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Network Scheduling to Mess with Tivo
Yahoo is running a bit about Networks messing with PVRs by adding a minute to shows. If a show runs to 9:01, then you can't Tivo a show on another channel that starts at 9. I've noticed this, although it's less of a factor if you have a dual tuner tivo, but it's interesting to see a bit of mainstream coverage.
That explains why the shows have been getting onto BitTorrent a minute or two later.
Trolling is a art,
Why don't they just go ahead and send a high voltage spike down the cable line, that would "fix" the Tivo.
The History Channel keeps you watching by removing the commerical break between the ending credits of one show, and the opening teaser of another show, so you get roped right into the next show.
While that might cause some time conflicts because the padding from the commercial break isn't there to cut some slack, it is a lot better than this early starting crap.
When we first got a TiVo they were doing something like this, but it wasn't on purpose. My housemate was considering starting a mail-in campaign where we sent all the TV stations a cheap plastic digital watch, so they could keep time.
Someone had to do it.
ObOnion reference: "Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television."
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
If you are "kept" at one channel for 5 minutes longer, you are going to miss the beginnings of the "hooker" beginner part of shows on other channels.
Except on Fox, where most of the show is the "hooker" part.
El Karma: excelente(principalmente la suma de moderación hecha a los comentarios de los usuarios)
I call them, respectively, "tissues", "green scrubbies", and "keep that damn thing away from my pans".
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?
I would also choose to remain Anonymous if I admitted to watching Saved By The Bell.
Looking for a job?
Want your resume written professionally?
DON'T USE TUNAREZ!!!
I always try to do #2 before the show starts since now that I have a PVR there are no commercial breaks for me to get up to do it later.
Ascalante: Your bride is over 3,000 years old.
Kull: She told me she was 19!
Step One: Turn on your TV.
Step Two: Holding the power button on your TiVo, unplug it from the wall.
Step Three: Holding the power button on your TV, unplug it from the wall.
Step Four: Stand in front of the television and then look to the side. Imagine your gaze has an infinite range which follows the curvature of Earth. Think about how right now your life, and the lives of 6.5 billion people, are ticking away one second at a time. Imagine that what you do with your temporary gift of consciousness actually matters.
Step Five: Welcome back to reality.
Hollywood, Television, has become the dream machine. We need to take that back; each of us is a Dream Machine