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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Licence fee to be 'top sliced'; ITV regional programming cut |
| Anonymous X |
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:59
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| ... ITV is likely to win its battle to reduce its public service commitments while the BBC may have to give part of its licence fee to Channel 4, according to a leaked blueprint prepared by the media regulator Ofcom. Under the proposals, ITV will be allowed to cut back on regional news, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
| DBSnappa |
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:33
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Replies: 8561
Views: 1080996
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| ... 5.1 and see if they still sound alright? Yes I have, good idea. If you don't have a 5.1 output set up, every DVD player ever downmixes it to two-channel. Furthermore, almost every DVD ever has a 5.1 track on it, whether Dolby Digital or DTS. If you use the 360 for DVD playback, downmixing is ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:38
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| ... 5.1 and see if they still sound alright? Yes I have, good idea. If you don't have a 5.1 output set up, every DVD player ever downmixes it to two-channel. Furthermore, almost every DVD ever has a 5.1 track on it, whether Dolby Digital or DTS. If you use the 360 for DVD playback, downmixing is ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| ElephantBanjoGnome |
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:24
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Replies: 2975
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| Did you have an *ahem* big package including Sports and/or movies to begin with CG or just a basic (£20ish) Sky sub? I think I had the basic mix channels and then the discovery channels on top. I think it's everything apart from movies, sports, and the crapload of shit music channels. £18/month. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Zio |
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:08
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Replies: 2975
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| ... a second wire from the dish. That's the LNB alright. The second cable is there because the Sky+ box has two receivers, so that you can watch one channel and record another simultaneously. I pinched my brother's Sky HD box when he moved out and put it in place of my bog standard Sky digibox, so ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:04
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Replies: 2975
Views: 84815
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| ... a hole in the wall and installed a second wire from the dish. The LNB is indeed this thing. You need two wires because the Sky+ box can record one channel whilst watching another, or record two at once. Two signals == two wires. In all likelihood he fitted a quad LNB, meaning there are still two ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Des Lynham Replaced By A Robot |
| chinnyhill10 |
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:58
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Replies: 36
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| ... probably is death. From what I understand this is a 33% budget cut across all ITV made productions (Countdown was always made by Yorkshire TV for Channel 4, and is now produced by ITV productions in the same studios). |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: They said it wouldn't be a problem |
| GovernmentYard |
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:10
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Replies: 21
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| ... selling mine as a bundle, however I've got VERY MANY VC games, and want a fair price for those. Alternatively if I could get the homebrew channel to run emulators more smoothly, or whatever - I'd keep it then. As my first statement might suggest, storage space became a bit of a problem. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Summer Heights High |
| Bobbyaro |
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 22:20
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Replies: 13
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| I have seen this, it is really good. Some of the comments are brilliant. I am really surprised it hasn't been on Channel 4. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: DC |
| SisterCheeba |
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 19:31
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Replies: 34
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| Nice. Those PAL discs are so much nicer than the boring old jewel-cased US ones. Ah well, at least the US Space Channel 5 has a cute lenticular cover where Ulala does a high kick in front of dancing morolians when you tilt it :p Also, I seem to have become massively better at SC5 ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Des Lynham Replaced By A Robot |
| chinnyhill10 |
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:11
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Replies: 36
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| ... man for the job! http://www.ukgameshows.com/atoz/programmes/g/gambit/gambit_fred.jpg Fred for Countdown!!!!!!! Are you listening Channel 4 you bunch of coked up cunts? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: DC |
| Da5e |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 20:26
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Replies: 34
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| Shenmue I and II - The sequel is so, so much better in Japanese, the Xbox version pales in comparison. If you can get hold of Space Channel 5 Part Two's UK release, do so. Both Gigawing games are great examples of bullet hell madness; the first one is easier to find and doesn't yell 'REFREKKKTU ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: DC |
| SisterCheeba |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 19:57
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| ... the system. It's not quite up to Die Hard Arcade's lofty standards, but it's still a solid, fun little follow-up. On the way via Amazon: Space Channel 5 and Resi: Code Veronica - because they were dirt-cheap and I'm quite fond of them. Other decent stuff 'tested' so far: Outtrigger : This one ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The clittycally-insane Cull of Jewty 4 Mordor Wharfe Hare |
| itsallwater |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:55
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Replies: 2198
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Dimrill wrote: Okay. Part The First!
[CHANNEL 4 LOGO]
It's a picture of granny really... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The clittycally-insane Cull of Jewty 4 Mordor Wharfe Hare |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 16:26
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Replies: 2198
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| Is that the new channel 4 ident? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Daily Mail Britain |
| CUS |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:06
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| ... BBC News story on the crapness of Britain, for today. A police force has apologised after a disabled child and his parents were detained at a Channel crossing point under the Terrorism Act. Julie Maynard, of Ware, Hertfordshire, was taking a day trip to Calais through the Channel Tunnel in ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Izzy Wizzy |
| chinnyhill10 |
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 23:11
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| ... being bought for loads of cash by the bloke who took over from Matthew Corbett. Richard Cadell helped Justin Lee-Collins do his magic act for his Channel 4 show where he had to go to the USA and take part in a magic convention. Seemed like a really nice guy and helped Justin put together a really ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Nik |
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 15:48
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| http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/galleries/channel-4/06/mainImage.jpg Katie Puckrik :luv: :luv: I saw her, pre-Word, as a dancer on the 1991 Pet Shop Boys tour. In the subsequent book about the US leg of the tour, there was a quote ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| tossrStu |
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 0:28
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kalmar wrote:
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 21:05
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Replies: 2975
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| http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/galleries/channel-4/06/mainImage.jpg The woman on the left looks like she is wearing a pair of normal knickers undr a pair of those giant Marks and Spenders 'super control front knickers with hidden ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| kalmar |
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 20:27
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Replies: 2975
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Forum: Old Games Topic: Game V Chat Thread |
| Joans |
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 22:56
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Replies: 604
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| Are we getting close to our first lynching? Stay tuned to find out, same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: 100, 500, 1000 point wii cards in shop right now |
| Bobbyaro |
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 18:14
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Replies: 36
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| I found it really annoying, that I spent as many as I could in one go to get 500 wii points, to find the only thing I can afford is the internet channel. I don't want the internet on my Wii. I have PCs for that thanks. How about I can get a game, oh no, all the games are <600 points? Why not ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Mr Russell |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 22:56
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Replies: 2975
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| Oh, I was hoping it was on a terrestrial channel with a catchup service. Never mind. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 22:52
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| What was the name of this programme? It is called 'Universe', on the History Channel. It's currently on Sky anytime, but today is the last day, I believe. It's not that good, but that bit was interesting. So is this bit near the end, which suggests that we can ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Pop ('Tunes')! |
| The Rev Owen |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:20
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Replies: 119
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| ... Prodigy On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Propellerheads Bring The Noise - Public Enemy Don't Believe The Hype - Public Enemy She Watch Channel Zero?! - Public Enemy Mis-Shapes - Pulp Common People - Pulp Disco 2000 - Pulp Something Changed - Pulp Sorted for E's & Wizz - Pulp ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Dimrill |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 16:01
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| The Channel 4 Advert for Kubrick season is fucking hyper-genius. The thing I find hardest to swallow is the number of people seen on "set". Kubrick was allowed a lot of his idiosyncracies in no small part because ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| DBSnappa |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 15:48
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Replies: 2975
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| The Channel 4 Advert for Kubrick season is fucking hyper-genius. The thing I find hardest to swallow is the number of people seen on "set". Kubrick was allowed a lot of his idiosyncracies in no small part because ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| devilman |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 15:24
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| The Channel 4 Advert for Kubrick season is fucking hyper-genius. I saw that once before I had to turn my TV off for a while. If someone would be kind enough to tell me when they have stopped showing adverts for the Charlotte ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| ElephantBanjoGnome |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 15:14
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Replies: 2975
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| I don't watch it but frequently catch several seconds of the intro as I'm fumbling for the remote to change the channel. It's just plain absurd. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 14:45
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| The Channel 4 Advert for Kubrick season is fucking hyper-genius. I saw that once before I had to turn my TV off for a while. If someone would be kind enough to tell me when they have stopped showing adverts for the Charlotte ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 2 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 14:39
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Stagnation of videogames progress |
| Dudley |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:33
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Replies: 80
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| ... was made for TMU. Why not the wii?controls would work just as well , and the wiimote would probably be better for editing.Plus a download Tracks channel or something. There is the DS version thats out in a bit though. Wii controls would be horrific in TMU imo, not to mention TMU really does look ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Stagnation of videogames progress |
| Mr Bob |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:13
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Replies: 80
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Dudley wrote:
And it fucking well should be, the 360 was made for TMU.
Why not the wii?controls would work just as well , and the wiimote would probably be better for editing.Plus a download Tracks channel or something.
There is the DS version thats out in a bit though. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wii Homebrew |
| Sheepeh |
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:03
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| Well the channel installed pretty smoothly, and looks nice. The n64 emulator crashes every time I try to make it run GoldenEye. Tetris thing works. Now to load up something like a MegaDrive or SNES emulator and try that. <edit> ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wii Homebrew |
| Mr_Grinch |
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 20:26
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| ... working on it? Do it. LewieP has and he's awesome. And it can all be removed. And I've heard of no-one bricking their wii installing the homebrew channel. So there. Do you mean all the head tracking stuff? Someone already ported the whiteboard he did: http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps/WiiWhiteboard ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wii Homebrew |
| Mr_Grinch |
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 17:44
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| ... do this but I'm worried about firmware updates. At worst the bright and intelligent people whom thought this up and have investigated say that the channel will merely cease to work (or be deleted by the big N). There's a complete remover too that will erase the homebrew channel and all traces of ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wii Homebrew |
| Mr_Grinch |
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 16:16
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| ... By and large I'm copying and pasting the work of others so I take complete and total credit for all of the below. This will install the homebrew channel which, up to now, is the best way for running your homebrew. It will also install the default "apps" package. Not everything you'll ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Life After People |
| Malc74 |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 22:12
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| I'm pretty certain that's the same one. I saw it on Channel 4 when I was visiting the folks in Scotland at the end of May. I thought it was quite enjoyable, although a lot of the CGI effects were repeated rather too often for my liking. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Life After People |
| MrChris |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 21:41
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| Wasn't it on Channel 4 recently? Lots of CGI stuff. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Life After People |
| WTB |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 21:39
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| Has anybody seen this? It was documentary on the History Channel I believe, but I bought the DVD (only available in Region 1:(). It's excellent stuff, very interesting. Read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_People Also, inspired ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What is the name of this british tv show? |
| tossrStu |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 21:13
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| ... Lucas And Walliams (then known in their short-lived but great 'Mash & Peas' guise) Spoofovision strand on a fledgeling Paramount Comedy Channel in the mid-1990s. I never saw a full Spoofovision programme but I remember Paramount using various M&P sketches to fill the gaps between ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: How Cheap Can I Eat? |
| chinnyhill10 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 21:04
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| ... and if you explain what you are up to he'll suggest what's cheap at the moment. Ditto your local butcher. There was also a thing about this on Channel 4 the other week but I've known it for years from first hand experience. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What is the name of this british tv show? |
| Mark X |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 19:58
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| ... Lucas And Walliams (then known in their short-lived but great 'Mash & Peas' guise) Spoofovision strand on a fledgeling Paramount Comedy Channel in the mid-1990s. "Tonight, we're talking about euthanasia. And [chuckles], I don't mean my annual trip to Bangkok!" In a splendid ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: "Who gives a fuck about Vampire Weekend?" (I do...) |
| Curiosity |
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:28
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| ... what about The Young Knives? I've been out all weekend and I've completely missed Friday/Saturday :( I know that 'Oxford Comma' was on some BBC channel last night at about half past midnight. They seemed to do a pretty good job of it, too. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Websites with databases |
| Blucey |
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:21
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Replies: 88
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| ... PEOWW over to WP (although I like the style as is), there's this extremely handy bit of malarky all ready to plug straight in; http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/plugins/star-rating/ Scroll down to see a table exactly like what you want. i'm going to bed now but I shall investigate WP and ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Websites with databases |
| WTB |
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:13
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| ... PEOWW over to WP (although I like the style as is), there's this extremely handy bit of malarky all ready to plug straight in; http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/plugins/star-rating/ Scroll down to see a table exactly like what you want. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: 2D Platformers are "Wiily" back - 2D Wario & 'NES' Megaman |
| YOG |
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:20
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| ... YOEfJAHqCac Which is a pretty swish "proof of concept" type thing. I think MM9's in safe hands. :) (The tune in this video is a 4-channel re-imagining of a DS-based tune, so I think it's safe to assume the original compositions for the new game will have much catchier melodies ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doctor Who |
| CraigGrannell |
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:21
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| It always bothers me that a TV channel constantly changing the start time of a TV show is a sign of someone deliberately trying to sabotage ratings, to justify scrapping that show. But then I am massively paranoid about pretty much everything. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doctor Who |
| chinnyhill10 |
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:20
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| Has the start time ever been the same on more than one occasion this season? It hasn't seemed so. It always bothers me that a TV channel constantly changing the start time of a TV show is a sign of someone deliberately trying to sabotage ratings, to justify scrapping that show. But then ... |
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