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Started by kordova Jul 21, 2003 at 6:10 PM 17 replies 500+ views

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Jul 21, 2003 at 6:10 PM

Is it me or is all of TechTV (read: Screen Savers) formatted like an AOL ad? I can't stand the "youthful" trendwhores who get on screen, explain how they are "righteous" "hackers" and then show you how to download the new google toolbar and make obvious statements about what they clearly stole from yahoo news etc. [edited by - kordova on July 21, 2003 7:13:48 PM]

Nervo

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Nervo

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:12 PM

That bad huh? I never watched TechTV because I just don't have it on the box. Do you have to be a digital subscriber to get it or what? Their website has been helpful sometimes when I needed to lookup a quick Linux command reference.

[edited by - nervo on July 21, 2003 7:13:25 PM]

kordova

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kordova

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:14 PM

quote:
Original post by Nervo
That bad huh? I never watched TechTV because I just don''t have it on the box. Do you have to be a digital subscriber to get it or what? Their website has been helpful sometimes when I needed to lookup a quick Linux command reference.

Not the channel itself (which I get as part of a digital cable, internet package). Just the show Screen Savers which seems to be the flagship show of TechTV.

jmg5

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:15 PM

Yeah, everyone on techtv are a bunch of assclowns.

Bossk

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Bossk

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:18 PM

I used to watch that channel a fair bit, don''t anymore though. It used to be that Screen Savers was the more "advanced" show, while Call for Help was for complete noobs. I never encountered any so called "hackers" on the show ... normally when they had guests they were regular celebritys (well celebritys that weren''t very popular, so they could actually get them on the show) or it was someone who a more technical person would find interesting: they once had this scientist guy working on nanotechnology come in. It was fairly interesting.

Nervo

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Nervo

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:24 PM

I think they are just catering to a greater general audience from what you guys are saying. Heck, the greater the size of an audience will mean more bucks and the producers won''t ignore that fact.

Bossk

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Jul 21, 2003 at 6:27 PM

quote:
Original post by Nervo
I think they are just catering to a greater general audience from what you guys are saying. Heck, the greater the size of an audience will mean more bucks and the producers won''t ignore that fact.

Yeah... the day the show starts catering to the hardcore geeks is the day the show gets cancelled.

Nervo

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Nervo

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:29 PM

Maybe public access is the only route, or the local college channel. Unless most people become a hardcore geek as the years go by. Screwed.

[edited by - nervo on July 21, 2003 7:29:36 PM]

kordova

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kordova

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:34 PM

Curses. I guess I''m back to my staples of The History Channel and The SciFi Channel. Why do I have digital cable again?

Nervo

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Nervo

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:35 PM

why pr0n of course

tuxx

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:41 PM

I first liked how TSS wasn''t afraid to use the word "hacker" when talking about a real hacker, but now every other word on TechTV is "hack". Hack your TiVO, hack your XBOX, hack your Wi-Fi, Kevin Rose is such a hacker. God dammit. They''re just using "hacker" as a catch-phrase. It seems like we now have TWO ends of the spectrum of "hacker" abuse. We have the people that think hackers are the devil, and we have people who are calling themselves "hackers" because they followed a step-by-step guide on installing some software into their xbox. Whoop dee fucking doo.

AnonymousPosterChild

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AnonymousPosterChild

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:42 PM

Ilike the ScreenSavers. It''s the only show where I actually got to SEE the Minibosses.

"A socialist is a communist who didn''t try hard enough."
- Me

kordova

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kordova

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:43 PM

Man I just hacked my recycling bin by right clicking it and setting the amount to 0%!

kordova

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kordova

Jul 21, 2003 at 6:44 PM

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Original post by Nervo
why pr0n of course

Not much of a pr0n jocky myself. Hell, even if I was all digital gets you is a bigger selection to pay for.

Hikeeba

Jul 21, 2003 at 8:00 PM

Used to watch TSS. Now if it''s on, it''s just background noise. There was one point when I actually did find out neat stuff on that show. I do enjoy it when Michio Kaku shows up though.

At the risk of sounding incredibly stupid, does anyone else here watch X-Play just to stare at Morgan?

AnonymousPosterChild

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AnonymousPosterChild

Jul 21, 2003 at 8:01 PM

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Original post by Hikeeba

At the risk of sounding incredibly stupid, does anyone else here watch X-Play just to stare at Morgan?

Oh god yes!

"A socialist is a communist who didn''t try hard enough."
- Me

Feblex

Jul 21, 2003 at 9:20 PM

Dammit... I haven''t seen TechTV in a long while... I loved it.

Slightly on-topic, I was just going to bed a month or so ago and was just turning the TV off at like 3:00 am. I hit the wrong button, and it went to some local community channel. It was some show all about COM! The thing was teaching how to use it. I was blown away. However, I never got the name of the show or anything before hitting the sack. I never saw it again.

tuxx

Jul 23, 2003 at 2:21 PM

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Original post by Hikeeba
At the risk of sounding incredibly stupid, does anyone else here watch X-Play just to stare at Morgan?

I thought that I was the only one who did that...

Tyro

Jul 23, 2003 at 3:10 PM

morgan is not the best hostess tho. Although she could be the finest...

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