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Zombies, Dracula, Frankenstein, and Jesus

Richard S. Russell — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:15 GMT

What do they have in common? Venn diagram: http://tinyurl.com/yk4o78k

VCR

M Koch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:49:23 GMT

I still time shift by VCR, if it ain't broke don't replace it. It is called saving money. Which is real, unlike saving daylight. Marie K I still time

Re: Get a Dvr or tivo

Karen Babich — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:17:38 GMT

Dennis, not everyone chooses -- or can afford -- cable or satellite TV, much less a DVR. It's nifty tech, certainly, but not necessarily a universal option.

Get a Dvr or tivo

Dennis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:26:30 GMT

Vhs is more or less on the way out for time shifting, A Dvr will reset it self for Day light or regular time. ABC may show the series on the internet hope

Re: Digest Number 424

Dennis Hackbart — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:48 GMT

Oddcon@yahoogroups.com wrote Get a DVR Read the menus The recorder clock Resets on sat or cable resets from a synch pulse on line for non cable homes there are

Re: Another Victim of Daylight Saving Time

Brian Curley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:01 GMT

Translation: "The decision to go ahead with this show was made back when I was still working in the mailroom (six months ago). Since my career depends on

Re: Another Victim of Daylight Saving Time

Paul — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:15:08 GMT

Not true. It is scheduled to come back in March. "Four episodes of V will air in November 2009, and the series will resume in March 2010 after the 2010 Winter

Re: Another Victim of Daylight Saving Time

Jerome Van Epps — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:47:33 GMT

Don't get too excited a V. The word is that ABC only scheduled 4 episode and then it goes on hiatus. Unless it does really great in the ratings, that

Another Victim of Daylight Saving Time

Richard S. Russell — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:06:39 GMT

So, twice a year we get to change every damn clock in the house, for no apparent purpose I've ever been able to discern. So this weekend I did it again ?

Paul is Charlie's friend fo the week FW: Want Us To Pay Your Bills?

Paul Wiesner — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:39:37 GMT

My facebook pic is of me, my brother Chuck and his daughter. So with the pic they have I'm on the left. They mispelled my name, and it's Oddcon not Od-con but

Brilliant Graphs

Richard S. Russell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:31:08 GMT

These graphs, showing character continuity in a couple of major genre films, would have made Edward Tufte proud: http://xkcd.com/657/large/

Re: Ding!

stellar_fury — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:50 GMT

Jessica Alba? Since Dark Angel she was in Sin City and Fantastic 4 (both of them, Invisible Girl).

Ding!

Richard S. Russell — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:43:40 GMT

The actress who plays Anna, the lead alien on the new ABC show V (premieres tomoro at 7 CT), looks suitably exotic but strangely familiar. I finally couldn't

Oopsy

Richard S. Russell — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:13:47 GMT

Forgot to include the labels on the picture. Left to right, that's Saturn 5, shuttle launch vehicle, Ares 1, and Ares 5. To put it into perspective, if you

My Start in Science Fiction ...

Richard S. Russell — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:04:19 GMT

... involved rocket ships and rayguns, and it never wore off. I still get a thrill out of stuff like this: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091102.html