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TechTV lives on. – crazyishone

crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	You can subscribe to the podcast "tWiT" (this week in tech), via winamp or whatever. Its got Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Partick Norton, etc. Weekly. Easy to find using WinAmp's SHOUTCast Wire browser. yep... Down with G4 my friends. ------------------ quit posting on CCN? nope. I havn't been driven off yet.
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004	lol cool... ------------------ WARNING: RADIOACTIVE IE AHEAD! -------------------- #include <spazz.h> int name() { char name['B','u','d','d','B','o''y']
luke Member Posts: 311 From: I use your computer as my second Linux box Registered: 10-30-2005	Yay!!! I hate G4! Btw why did TechTV quit or shutdown? ------------------ "Do not condemn others for their ignorance, use it against them." Scott E. Roeben
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	"TechTV" was bought by Comcast, who came up with the G4TechTV thing, which then just became G4 in America. Its G4TechTV in canada, so you can still catch some of the shows like Call for Help if you live up there. Anyway, since it became G4-ized, it's turned into a spike-tv clone. It isn't about tech at all anymore, and this spring they actually announced they would be shifting more focus away from technology, especially on Attack of the Show. Sooo, no it will become even more mindless. I say, forget it. G4 is lame (imo), and the whole reason Comcast bought TechTV was because it was doing well, and it was the only TV channel for the "target audience" (geek types, etc.) . Then they screwed with the formula....smart eh? ------------------ quit posting on CCN? nope. I havn't been driven off yet.
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	I dont like G4 I never liked G4 I see no point in watching 2 teams playing video games, or gaming reviewers talking about sex and violence. ------------------ if(post = 1) { signature = 1; animated_gif = 0; } end()
luke Member Posts: 311 From: I use your computer as my second Linux box Registered: 10-30-2005	Agreed, and nor do we need any stupid shows that have something to do with reproduction and technology, which is stupid... beyond... any belief... it truely is analogous to Spike, but it has a sick tint of comedy central in it... its just a sick channel nowadays. I really miss Future Fighting Machines... ------------------ "Do not condemn others for their ignorance, use it against them." Scott E. Roeben
bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003	i miss "the screensavers", that show rocked. then i was like, "hey at least they have call for help"...then what do they do, they cut it off in america to show reruns of star trek and xplay...who wants to see the same 5 shows 30 times a week? how do they stay in business??? ------------------ proverbs 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. proverbs 25:7 open rebuke is better than secret love. www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	I thought of watching 'Screensavers', but I never did.. I wish I had known how good it was ------------------ if(post = 1) { signature = 1; animated_gif = 0; } end()
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	Guys, go to twit.tv its got podcasts and such from the old hosts. Leo Laporte is friggin awesome. Former cohost of ScreenSavers Patrick Norton, and kevin rose too. (founder of Digg). Yep... I listen to tWiT all the time now. (this week in tech). There is also "This week in Media", "Security Now!", and some others. The cohost from Call for Help is on This week in Media, as well as her own "Inside the Internet". (amber ...something. forgot her last name.) ------------------ quit posting on CCN? nope. I havn't been driven off yet.
Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005	Hey nothing wrong with 2 TNG episodes in the morning on spike and then 2 on G4 around 5 and 6 and then another episode at night on G4, lol. But seriously spike is useless and so is this new G4, aside TNG. Which I would prefer my favorite shows back on G4, even if they replaced TNG, which I can always watch on DVD. Actually I heard G4 was a separate station beforehand and then Comcast replaced TechTV with it when it was bought. I could be wrong. I found this interesting on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_%28TV_channel%29 Screensavers did rock, it was funny and smart. I thought Extended Play was awesome too, until they made it all modern called it X-Play and had that co-host, it reduced Adam Saddler to less than his full potential IMO, he had hilarious comments about the games he reviewed in the previous show, and it was intelligent at the same time. Another show I miss to death is Robot Wars, I knew it was too good to last . ------------------ [This message has been edited by lava (edited June 13, 2006).]
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	Ah, I think you were right. I get so depressed talking about this...:-p ------------------ quit posting on CCN? nope. I havn't been driven off yet.
bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003	anyone know how to get a list of all the episodes of twit and the security one(i really want these!!!). security is what i plan on specializing in once i get to the network admin level. i got 2000 pro, 2000 server, and intro to vb next quarter, like 2 more classes(and then 2 cert tests) after those classes and i'll have my mcsa. ------------------ proverbs 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. proverbs 25:7 open rebuke is better than secret love. www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	I find quite a few episodes of tWiT by searching through the SHOUTcast Wire list in Winamp. Also, every episode is available on the twit.tv page. thats what all the numbers are. :-p ------------------ quit posting on CCN? nope. I havn't been driven off yet. [This message has been edited by crazyishone (edited June 13, 2006).]