[ale] OT: Viewing Habits Re: [ale] IBM linux e-server comercial.

[James P. Kinney III]

Before my disgust at AT&T cable caused me to flat disconnect, SciFi
channel was a staple for Friday night family TV. The kids could stay
glued (mindless, barely breathing) to Cartoon Network for hours on end.
The whole family enjoyed Dexters Laboratory.

We also watched the BritComs on PBS and got most of our news commentary
from Comedy Centrals Daily Show.

Junkyard wars was an addiction! We would watch reruns we had seen twice
already. I'm brushing up on my welding skills in my spare time.

On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 10:10, rhiannen wrote:
> /me is bored & still sick
> 
> I sometimes wonder of the viewing habits of other techs, coders, gamers,
> geeks, hackers, & the ilk.  We have a houseful of the above and I can't
> remember when any of us had it tuned to one of the "old" broadcast
> channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, or even PBS or FOX.) For instance, I had no
> idea what the fuss was about "Survivor", could not point out a cast
> member if my life depended on it.
> 
> It might be interesting to see what similarities might exist between ALE
> members in offline screen watching.  
> 
> In a typical month around here, *IF* the TV gets turned on (we can go
> days and days w/o it), it's usually just for short periods of time. 
> Normally, it's tuned to one of these (listed in order from most to
> least, except the last 2): 
> DCSCI - Discovery Science 
> DCCIV -Discovery Civilization
> DSC - Discovery
> DCWIN - Discovery Wings
> HIST - some - Used to watch the Hitler, er, History Channel more often,
> but 
> HISTI - isn't quite so fixated on der Furher.
> 
> If it's not on one of the above channels, you could usually safely bet
> it's on only for the following specific shows:
> FoodTV - IronChef -'nuff said ;)
> FNC - Fox news - breaking news, sometimes commentary
> TWC - Weather - updates 
> TLC - Junkyard Wars 
> ComedyCentral - BattleBots
> TechTV - ScreenSavers, Tomorrow
> BBCAmerica - News, & GroundForce (comes on at bedtime, like it better
> than the celeb late night talkies) - sometimes Monty Python, for the
> 1000th time ;)
> ANP - Funniest Animals (we have ferrets and cats, but geek pets is a
> different question, <g>)
> 
> Even these shows are watched more out of whim than habit. 
> 
> They canceled "Invader Zim!", or I'd have had to include Nick in that
> list.
> Very, very rarely, we might turn it to one of the movie channels, but
> that normally indicates that our bandwidth has gone down & we're going
> through withdrawals.
> If you ever see it on ESPN or SportSouth, it means my dad has come up
> for a visit. ;)
> 
> Typical? Missing anyone's *must watch* favorites?
> 
> 
> -- 
> rhia
> knowledge is power - arm yourself
> 
> 
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> > jeff hubbs wrote:
> > > Geoffrey wrote:
> > >
> > >> Don't you read the archives. :)  I caught this same commercial on a
> > >> prime channel (abc,cbs,nbc,fox..) a while back.  Hit me the same way.
> > >> I couldn't believe it.  I don't recall which network it was, as I
> > >> watch very little tv as it is.  I've not seen it since though.  I'm
> > >> glad to hear it's still playing somewhere...  (what the hell is foodtv
> > >> channel??)
> > >>
> > >
> > > It's where you find Iron Chef, of course (www.ironchef.com) - the best
> > > cooking show in the history of television!
> > 
> > Some people just have TOO much time on their hands...
> > 
> > >
> > > - Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
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