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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 01, 2012, 06:34:01 AM »

I have to admit that I'm very impressed by their coverage on Isaac.  On the one hand, in their new long-form universe, maybe it seemed a little overhyped at times, but, on the other hand, compared to what TWC used to be, it was spot-on!

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: August 30, 2012, 09:42:26 PM »

That's very interesting to see how the weather progresses throughout the day!  Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this!

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 29, 2012, 11:39:53 PM »

I'm trying to find a tripod to go along with a camcorder I'm thinking about purchasing real soon, and I want to know: do all camcorders/cameras fit on any tripod?    I just wanted to make sure before I make any decisions.

So long as they use a standard mount, which the overwhelming majority will, then yes, it will fit.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 29, 2012, 04:39:20 PM »

It sounds like Xfinity is about ready to make some major lineup changes.  Either that, or they like wasting precious bandwidth.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Kirk

« on: August 29, 2012, 08:17:58 AM »

With Kirk forming, this Atlantic season has reached 11 tropical storms, the normal number for a year.  I don't think many people expected it to be an above average season, but that's where it seems to be going now.  NHC isn't sure if Kirk will reach hurricane status further out before it heads into the north Atlantic.

I'm honestly very surprised.  I thought it would be a typically slow El Niño year.  Sure, we had 2 storms in May and 2 in June, but then absolutely nothing to speak of in July.  August isn't even finished yet, and we've already had seven storms form this month alone!

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Isaac

« on: August 29, 2012, 08:16:35 AM »

At least Katrina wreaked its havoc and moved on.  Isaac is just sitting pretty much in one place and barely budging, not getting any weaker, and dropping tremendous amounts of rain on the same areas that have already gotten a lot, not to mention the continuous storm surge the coast is getting.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Kirk

« on: August 28, 2012, 08:38:08 PM »

Nope, Kirk.

Tropics, the final frontier...

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Kirk

« on: August 28, 2012, 08:37:39 PM »

Whatever happened to Joyce? It died off as a fish storm as well?

It just died out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean without coming near any land.  Unfavorable conditions killed it pretty quickly.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Isaac

« on: August 25, 2012, 11:59:08 AM »

The Daytona Beach area is under a tropical storm watch... and my weather radio loudly informed me of that.  As I was trying to sleep.  I nearly crashed through the ceiling.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 23, 2012, 12:11:35 PM »

When I lived in suburban Boston, Comcast had the majority of its HD channels in the 800 range.  The 200 range was for standard definition expanded basic channels.

Bright House in Daytona Beach has all of its HD channels at 1001 and above, with the standard definition channels in the triple, double, and single digits.  I like this arrangement much better, but it would be convenient if the HD channels mirrored the SD lineup.

Comcast also always allowed the option to instantly switch from SD to HD with the touch of a button, but that option was only added to my Bright House cable box a couple of months ago.  Before that, I had to go to the program guide and hunt.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: August 23, 2012, 12:08:21 PM »

I just posted a similar thing in the blooper thread.  The Intellistar 2 showed (in the text-based, not primarily-picture, format) a one-sentence forecast for all three slides - just the weather conditions, no temperature, wind, or chance of precipitation.  The animation was accurate, but there was no narration due to time.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: August 23, 2012, 12:00:54 PM »

I just watched the local forecast on the Intellistar 2.  The 36-hour forecast (text format, not picture-only) contained text with the weather conditions, but no temperature, wind, or chance of precipitation information.  No narration due to time.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 22, 2012, 01:15:24 AM »

Where's the "like" button?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 22, 2012, 01:15:06 AM »

I think this is the first time TWC has utilized a couch in a set on air since Weekend View went HD in 2008...

Didn't "Flick and a Forecast" use a couch?

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General Discussion / Re: Playstation/Wii -Video Games

« on: August 18, 2012, 11:02:37 PM »

Back in the day I had an Atari 2600 and an Atari Jaguar, and I'm quite familiar with NES and SNES.

These days, though, practically the only video game (well, computer game) I play is "Civilization V," though I do have emulators on my computer for both the 2600 and SNES.