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[Cogito]

Star Trek star says Enterprise was killed by 'greedy bean counters'

I'd say he's right on the money. Advertising is OK in its place, but the thought that entire programming schedules and decisions about which shows to commission are based purely on the need to get 'bums on seats' to watch a particular bunch of adverts is horrifying. Adverts themselves are invariably dumbed down to the lowest common denominator, and the shows are chasing the same goals. So now we have mainly 'talent' shows, soaps, fly-on-the-wall documentaries and talk shows which are thinly veiled excuses to tout a new book or film. We do still have some shows which are genuinely interesting to watch, but they're getting less common every year. How soon until the whole TV watching experience is distilled down to a sequence of blipverts? I suppose with the proliferation of display devices, before long we won't watch TV as such, we'll just get adverts fed to us while we're browsing shop windows, waiting the the microwave to go 'bing' and so on.

Gosh, have I turned in a grumpy old man?

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

'Game of Thrones' Season 2 Teaser: The Cold Winds Are Rising

Man, I can't wait! Season 1 was awesome!

[Kotik]

Ladies and Getlemen, here come the Traixian Silk Cheerleaderz ...

SPOILER!!!:

Rat shit, bat shit, dirty old twat!
Sixty-nine assholes tied in a knot!
Hooray! Lizard shit! ****!

Admin note: Post concealed due to gratuitious offensiveness, but you can still click on it if you want to. - Distracted

[Entilzha]

Go Kotik

[Kotik]

Go Kotik

Actually, it's not mine. I 'stole' it from the great George Carlin

[justTripn]

I heard from Silverbullet! Maybe you did too. He's been moved to a rehab closer to home where he is much happier. The prognosis is another 11 weeks to recovery.

[Asso]

Okay, at least now we know that things are looking better for our Silverbullet.
Ann, I tried to write to him, but I had no answer. He probably does not have the chance to stay long on the Internet.
If you get it, please tell him that I am close to him.

[Cogito]

I heard from Silverbullet! Maybe you did too. He's been moved to a rehab closer to home where he is much happier. The prognosis is another 11 weeks to recovery.

Excellent news, thanks for letting us know.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

That really good news about Silverbullet!

*****

Now for something completely different. Type "let it snow" into your google search window and wait a little while.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Internet fandom by the numbers

I don't think we should worry too much about the inflated numbers for the Twilight and Potter fans. Sooner or later the fad will wear out and the fandom will shrink. Actually I think it's pretty good numbers for Trek and Dr Who, shows that have been around since forever.

[justTripn]

Asso, he may be on more often now. He says no one else is using the computer. I talked with him today and he really likes the new facility. He says the people there are treating him great. And he may be able to go home early in January.

[Asso]

Asso, he may be on more often now. He says no one else is using the computer. I talked with him today and he really likes the new facility. He says the people there are treating him great. And he may be able to go home early in January.

Thank you, Ann.

[Kotik]

Had the laugh of my life today

Two daysago I moved into my new flat in Offenbach, Germany. Since I decided to throw all my old furniture to the dump, my new residence is ... erm... sort of empty. In fact, I have a table, 2 chairs and a matress - that's it, so X-Mas will be held unter battle-conditions this year. Today I walked into a furniture shop and ordered furniture worth 9.500 Euros. The poor sales girl looked at me as if I had grown a second head
Since I want it delivered and assembled at my home by professionals, they said it might take until the first week of january. I wasn't even back home yet, when they called me and said 'Um... we think we might have found a way to deliver next week. Gotta admire the power of money So next week a couple of poor sods will work all day to fill my new residence with furniture

[Entilzha]

You'll be watching and drinking beer in your new sofa off course.

[putaro]

We are in Niigata for skiing. The hotel has an onsen (hot springs style bath) and one pool is outside! Definitely an interesting combo of sub-freezing air and piping hot water. Would not be enjoyed by Vulcans I think.

I'm now drinking a beer fom the vending machine. Gotta love Japan sometimes.