Did we hijack FwF's thread or what! :-)

What thread?? lol

nighty night.

Oh my, you are a tv wunderkind... I wouldn't know a wb from a wheldon. Nice to see we agree on some. I rarely cross paths with a female who likes the stuff I do.

Farscape - watched from the beginning to where the walking cadaver guy in the catwoman latex outfit started torturing the lead (I'm not good with names, the guy who made a lousy replacement for Dean Richard on StarGate... the guy who can't decide if he has an american or british accent) I think that was at least 1 season's worth.

Lost - only watched the first few episodes of season 1. Although I was badly mistaken, I smelled another disappointing cancellation in the offing, like the idiot stunt broadcasters pulled with Millenium and (what the heck was the fiction series where a kid found a young sentient water being and kept it in his bathtub and then the family pool before it went off to drill holes in the ocean floor with its kin? I thought that was an interesting concept.) OTOH, they did cancel that awful Threshold, so they sometimes get it right.

Only watched 1 episode of Supernatural. Am rapidly tiring of shows that need to save someone in every 48-minute episode. Moonlight's already lost me. Numb3rs is hanging on by a thread. OTOH, HOUSE is a MWEDNWinter, with NCIS and Bones rounding out the list of MWEDNW. Two and Half Men jumped the shark. Their script's deteriorated into the kind of dialogue I used to hear at the FOP lodge. :-(

Well, you enjoy your tape of Lost. Glad to see the art of timeshifting is practiced in the SW. I've got to grab a few winks before the market opens. This has been fun, Funky. Did we hijack FwF's thread or what! :-)

also, while i agree with you about the buffy comment, i think that was a wb thing not a joss whedon thing.

Farscape pretty far down... bad costumes, puppets and weak scripts made me think of Buck Rogers.
come on! yeah the puppets take some getting used to, but farscape had such great dialogue and the cast had amazing chemistry! how much of a chance did you give it?
i take it back-you are a dirty old man! ;)

mwednw for me include- x-files, farscape, buffy, seinfeld, and currently lost (nobody say a word, i taped tonights episode and haven't watched yet). i'm sure that there are a few more, but that well-spent youth of mine is at it again.

i'm, also pretty into supernatural (which is now on against lost!), but i might not watch during a nuclear war. i have to stress the word might. although, there is that lack of good sci-fi out there and i'd probably prefer those winchester boys to a few bombs being dropped.

I am more of a couchpotato than I should admit, even creating a custom rating system that ranges from Must Watch Even During Nuclear War (very few score that high) to Would Rather Get a Root Canal (most reality shows, presidential debates, televangelists).

X-Files got the MWEDNW (as did Cheers and Seinfeld in the comedy division), StarGate ranks pretty high, StarGate Atlantis a little lower, Farscape pretty far down... bad costumes, puppets and weak scripts made me think of Buck Rogers. If I'm going to keep up with a series, the cast has to have great chemistry and they need interesting scripts. So, what do you rate MWEDNW and WRGRC?

One thing I liked about Buffy was that (I think) the creators were the first to highlight the music and artist for each show.

buffy was awesome! i don't think liking it makes you dirty or old.
there just isn't enough good sci-fi on tv.

what did you think of farscape? imo one of the best shows ever, of any genre.
and btw, i'm also a big x-files fan.

Funky, I didn't enjoy the Angel series all that much, but for some reason (dirty old man, probably) I found the Buffy series somewhat appealing. Thanks for the link, though. That was nice and considerate! Sadly, the video is "unavailable at present". I'll keep it in my GAOTD "recommended by Funky" folder... if I can find it in all this mess.

FWIW, I'm having a blast with Netflix' latest feature, the Instant Downloads. Not only movies but complete television series. I thought paying $1 per movie was a good deal last year, but now they've dropped the price and added unlimited online viewing. Helps fill in the blank spots during the Writer's strike, but I'm not sure who'll cut the grass this summer. :-)

Jeez, I was posting 14 hrs ago. This day just won't die!

sorry.

...cannot be viewed from your current country or location.
the same with pandora radio and slacker, they cannot be heard
:-(

rune- i just came across this, and thought of you (i'm so nice and considerate).
watch episodes of x-files and angel online, with bonus features.

http://www.tvland.com/video/index.jhtml?bcpid=428935681&bclid=1381652193

Even paranoids have enemies!

Even paranoids have enemies!

Sorry, the shark/conch thing was meant for the balooga vaporware thread. Hadn't had any coffee when I posted that.

Hi K8, great to hear you finally "get" me. I needed a hug. For some, my sense of humor presents a lifetime impediment to good communication. So, without further ado, Welcome to Rune's World! where you have to be at least 21, but there are no entry fees or height restrictions. We do ask that you bring your own Dramamine... and watch that first step, cause it's a doozy. :-)

Anyone else see a similarity between a shark and holding a conch shell up to one's ear? The whooshing sound.

Graylox, when it comes to feeding paranoia, nothing beats the X-Files, except maybe the US electoral process.

You mean like tha XP Ultimate vaporware? OOooh, yer a right stubborn lass.

<rant>I don't even get my MS updates from MS. I don't have DRM or WGA on my PC. And YES, mine is legit.

Besides I am still waiting for all that "free stuff" I was supposed to get when I bought and regged 95.</rant>

Well, at least this thread provided a good 'bashing party' for the masses.... :-)

First impressions lead me to believe this one isn't for me.

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I guess this isn't the simple "take a look and see if this is for you" type of Microsoft promotion.

*sigh* I remember the days when Microsoft used to actually give away things for free... Like MS-DOS for example. ;) (all in the name of gaining market share)

Yes funkymom, if one can't fight, one should try to laugh. Rune's enragement is justified, he expresses what a lot of people think. But nevertheless are all of us M$ users. And what about Google? Or... Yes I'm scared and angry, and I really hope, there will be a mattress for me left if resistance is futile. Until then, let's dance with the devil.

graylox

love it graylox!

thanks.

RunesageMagik here is a place for you too :

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found at :
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runesagemagi- lol!

freewarefan- thanks for thinking of us.

you gotta give it to bill gates- the man certainly knew how to start an all-encompassing racket and keep it going.

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits." {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits}

Welcome to Total Business Domination

The Microsoft Octopus will monitor and control your every business decision, financial transaction and purchase, what you can publicly say/claim/opine, eventually, even what you think.

Fools will assign all control of web site editing/display, computer system maintenance and security, data storage and access over to: "Us". (Note: "We" and "Us" means Microsoft, "You" and "Fools", self-explanatory)

We will tell you what operating system and browser to use and ensure that they are only compatible with software that has met our specifications and delivered unto us a nice fat tithe. We will modify and upgrade at whim thanks to the pervasive use of persistent cookies, backdoor programming hacks, and cryptic, unidentifiable CSLID keys. We will require you to provide and confirm personally identifiable information AND to obtain our custom ID cards, Passports, and Wallets, all of which we will have absolute access... for your own good and for the good of our god, Bill Gates. Obviously, We indemnify ourselves in advance & in perpetuity for claims resulting from the loss, theft or corruption of any stored data. For our purposes (and because of our less than stellar record of security, functionality and user-friendliness), nothing can be blamed on an "act of god."

We will act on behalf of the IRS, law enforcement entities and virtually any inquisitive pencil-necked bureaucrat, by servign up any and all of your financial data to them in return for a modest processing fee billable to the taxpayers.
We will act on behalf of the FCC, ensuring that nothing you display on your web site runs counter to prevailing ideas of political correctness or blasphemes our god.
We will act on behalf of third party vendors who will keep you entertained while you keep the consumer economy running.

Free Speech does not exist here. Free Thinking will soon be but a fuzzy memory.
We will act on behalf of you, fool. Resistance is futile and will bring upon you plague, pestilence and the BSOD. As any good Soma dealer knows, lure 'em in for free and bind them. Welcome to the brave new dystopian world of monopoly rule. Bwahahahahahahah

I'm in the business of being disabled- I wonder if I could qualify as a not-for-profit gripe-and-advice company?

nice first look (on win2000): One Moment Please...

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bashing microsoft is easy, they do it for me.

Has anyone an idea what kind of business I could start to have any good of this offer ?
Draft proposals please under
wondering@ No3-of-25-free-MS-accounts

FreewareFan you'll be my managing director.
Thanks for not forgetting us !

Yeah, I know, not many people like MS products and services, but I thought I'd let you all decide about this one. If you're looking for a service like this, free isn't a bad price.... :-)

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If you need this, you'll use it. Otherwise, let the MS bashing begin... :-)