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What Has Fox Got Against Its Own Sci-Fi Shows?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-still-miss-you-firefly dept.

brumgrunt writes "Dollhouse. The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Fringe. Three science fiction shows that Fox commissioned, put on the air, and — in the case of at least one of them — has won rave reviews. But why does it seem that Fox is trying to kill some of its own shows with crazy scheduling decisions? How can Fringe survive after being pulled for two months, and what hope is there for Sarah Connor and Dollhouse on a Friday night?"

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  1. Re:Duh, what's new? They're Fox by SlappyMcInty · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Interesting trend I've been noticing on /. - so many of the left slanted posts are modded up while the dissenting one are modded down (like the parent of this, as flamebait). I guess I overestimated the community here...

  2. Re:Duh, what's new? They're Fox by DudeTheMath · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    (I never know whether to reply to people commenting on my sig, but here goes...)

    You prove my point; you did the math for your trip. I read somewhere (probably years ago) that the average highway trip was eight miles. Then, recovering math teacher that I am, I cooked the speeds so that the time came out to just under a minute.

    In any case, the lesson stands: Take a few seconds to figure out how much time you'll save and see if it's worth the risk (and passing always incurs some risk). And if passing one guy just puts you behind the next one doing 65, what's the point? (LOLBuddha: "Do not want!")

    At the very least, you'll help your blood pressure knowing you're only losing a minute or so if you end up stuck behind someone for a few miles.

    BTW, how many 1500 mile trips do you make? If I'm going from NY to Dallas, I fly.

    --
    You save only 59 seconds over 8 miles by going 75 instead of 65. Do you really have to pass that guy? Do the Math!
  3. Re:Duh, what's new? They're Fox by PopeGumby · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    except it doesnt really work like that, does it?

    after saving 2 minutes a day, five days a week for a year, you'd have saved 520 minutes, or nearly nine hours.

    But you could only use those hours in one block if you were now leaving and arriving home from work nine hours earlier than you had been before.

    You're more likely to just waste that extra minute in minutae at the beginning / end of the day.