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| [hellrider 31038] Sunday, January 29, 2012 5:32:46 PM | |
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:16:22 PM | |
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I have a Freeview box (also known as a Free to Air box). They aren't very common and most non-tech nerds have never heard of them. Complicated to set up and get the right sat signals and far too much competition (and ease) from the three basic outlets: cable, Dishnetwork and DirecTV. I got a Free2air box both for play as well as when one of the two major satellite companies made it much more difficult to reprogram their cards. I live in rural USA so cable isn't an option here. I bought a basic package with one of the two major sat companies and did an e-prom to reprogram the card to pick up all stations. The company in question would send a different code in the data stream from time to time but you just had to have the right equipment, download the latest code and reprogram (crack) the card again. That stopped when they got wise so I switched sat companies. One just happens to carry the Tennis Channel (watching Sharapova v Azarenka as I type).
Our entire country went digital a few years back. I have a big rotating antenna on top of my house so took advantage of the government program to subsidize the digital converter boxes to still receive signals from the antenna. After all, satellite goes out with a strong fart. Now? SUCKS! I live in a tornado zone. The other night, sirens are going off all night long and, when in the past I could go to regular tv to see a local radar image, all I could see is the same pixilated, stuck digital image of some sort of old radar image. DSL internet, so that was no help and, as I said, I am in rural nowhere so the only emergency radio signal I can get is about 50 miles+ away.
It was a big political move to free up bandwidth by switching to digital here (same is happening in NZ). However, it certainly made things worse for rural america.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:22:33 PM)| |  | Becks wrote: | | Well here's a quick rundown of how TV in NZ works.
We have 3 'main' free to air channels, which I suppose is now 4, who knows. We are switching to digital tv this year I believe, where people will need to buy something called a Freeview box in order to get the digital Freeview channels (as the name suggests, after purchasing said box, the viewing of these channels is free). Freeview has about 26 channels, some of which are actually radio, some of which are pretty random, some of which are local programming mostly (no sports channels, movie channels, anything like that). The other option is Sky tv, which has been around for years. There's 50+ channels, you subscribe to the packages you want, the basic package has normal channels, news channels, doco channels etc. Sports package costs extra, as does the movie package or other random stuff like the arts channel. We just have the basic package plus a channel called SoHo which screens all the decent shows like Game of Thrones.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? You don't even get that as a "local" channel?! What a shame! LOL!
Blackout. They must want you to buy tickets and actually fly over and attend.
| | | Becks wrote: | | We don't get the sport channels anymore (unsubscribed to them cos they're expensive lol) otherwise I would have watched the tennis, lol.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? Am I the only one up at 5am watching the Aussie Open? Federer and Nadal slugfest at 5am in the USA? Tell me it isn't so!
Freeze! Where are ya? 
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| [hellrider 31038] Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:18:45 PM | |
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http://www.myplaydirect.com/judas-priest/features/25847855
KEEP THE FAITH SUPPORT THE PRIEST
YOU ALLREADY GOT IT ALL
BUY ANOTHER
WITH ALL THE FUC?EN MILLIONS FUC?EN RIPPED OFF FROM THEM WITH ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING
YOU CAN ATLEAST BUY ONE RIGHT
JUDAS PRIEST HEEEEAAAAVVVVYYYYY MEEEEETTTTTTTTTTT TAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
FIST TO YOU
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| [Becks] Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:22:33 PM | |
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Well here's a quick rundown of how TV in NZ works.
We have 3 'main' free to air channels, which I suppose is now 4, who knows. We are switching to digital tv this year I believe, where people will need to buy something called a Freeview box in order to get the digital Freeview channels (as the name suggests, after purchasing said box, the viewing of these channels is free). Freeview has about 26 channels, some of which are actually radio, some of which are pretty random, some of which are local programming mostly (no sports channels, movie channels, anything like that). The other option is Sky tv, which has been around for years. There's 50+ channels, you subscribe to the packages you want, the basic package has normal channels, news channels, doco channels etc. Sports package costs extra, as does the movie package or other random stuff like the arts channel. We just have the basic package plus a channel called SoHo which screens all the decent shows like Game of Thrones.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:31:03 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? You don't even get that as a "local" channel?! What a shame! LOL!
Blackout. They must want you to buy tickets and actually fly over and attend.
| | | Becks wrote: | | We don't get the sport channels anymore (unsubscribed to them cos they're expensive lol) otherwise I would have watched the tennis, lol.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? Am I the only one up at 5am watching the Aussie Open? Federer and Nadal slugfest at 5am in the USA? Tell me it isn't so!
Freeze! Where are ya?
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:31:03 PM | |
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What? You don't even get that as a "local" channel?! What a shame! LOL!
Blackout. They must want you to buy tickets and actually fly over and attend.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:45:43 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | We don't get the sport channels anymore (unsubscribed to them cos they're expensive lol) otherwise I would have watched the tennis, lol.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? Am I the only one up at 5am watching the Aussie Open? Federer and Nadal slugfest at 5am in the USA? Tell me it isn't so!
Freeze! Where are ya?
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| [Becks] Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:45:43 PM | |
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We don't get the sport channels anymore (unsubscribed to them cos they're expensive lol) otherwise I would have watched the tennis, lol.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:50:01 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? Am I the only one up at 5am watching the Aussie Open? Federer and Nadal slugfest at 5am in the USA? Tell me it isn't so!
Freeze! Where are ya?
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| [Deep Freeze] Friday, January 27, 2012 9:55:26 AM | |
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TENNIS?!?!?? BAH!!! I am watching the Squirrel Skiing Open....HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:50:01 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | What? Am I the only one up at 5am watching the Aussie Open? Federer and Nadal slugfest at 5am in the USA? Tell me it isn't so!
Freeze! Where are ya?
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| [Head banger] Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:54:51 PM | |
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no it wont matter. although priest would be interested to see that there are more fans in winnipeg than total population.
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| [spapad] Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:13:44 PM | |
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Split personalities, spred that far, can't be too intellegent. I'm sure they would be happy to click the widget.
Maybe that would calm hellrider the hell down? HA No, doubt that very much.
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| [guidogodoy] Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:44:00 PM | |
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Now if we could only get him and his many "personalities" to click Hellrider's widget so he would shut the hell up about it!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:48:23 PM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | | guido I am sure that one of the WW personalities watched it. god knows we are seeing enough of them |
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| [Head banger] Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:48:23 PM | |
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| guido I am sure that one of the WW personalities watched it. god knows we are seeing enough of them |
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| [Ears from Outer Space] Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:31:26 PM | |
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| [Ears from Outer Space] Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:30:52 PM | |
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| [guidogodoy] Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:50:01 AM | |
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What? Am I the only one up at 5am watching the Aussie Open? Federer and Nadal slugfest at 5am in the USA? Tell me it isn't so!
Freeze! Where are ya?
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| [The Winnipeg Warrior�] Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:54:19 AM | |
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| [THEWINNIPEGWARRIOR�] Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:54:09 AM | |
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| [Head banger] Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:23:33 PM | |
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well... JD tried a hit man.... that didnt work. ignore would probably fail too.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:43:08 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | I know the feeling. But.............sigh, what else to do.
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| [spapad] Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:43:08 PM | |
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| [Head banger] Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:11:13 PM | |
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| [hellrider 31038] Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:08:20 PM | |
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FIST TO YOU MAN
HEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HEAR SEE AND FEEL THE PRIEST AND METAL TO THE MAX NOT PARTIAL WITH KK BACK AND RICHIE KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
CONTINUING FROM THE MIGHTY PAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLLLLLLLLLER ALBUM
FULL ON AND IN OUR FACE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG THHHHHHHHRRRRROOOOOOOUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Brian_Evans from Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:42:57 PM)
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Keep the faith for the 3 axe attack man!! 
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IN ONE EAR AND ( MIGHTY PAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLLLLLER DRUM TRACK PLEASE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfNKIsl0ce8 )
OUUUTTT THHHEEE OTTTTHHHHEEEERRRRRR..
AND I SUPPOSE YOU THINK FUC? PRIEST TO THE MAX TO HEY .YOU KNOW THAT SPECIAL PRIEST SOUND AND FEEL THAT SETS PRIEST APART FROM THE OTHERS THE CLASSIC ALBUMS HAVE.
KK DOWNING COME BACK WITH RICHIE THREE AXE ATTACK
HEAR SEE AND FEEL THE PRIEST AND METAL TO THE MAX NOT PARTIAL
WITH KK BACK AND RICHIE KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
PUSHING THE METAL FORWARD CONTINUING FROM THE MIGHTY PAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLLLLLLLLER ALBUM
AND BEFORE THE NEXT NEW MIGHTY PRIEST BEAST METAL MONSTER ALBUM IS RECORDED WITHOUT HIM FOREVER
JUDAS PRIEST
MASTERS OF METAL
CONTINUING THE LEGACY
BACK AND WITH A VENGEANCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE
FULL ON AND IN YOUR FACE (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:21:43 PM)
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I have him on ignore due to the fact that I wanted to beat the living cyber-crap out of him every day. Sure made my time here a bit easier. Is that bad? Evil? Taboo? Iunno, I don't care.
HELLRIDER. FUCK YOUR THREE AXE ATTACK. FUCK YOUR FUCKING WIDGET. KK IS NEVER COMING BACK! SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Back to my burrowing hole. *poof!*
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| [Brian_Evans] Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:42:57 PM | |
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Keep the faith for the 3 axe attack man!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by hellrider 31038 from Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:51:25 PM)| | | hellrider 31038 wrote: | |
IN ONE EAR AND ( MIGHTY PAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLLLLLER DRUM TRACK PLEASE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfNKIsl0ce8 )
OUUUTTT THHHEEE OTTTTHHHHEEEERRRRRR..
AND I SUPPOSE YOU THINK FUC? PRIEST TO THE MAX TO HEY .YOU KNOW THAT SPECIAL PRIEST SOUND AND FEEL THAT SETS PRIEST APART FROM THE OTHERS THE CLASSIC ALBUMS HAVE.
KK DOWNING COME BACK WITH RICHIE THREE AXE ATTACK
HEAR SEE AND FEEL THE PRIEST AND METAL TO THE MAX NOT PARTIAL
WITH KK BACK AND RICHIE KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
PUSHING THE METAL FORWARD CONTINUING FROM THE MIGHTY PAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLLLLLLLLER ALBUM
AND BEFORE THE NEXT NEW MIGHTY PRIEST BEAST METAL MONSTER ALBUM IS RECORDED WITHOUT HIM FOREVER
JUDAS PRIEST
MASTERS OF METAL
CONTINUING THE LEGACY
BACK AND WITH A VENGEANCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE
FULL ON AND IN YOUR FACE (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:21:43 PM)
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Vaillant 3.0 wrote: |
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I have him on ignore due to the fact that I wanted to beat the living cyber-crap out of him every day. Sure made my time here a bit easier. Is that bad? Evil? Taboo? Iunno, I don't care.
HELLRIDER. FUCK YOUR THREE AXE ATTACK. FUCK YOUR FUCKING WIDGET. KK IS NEVER COMING BACK! SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Back to my burrowing hole. *poof!*
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