forecast icon set in miniature for a while.
Alas, this was while I was visiting my grandparents for the summer. The Boston area didn't get the 4000 for another two years, and, yes, I was quite disappointed when I realized that my cable company back home hadn't upgraded at the same time my grandparents' cable company did, despite Boston and Philadelphia both being large markets. Thank you, Continental Cablevision (later to eventually become Comcast)... Eric says sarcastically.
Alas, this was while I was visiting my grandparents for the summer. The Boston area didn't get the 4000 for another two years, and, yes, I was quite disappointed when I realized that my cable company back home hadn't upgraded at the same time my grandparents' cable company did, despite Boston and Philadelphia both being large markets. Thank you, Continental Cablevision (later to eventually become Comcast)... Eric says sarcastically.