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What Actually Happened to TechTV?
thelancer asks: "Early last year, Australian cable got TechTV. But not for long. It turned out the fix was already in, and TechTV left Australian screens at the end of 2006 when G4 pulled the plug on international distribution. As someone who only got a taste, but desperately wanted more (of what I saw in the first two months, not nearer the end), I've done the rounds and read some stories on the buy out, but nothing has given me the who, when, and the all important why? And they all assume you know the history. Can the Slashdot crowd put together a more complete picture on what really happened at TechTV?"
... how many 1s did X-play and it's previous names give out? I watched the show pretty heavily for 2 years and never saw one.
I keep telling myself I'm not the desperate type.
Thou shall not use a programming language that works on only one OS.
Which, even semi-important, ones are like that?
Stupidity is like nuclear power, it can be used for good or evil. And you don't want to get any on you.
As far as I am concerned none.
Other people would point to Visual Basic as an example of a programing language that works on one OS. C# was one until mono.
The rest of the LWATCDRs rule goes like this.
Thou shall not use a programming language that works on only one OS.
Thou shall not use an OS that works on only on architecture.
Thou shall not write a web page that works on only one browser.
Thou shall not love any one programing language, hardware architecture, or OS above all other. Each will eventually fade and be replaced.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.