Replay Suggestions?

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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:02:41 -0700, Sylvan Butler
<ZsdbUse1+noZs_0501@Zbigfoot.Zcom.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:44:20 -0600, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx> wrote:
>> And never know what you're missing. You actually get useful
>> information from some commercials.
>
>But the information content per time invested is way too low to bother
>with. Way too low.
>

That's why I'm seldom doing nothing BUT watching commercials. I'll be
doing something else (often it's reading newsgroups), and can still
hear.

>sdb

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh

 

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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:07:30 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>In article <slrncviemh.7q6.ZsdbUse1+noZs_0501@knoppix.internal>,
> Sylvan Butler <ZsdbUse1+noZs_0501@Zbigfoot.Zcom.invalid> wrote:
>
>> > And never know what you're missing. You actually get useful
>> > information from some commercials.
>>
>> But the information content per time invested is way too low to bother
>> with. Way too low.
>
>Yup. Very, very little signal to noise ratio in the commercials. Life
>is too short. That's why we have ReplayTV...
>
>Seriously, if Mark were truly of that mindset, he wouldn't have a
>Replay--because imagine the things you get to see when you have to
>wander around the channels aimlessly, taking what they want to give you
>when they want to give it.

And, possibly, you don't know everything. As I said before, the
commercials are also times to do other things (including reading
newsgroups).

> All sorts of things come on that you
>wouldn't have chosen, but would have found interesting since you were
>"forced" to watch it.
>

And I do that some times, and some times find interesting things that
way.

>But now, with Replay, he misses those things. Except for the
>commercials, of course...

The ideal is always BETWEEN the extremes. Far too many people miss
that.

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh

 

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Mark Lloyd wrote:

>
> I would have contributed to PBS if they'd leave you alone. I know
> someone who did send money, it took them a long time to quit bothering
> her by phone. That kind of thing is why I never sent them any.
>
>
>>But alas..... They still dropped Dr. Who
>
>
> Yes, and before I got DVD-R.

Yup, I now have DVD +/-R/Rw But No Dr. Who.....

I have, in the past, contributed in support of a couple of shows on
Public Radio... They are sending me copy after copy of pledge forms
wanting me to pledge,,,, I sent them a letter "I pledeged in support of
two shows... Two you dropped"

When they dropped them i ask why "Too many listeners" was their response

I'm still trying to figure that one out

 

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:57:02 GMT, John in Detroit
<Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>
>>
>> I would have contributed to PBS if they'd leave you alone. I know
>> someone who did send money, it took them a long time to quit bothering
>> her by phone. That kind of thing is why I never sent them any.
>>
>>
>>>But alas..... They still dropped Dr. Who
>>
>>
>> Yes, and before I got DVD-R.
>
>Yup, I now have DVD +/-R/Rw But No Dr. Who.....
>
>I have, in the past, contributed in support of a couple of shows on
>Public Radio... They are sending me copy after copy of pledge forms
>wanting me to pledge,,,, I sent them a letter "I pledeged in support of
>two shows... Two you dropped"
>
>When they dropped them i ask why "Too many listeners" was their response
>
>I'm still trying to figure that one out

That "too many listeners" reminds we of some rejection letters sent to
credit-card applicants. 2 of the reasons they give for rejection are
"insufficient credit history" and "too many inquiries". In other
words, "you can't get a credit card if you really need one" and "you
can't get a credit card if you really want one".

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh

 

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John in Detroit <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:yEqKd.24192$by5.11489@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com:

> Mark Lloyd wrote:
>
>>
>> I would have contributed to PBS if they'd leave you alone. I know
>> someone who did send money, it took them a long time to quit
>> bothering her by phone. That kind of thing is why I never sent them
>> any.
>>
>>
>>>But alas..... They still dropped Dr. Who
>>
>>
>> Yes, and before I got DVD-R.
>
> Yup, I now have DVD +/-R/Rw But No Dr. Who.....
>
> I have, in the past, contributed in support of a couple of shows on
> Public Radio... They are sending me copy after copy of pledge forms
> wanting me to pledge,,,, I sent them a letter "I pledeged in support
> of two shows... Two you dropped"
>
> When they dropped them i ask why "Too many listeners" was their
> response
>
> I'm still trying to figure that one out
>

Head for alt.binaries.multimedia, etc. and request Dr. Who. 😉

rampage

 

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:08:13 GMT, rampage <rampage@getta.net> wrote:

>John in Detroit <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
>news:yEqKd.24192$by5.11489@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com:
>
>> Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I would have contributed to PBS if they'd leave you alone. I know
>>> someone who did send money, it took them a long time to quit
>>> bothering her by phone. That kind of thing is why I never sent them
>>> any.
>>>
>>>
>>>>But alas..... They still dropped Dr. Who
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, and before I got DVD-R.
>>
>> Yup, I now have DVD +/-R/Rw But No Dr. Who.....
>>
>> I have, in the past, contributed in support of a couple of shows on
>> Public Radio... They are sending me copy after copy of pledge forms
>> wanting me to pledge,,,, I sent them a letter "I pledeged in support
>> of two shows... Two you dropped"
>>
>> When they dropped them i ask why "Too many listeners" was their
>> response
>>
>> I'm still trying to figure that one out
>>
>
>Head for alt.binaries.multimedia, etc. and request Dr. Who. 😉
>

The sort of thing I've been suggesting ever since I had a Replay (2020
at first, now 5xxx). Looks some people lack the ability to use usenet.

>rampage

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh