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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Poll

« on: June 12, 2010, 03:24:20 PM »

I gave it a "1" because I haven't really watched since 2005 or so. My reasons why...

Lack of weather programming

Lack of in-depth coverage (ie. jet stream, the map w/the isobars, etc).

Firing good OCMs and keeping dull ones like Alexandra Steele and Al Roker.

Too many programs that have nothing to do weather (movies and shows).

Lack of music variety during local forecast. I love Ryan Farish, but I think we can try other artists. And by other artists, I don't mean Joe Blow who made a CD in his basement.

Firing artists in favor of graphic/video experts.

Making needless changes and additions to the newer STARs.

Talking about politics (ie. climate change).

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Local Forecast / Name that tune (1991)

« on: June 11, 2010, 08:09:56 PM »

A fan sent me this clip. I thought I knew every song used in '91, but apparently not. This one has me stumped!

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General Discussion / Re: Office Web Apps

« on: June 09, 2010, 10:45:53 AM »

Register? I thought you just needed a Live/Windows ID account? Sorta like Google Docs

Yah, unless I missed something, you need an account to even see what it does.

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General Discussion / Re: Office Web Apps

« on: June 08, 2010, 10:37:28 PM »

Loving Microsoft Office Web Apps. Definitely something people should check out! Its real cool

http://office.live.com

Ugh, I hate sites that make you register before you can see anything.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Has TWC lost its way?

« on: June 06, 2010, 04:43:14 PM »

Lets try to appreciate some of the good things about TWC rather than continuously look at the bad things.

Really? Like what?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Has TWC lost its way?

« on: June 06, 2010, 12:29:37 PM »

I agree with Martin and Jesse. The topic has been beaten to death. Of course, TWC has lost its way. It did so YEARS ago. The days of being able to rely on TWC to keep you safe during bad weather are long gone. If you still use it during a tornado or a hurricane, you're screwed.

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General Discussion / Re: Your Interactive Program Guide

« on: June 05, 2010, 02:33:02 PM »

Compared to Cox, Dish's is pretty plain. Just blue boxes for the shows and white boxes for the channel numbers. As Jonathan said, the only customization option is choosing whether or not to "preview" the channel you're currently watching. I don't think I've ever seen an IPG with ads in it.

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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: June 01, 2010, 07:06:09 PM »

Although I'm late to the party (up until now, I couldn't reply to this thread for some odd reason), I'd like to add myself to those praising the Memorial Day logo. The circle and ampersand parts are really cool.

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OCMs / Re: Dianne Barone

« on: May 27, 2010, 07:49:11 PM »

Using the timeline that Layne made me years ago, 1990-1991 sounds about right. I haven't been able to find any info about her.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Dish Network to drop TWC from 214, carragie dispute

« on: May 25, 2010, 11:02:39 PM »

A new Weatherscan feed is expected to be launched in 2010 for Dish Network subscribers, to replace The Weather Cast service that had been founded as a replacement for The Weather Channel as a result of a carriage dispute.

That makes no sense. Why not just add WeatherScan to the lineup?

I just looked at the guide and it now lists the old Weather Cast channel as TWC2. Maybe they're going to do our idea of a second channel for people that are only interested in weather.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Great Article in the NY Times

« on: May 24, 2010, 11:14:32 PM »

Weird. Another problem here I've somehow missed.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Finally!

« on: May 24, 2010, 07:19:43 PM »

Welcome back! Yes, the STAR Team is here, so you're welcome to open a thread about your issues in their subforum.

Edit: Oops! Looks like you already have.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Great Article in the NY Times

« on: May 24, 2010, 10:24:52 AM »

Gee, Jesse. If people's negative comments bother you that much, why don't you just ignore them?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Great Article in the NY Times

« on: May 22, 2010, 10:05:00 PM »

"Great article" and "NY Times." Now there's an oxymoron, if I ever heard one! If people don't think that putting movies and stuff on the network is a bad thing, just look at MTV. That could be TWC in a few years. Any network can get higher ratings by putting on junk. I think they should be more concerned with their integrity, but maybe that's just me.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Dish Network to drop TWC from 214, carragie dispute

« on: May 21, 2010, 10:44:20 AM »

My mother just called  Dish,   Dish saved TWC!!!

TWC WILL go off at midnight tonight then wait  24 hours and then it will be back on.  I believe Dish is keeping both (weather cast and weather channel.)

They already caved? Lame!