Pretty soon we're going to go the Max Headroom route of not allowing Off buttons on the TV.
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
Book ,'Objects In Space'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Connie Neil - Apr 27, 2007 6:48:06 am PDT #6441 of 10001
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 27, 2007 6:50:07 am PDT #6442 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
but it did give us the hi-larious spectacle of the head of Turner Broadcasting telling us that any time we don't watch commercials, we're stealing - but the networks would allow us to have bathroom breaks "within reason"
I wish I'd been there to reply (hopefully with live network news cameras taping) "Thanks for giving me the final push I needed to abandon network TV forever. I'll have so much more time to read, exercise, and socialize now that I won't be stealing the commercial TV programming provided by arrogant morons such as yourself anymore!"
Sean K - Apr 27, 2007 7:35:00 am PDT #6443 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think it was ReplayTV that a friend of my dad's had, which had that button on the remote that would skip ahead a minute or two (a pre-defined amount of time, anyway).
It was probably meant to skip over commercials, but it turns out that this same amount of time is almost exactly the average amount of time between a football being declared dead on the field and the snap of the next play. This is a fantastic way to watch football, by the way. Games that took three hours to play take half an hour to forty five minutes to watch.
bicyclops - Apr 27, 2007 8:14:04 am PDT #6444 of 10001
Our DirectTV branded DVR, which we just got in January, has a 30-second skip button.
Laga - Apr 27, 2007 8:37:30 am PDT #6445 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Grammar question: Is it, "Fox TV is a bunch of assholes" or "Fox TV are a bunch of assholes"?
Monique - Apr 27, 2007 8:44:33 am PDT #6446 of 10001
I'd recast the sentence.
Stephanie - Apr 27, 2007 8:46:32 am PDT #6447 of 10001
Trust my rage
Isn't that British English vs. American English thing? I would say "FOX TV is" because I'm talking about one corporate entity. I think, though, the Brits do it differently.
victor infante - Apr 27, 2007 9:02:47 am PDT #6448 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Grammar question: Is it, "Fox TV is a bunch of assholes" or "Fox TV are a bunch of assholes"?
FOX TV is a single entity, and the sentence is saying saying that single entity is composed of assholes.
So I'd go with your first choice.
Kevin - Apr 27, 2007 9:07:42 am PDT #6449 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I'd go for 'are', so it might well be a Brit thing.
Quick question: anybody remember if any specifics were announced about Fillion's development deal with FOX? I'm a bit worried they'll have him presenting 'Are You Smarter Than A Turtle?' in the fall.
DebetEsse - Apr 27, 2007 9:21:30 am PDT #6450 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If you're talking about it as a unified entity, then "is".
If you're talking about varieties of assholery in different parts of the entity, then "are"