"I've previously mentioned my distaste for the History Channel, or rather the fantasist circle jerk it has become. Oh, you can still find "historical" shows on now and then, but the lion's share of programming has morphed into fodder for the ecospastic, the misanthropic, and the plain old batshit crazy.
The reality shows are extremely vexing. Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men are vain attempts to capitalize on the nominal success of Discovery's Deadliest Catch. Unfortunately, long-haul driving across frozen tundra and Pacific Northwest logging are perhaps the most boring professions in existence. No amount of editing, splicing, scripting, or faux controversy can escape this fact. I suppose I could toss south Georgia turpentine collection and dirt farming out there as more quotidian, but I don't see these on the fall line up.
Far worse are tripe like Gangland and Life After People. Fucking bilge, this stuff. Gangland is just a foray into the putrid world of born losers, from biker gangs to Crips and Bloods to Latin Kings to every other assemblage of human detritus that operates a goddam meth lab from the trunk of a car. In my opinion providing a forum to this garbage is a crime in itself. While the show does not overtly attempt to glorify these subhuman vermin, it does allow them to vent about just how motherfucking bad ass they are in an endless loop. Disgusting shit. No normal person can possibly find this interesting, therefore the demographic they seek must be the wannbe gangbangers.
I don't begrudge the channel a one of two hour special on gangs, but a fucking series? What numbnut executive vice president of programming not only didn't pound the scrota of the imbeciles who pitched this with a rubber mallet, but actually greenlighted it? I'd love to see the Neilsens on this excrement. And that EVP's salary and bonus.
The worst, of course, is Life After People. This is nothing more than a thrill ride for the Earth Firsters and other ecoterrorists of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement who think mankind should be eliminated from the biosphere. Whereas the History Channel formerly had erudite scholars discussing serious issues they now have burned out, ponytailed hippie cocksuckers with titles such as "urban ecologist" rubbing their hands together, barely able to contain their glee, as they recount what will happen when humans disappear, and the traces of humanity from buildings to monuments to sacred texts and documents to the lowliest footprint are wiped clean from Gaia's mons pubis. It's a singularly disgusting bit of theater. Everyone involved in this putrescent spectacle should be ashamed.
Here's the other thing: these avuncular evolutionists, who decry the way in which we humans imperil the spotted owl or snail darter, refuse to accept habitat loss when embracing evolution. Whether the destruction of habitat occurs through logging or development or meteorite impact or volcano, loss is inevitable. Extinction is part of evolution. Those creatures that adapt and overcome flourish in the post-apocalypse. Others do not. It's been that way for eons. It's Gaia's way. In a sense, the environmentalist should embrace the extinction of the snail darter, for it portends the rise of a newer, more adapted, stronger species. Huzzah.
Of course, the only extinction these self-loathing dilettantes cheer is the eventual one of us. Which makes the urban ecologist's statement that he would LOVE to see the hawks take over the canopies of the crumbling skyscrapers of the post-human world as uber raptors just so much filth. Because you won't, will you, boy? It's really pornographic, this obsession with and hatred of one's own species. In hardier days I suspect these insipid pipesmokers would have been detected as the runts of the litter, and kicked aside, away from the suckling teat.
Ah, well. From the channel guide comes great jeremiads, I suppose. But I refuse to watch some life sciences professor from the University of New Mexico-Trinity Site lecture me on how fucking awesummus this indifferent orb will be without me. IFC's been showcasing Blue Velvet, for one thing. Frank and the boys may hate people, but at least they like to have them around. Being a victim at least still allows you to be."
jesus fucking christ, you just showed up cruel and hank at the same time, i didn't even start to read all that but if you are dissing the learning channels then you can go to hell, some of my fav shows are on those educational channels
I didn't write that, hence the quotes, but this guy pretty much sums up the miasma that has become of tv. It saddens me so, but I'm pretty sure the internet is next.
Short version: Series about truckers driving on ice is boring (I nominally agree). Series about loggers is boring (I really agree). Series about the history of various gangs is a stupid idea. Series by a bunch of hippies about what they think will happen if humanity died today (and is a load of bullshit) is retarded, and therefore, sucks.
In short, he hates the history channel, because they keep putting out crap shows. Personally, I think we should find the makers of every ghost-hunting show, every ufo-hunting show and ever speculative show about the future and force them to quit being idiots and get real jobs.
Exactly. Anyone remember TLC when it was The Learning Channel, or Discovery when they purveyed science rather than politics? I'd very much like to see David Attenborough eat Al Gores' liver with a side of fried rice.
I remember when I was a little kid and watched good shows on TLC about things like the science of the world's fastest car. Now everything on TLC is all bollocks and I do not even bother with skimming that channel. Then again everything on television has gone to hell and the internet will soon completely replace it anyway.
um why will the internet replace it? or how rather?
you think people will watch youtube meme's for hours on end? yeah no.
take a look at how fast hulu grew... there is a reason for that... people like watching tv shows.. just they want more on demand...
I think TV will exist but will do so more through the net like hulu as you mentioned or you'll be able to log into your account and set your own lineup to your box. Either way, I agree that classic TV as we know it now is on its way out.
yak ..i think you're right about demand but part of watching tv ..is knowing there's lots of other people watching it at the same time..maybe it's just me but even an old movie i've seen a hundred times that i would never rent anymore happened to be on tv ..i'd watch..
I just leave the movie channels on(sky movies modern greats mostly) and only pay half attention to them. And occasionally I'll watch some comedy shows and cartoons.
I have like 700 channels and everything is dumbed down nonsense mostly. I went for a year or so with no tv at all and never missed it a bit. I'd predict within the next ten years the govt. will either implement internet restrictions, or the networks will take it over completely (hulu type stuff), or both in tandem. The free exchange of information and ideas that goes on unchecked in cyberspace are more than quite a few influential people are comfortable with. It'll get choked off sooner than later.
I didn't write that, hence the quotes, but this guy pretty much sums up the miasma that has become of tv. It saddens me so, but I'm pretty sure the internet is next.
So I am building a computer but the motherboard showed up DOA so I'm going to send it back but I'm doing 2 20" hp monitors and a EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS and it's going to be boss
is there another bad batch of capacitors or something? I hope not cause I have replace a dozen motherboards at work because of a bad batch that came down about four or five years ago and they are still popping tops on me
i'm still pissed at vista and M$, the fucking shit is still buggy and crashing on me, I hope to god win7 is better, the beta seems pretty good so far, i'm starting to get excited even though i know better
I think so cause the site I bought it from people had been complaining that some of the outputs weren't working like with mine. The only problem now is that I can't get the CPU chip out of the mother board :/
I thought about XP but from what I have heard is M$ is going to phase it out soon and I have 7 on a disc but I don't have RC so I would have to download that but I was going to wait till I finished my comp then get it. And then duel boot
windows 7 is not better.. if anything its worse :(
but at least its going to have better virtualization for older "os's"
microsoft is soooooooooooooo fucked right now.....
ms has released statements saying they will support xp until 2013, so i dont think you have a problem there. i have dual screens too right now but its kinda ugly, ones a 19" acer and the others a new hp 23.3". i have a bunch of asus 9" netbooks for sale if anyones interested.
I still can't believe what AD did. I think some of us should give him some attention, just to see if he does anymore stupid stuff like that, would be funny.
what the fuck are you talking about ph?
the pixels I think you are talking about is is 1920X1080 but that has nothing to do with the aspect ratio. On an hdtv it's 1.77:1 but most movies are shot in 1.85:1 and 2.39:1, therefore they are shot in a wider frame and why you have black bars. If you have them on the side it's because broadcasters are sending the hd pic in 1.33:1
I never said anything aboot aspect ratio. The 1920 is the px measurement. BluRays have more px and therefore higher clarity than regular HD. However most BluRays are only HD quality 1280 with "BluRay" sound, it's bullshit. The aspect ratio is how those px are stretched or cropped to match a tv. So what the fuck are you talking aboot? Did you ever accept that live request?
yeah I accepted the invite. I still don't get what your talking about but the HD sound is 5.1 or 7.1 dolby digital. The highest resolution that is made on discs is 1440 vertical
Comments to tv vs hdtv
haha, simplistically brilliant!
WOO!
i enjoyed this.. its true on soo many levels.
Too true
how many levels exactly ..?
soo many. can you not read . . .?
Yeah, but television has mucho sucko in it!
"I've previously mentioned my distaste for the History Channel, or rather the fantasist circle jerk it has become. Oh, you can still find "historical" shows on now and then, but the lion's share of programming has morphed into fodder for the ecospastic, the misanthropic, and the plain old batshit crazy.
The reality shows are extremely vexing. Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men are vain attempts to capitalize on the nominal success of Discovery's Deadliest Catch. Unfortunately, long-haul driving across frozen tundra and Pacific Northwest logging are perhaps the most boring professions in existence. No amount of editing, splicing, scripting, or faux controversy can escape this fact. I suppose I could toss south Georgia turpentine collection and dirt farming out there as more quotidian, but I don't see these on the fall line up.
Far worse are tripe like Gangland and Life After People. Fucking bilge, this stuff. Gangland is just a foray into the putrid world of born losers, from biker gangs to Crips and Bloods to Latin Kings to every other assemblage of human detritus that operates a goddam meth lab from the trunk of a car. In my opinion providing a forum to this garbage is a crime in itself. While the show does not overtly attempt to glorify these subhuman vermin, it does allow them to vent about just how motherfucking bad ass they are in an endless loop. Disgusting shit. No normal person can possibly find this interesting, therefore the demographic they seek must be the wannbe gangbangers.
I don't begrudge the channel a one of two hour special on gangs, but a fucking series? What numbnut executive vice president of programming not only didn't pound the scrota of the imbeciles who pitched this with a rubber mallet, but actually greenlighted it? I'd love to see the Neilsens on this excrement. And that EVP's salary and bonus.
The worst, of course, is Life After People. This is nothing more than a thrill ride for the Earth Firsters and other ecoterrorists of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement who think mankind should be eliminated from the biosphere. Whereas the History Channel formerly had erudite scholars discussing serious issues they now have burned out, ponytailed hippie cocksuckers with titles such as "urban ecologist" rubbing their hands together, barely able to contain their glee, as they recount what will happen when humans disappear, and the traces of humanity from buildings to monuments to sacred texts and documents to the lowliest footprint are wiped clean from Gaia's mons pubis. It's a singularly disgusting bit of theater. Everyone involved in this putrescent spectacle should be ashamed.
Here's the other thing: these avuncular evolutionists, who decry the way in which we humans imperil the spotted owl or snail darter, refuse to accept habitat loss when embracing evolution. Whether the destruction of habitat occurs through logging or development or meteorite impact or volcano, loss is inevitable. Extinction is part of evolution. Those creatures that adapt and overcome flourish in the post-apocalypse. Others do not. It's been that way for eons. It's Gaia's way. In a sense, the environmentalist should embrace the extinction of the snail darter, for it portends the rise of a newer, more adapted, stronger species. Huzzah.
Of course, the only extinction these self-loathing dilettantes cheer is the eventual one of us. Which makes the urban ecologist's statement that he would LOVE to see the hawks take over the canopies of the crumbling skyscrapers of the post-human world as uber raptors just so much filth. Because you won't, will you, boy? It's really pornographic, this obsession with and hatred of one's own species. In hardier days I suspect these insipid pipesmokers would have been detected as the runts of the litter, and kicked aside, away from the suckling teat.
Ah, well. From the channel guide comes great jeremiads, I suppose. But I refuse to watch some life sciences professor from the University of New Mexico-Trinity Site lecture me on how fucking awesummus this indifferent orb will be without me. IFC's been showcasing Blue Velvet, for one thing. Frank and the boys may hate people, but at least they like to have them around. Being a victim at least still allows you to be."
jesus fucking christ, you just showed up cruel and hank at the same time, i didn't even start to read all that but if you are dissing the learning channels then you can go to hell, some of my fav shows are on those educational channels
I didn't write that, hence the quotes, but this guy pretty much sums up the miasma that has become of tv. It saddens me so, but I'm pretty sure the internet is next.
Fuck all that reading...someone give me the cliffs notes please!
That's why I go out and make my own reality show.
Short version: Series about truckers driving on ice is boring (I nominally agree). Series about loggers is boring (I really agree). Series about the history of various gangs is a stupid idea. Series by a bunch of hippies about what they think will happen if humanity died today (and is a load of bullshit) is retarded, and therefore, sucks.
In short, he hates the history channel, because they keep putting out crap shows. Personally, I think we should find the makers of every ghost-hunting show, every ufo-hunting show and ever speculative show about the future and force them to quit being idiots and get real jobs.
Exactly. Anyone remember TLC when it was The Learning Channel, or Discovery when they purveyed science rather than politics? I'd very much like to see David Attenborough eat Al Gores' liver with a side of fried rice.
I remember when I was a little kid and watched good shows on TLC about things like the science of the world's fastest car. Now everything on TLC is all bollocks and I do not even bother with skimming that channel. Then again everything on television has gone to hell and the internet will soon completely replace it anyway.
um why will the internet replace it? or how rather?
you think people will watch youtube meme's for hours on end? yeah no.
take a look at how fast hulu grew... there is a reason for that... people like watching tv shows.. just they want more on demand...
TLC and The History Channel are both garbage. The Science Channel is where it's at.
i prefer the food network, yum
I think TV will exist but will do so more through the net like hulu as you mentioned or you'll be able to log into your account and set your own lineup to your box. Either way, I agree that classic TV as we know it now is on its way out.
yak ..i think you're right about demand but part of watching tv ..is knowing there's lots of other people watching it at the same time..maybe it's just me but even an old movie i've seen a hundred times that i would never rent anymore happened to be on tv ..i'd watch..
I basically don't watch TV anymore. I might catch the occasional show, though, like Mythbuster's.
I just leave the movie channels on(sky movies modern greats mostly) and only pay half attention to them. And occasionally I'll watch some comedy shows and cartoons.
diy network rules
I have like 700 channels and everything is dumbed down nonsense mostly. I went for a year or so with no tv at all and never missed it a bit. I'd predict within the next ten years the govt. will either implement internet restrictions, or the networks will take it over completely (hulu type stuff), or both in tandem. The free exchange of information and ideas that goes on unchecked in cyberspace are more than quite a few influential people are comfortable with. It'll get choked off sooner than later.
I didn't write that, hence the quotes, but this guy pretty much sums up the miasma that has become of tv. It saddens me so, but I'm pretty sure the internet is next.
Oops.
fail
Foul.
fool
knob-jockey
fudge
cowgirl
fuck you oranje
Fuck you hank
Fuck you all
*GASP*
whos that stranger?
Fuck you Fries.
Why...so...venomous?
I felt like fitting in.
*a bowling pin in my anus.
Excuse me?
So I am building a computer but the motherboard showed up DOA so I'm going to send it back but I'm doing 2 20" hp monitors and a EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS and it's going to be boss
got dual 20s at work and its pretty awesome, one of the best things is utilizing my kick ass collection of dualmon wallpapers
um.. didn't raedon's new line of cards come out? you might want to look at their previous line for some very good deals...
This is my first build and I decided to go AMD processor and Nvidia. I did look at Raedon cause I was thinking about the i7 but passed for now
just make sure you get a shitload of ram ;/
8gb of ddr3
get as much ram in the cards as you can and get a 64 bit processor and OS so you can use the max ram the board allows
yeah I am doing the 64 windows vista ultimate (vista isn't my first choice) and the cpu is 3 GHz on an asus motherboard but I have to send that back
is there another bad batch of capacitors or something? I hope not cause I have replace a dozen motherboards at work because of a bad batch that came down about four or five years ago and they are still popping tops on me
i'm still pissed at vista and M$, the fucking shit is still buggy and crashing on me, I hope to god win7 is better, the beta seems pretty good so far, i'm starting to get excited even though i know better
I think so cause the site I bought it from people had been complaining that some of the outputs weren't working like with mine. The only problem now is that I can't get the CPU chip out of the mother board :/
You going to downgrade to XP, or be ballsy and try windows 7 RC
I thought about XP but from what I have heard is M$ is going to phase it out soon and I have 7 on a disc but I don't have RC so I would have to download that but I was going to wait till I finished my comp then get it. And then duel boot
ha, that is not good, it has to have a quick release catch, you just gotta figure it out
windows 7 is not better.. if anything its worse :(
but at least its going to have better virtualization for older "os's"
microsoft is soooooooooooooo fucked right now.....
7 is just vista engine with better visual and GUI features but those alone are enough to have me itching for the upgrade
just got it out, didn't release the snap thing far enough back
ms has released statements saying they will support xp until 2013, so i dont think you have a problem there. i have dual screens too right now but its kinda ugly, ones a 19" acer and the others a new hp 23.3". i have a bunch of asus 9" netbooks for sale if anyones interested.
How much? And what models?
Is windows 3.1 still good or should I upgrade?
im giving up on windows once xp is phased out. i'm thinking ubuntu.
How did this cocksucker Wanko get back on here?
Hahahah
I knew if I said "fuck you hank" enough times you'd show up.
Fuck you hank.
You said it a second time. That means I have to go to bed. See you assface.
he has a feed like vicsin that emails him when his name shows up here
i miss burning hanks ass
there was a lot of motivation on the faggot assed little teacher
Goddamnit dwhill don't say that word again.
fuck it Wanko stop pretending to be Oranje
did she break your heart too wanko? like she did anotherday?
I am still pissed at her for eating apathy :(
What word? "Feed?" "Vicsin?"
I just realized I put those two words in order...
I still can't believe what AD did. I think some of us should give him some attention, just to see if he does anymore stupid stuff like that, would be funny.
wait, that was lucid wasn't it, oh well, i can't keep the annoying attention whore straight anymore :/
I was dragging lucid's lesbian stories out of her a couple of nights ago, didn't get far :( I still fapped though.
What did anotherDouche do?
He made a video of him shitting on a jizz covered picture of lucid, 'cause she 'broke his heart'.
sgt taco, im asking $200 shipped and they are upgraded eeepc 900a models. 1.6ghz intel atom n270, 3gb ram, 4gb ssd, wifi + all the normal stuff.
I don't know if you are being serious or not, this is Mucho. AD, did you shit on a bitch?
jizzed and shit on her tits, yes i did. ill send you a link if you would like.
Who gives a shit?
shut the fuck up
no, you shut up!
pair of you shut up unless you want to feel the back of my hand
Pistol-whip those motherfuckers with your beretta.
Free Wanko!
I mean...free OJ!
shut up and take Oranje's cock out of your mouth
Why? You hungry for more man-meat again?
*feeds Rainman-fag*
i mean.. i see what they are trying to say... television programs are shitty... but thats not really the difference between a hd tv and a non hd tv ;/
true but i want to see my crap in high-definition
The garbage can should be stretched out, or with black bars on either side of the screen.
Has anyone ever noticed that BluRays are supposed to be 1800 pixels by whatever but almost all of them are 1200 pixels with BluRay sound.
Fucking shiny Sony piece of shit
Shiny Sony Sold Shit at the Sea Shore
what the fuck are you talking about ph?
the pixels I think you are talking about is is 1920X1080 but that has nothing to do with the aspect ratio. On an hdtv it's 1.77:1 but most movies are shot in 1.85:1 and 2.39:1, therefore they are shot in a wider frame and why you have black bars. If you have them on the side it's because broadcasters are sending the hd pic in 1.33:1
I never said anything aboot aspect ratio. The 1920 is the px measurement. BluRays have more px and therefore higher clarity than regular HD. However most BluRays are only HD quality 1280 with "BluRay" sound, it's bullshit. The aspect ratio is how those px are stretched or cropped to match a tv. So what the fuck are you talking aboot? Did you ever accept that live request?
Whatever your puking...stfu.
Wow, another groupie. Go fuck yourself Hank
You're a noob. Be quiet.
Fuck that shit, I never liked you. In the immortal words of Shakespeare "You sir are a cunt."
Shakespeare didn't use punctuation, huh?
"You sir...are a noob. And must therefore shutteth the fuck up a whole lotteth more."
I wouldn't know, Shakespeare is for faggot English"men" that like to wear tights and talk like bitches. Man the fuck up England, shit.
That was very well put. England really should just "man the fuck up".
Like we've been doing for thousands of years you mean?
Oooookay.
(The 'manning up' part)
...and the tights part.
PH... you're an idiot, Shakespeare's shits were more brilliant than you could ever hope to be.
Ah yeah.
yeah I accepted the invite. I still don't get what your talking about but the HD sound is 5.1 or 7.1 dolby digital. The highest resolution that is made on discs is 1440 vertical
I saw a monitor that does like 2200X1600 or something but anything on TV is 1920X1080i and most tvs can display up to 1080p.
anything on tv as in broadcast tv shows
the internat cant provide all my televisual needs... cant even watch programs on YouTube any more cos BBC has them all taken off.