Hi Tony, 1. [Tony] Great to hear someone else annoyed with TV practice not heard from you in a while... are you able to access VK3RGL on 2M? 2. [anyone] I am in the process of fixing an email problem for a friend - bigpond.com address works fine on Thunderbird but balks on Live Mail on WIN 7. I created as near as I can an identical situation on a WIN 7 PC at my home and get the same issue. There are heaps of comments on help servers but no particular answer - any clues... 3. [anyone] In replying to your email - here with Thunderbird - I see on incoming email your signature but on replying (like now as I type) the signature is not displayed. I have Thunderbird 31.4.0. 73 de VK3KMJ a.k.a. Mike (H) On 10/04/15 08:43, Tony Langdon wrote:
On 9/04/2015 2:20 PM, Brian May wrote:
Not to mention other bad practises that seem to be getting more and more common, such as distracting advertisements on top of the TV show being broadcast, cutting the show (e.g. when somebody is still talking) to go to ads, racing through credits at end, or worse not even showing the credits at the end - you suddenly find the next program has started and didn't realize the previous one had ended. Yep, as I said, they need to stop treating viewers like crap.
I am kind of getting sick of TV (which might actually be a good thing... <grin>) ;)
Yes, after watching old episodes on Dr Who (I watched on DVD so not a problem), sometimes the credits can be rather interesting. Such as when two distinct characters are played by the one actor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orchid_(Doctor_Who) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orchid_%28Doctor_Who%29>> (They seem to do a good job of this for a 1982 production, e.g. in one scene makes it look like both characters are shaking hands with each other). I've been known to look through credits, when seeing someone who looks "familiar", and trying to answer the question "Was that .... playing that part?".