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Ok, this probably sounds weird but has anyone's tuner just randomly recorded infomercials for no reason at all?
My vip211k has been. I absolutely DESPISE all infomercials, I refuse to watch them no matter what snake oil or pie in the sky they are peddling.
There is no way I would ever record one. But my tuner has been recording them all by itself at different times of the day and night, different channels, different products, none related.
Is Dish Network making this happen? Or is there a bug in the tuner?
Just a few minutes ago I found my tuner recording one and I hadn't touched it or the remote all day. All day long I had been watching my FTA tuner. When I switched over to my Dish tuner, there it is, again, recording an infomercial.
Or I think they are better described as Deceptomercials. Or Scammercials.
I also thought about what the potential causes of this could be. Like a scheduled recording that was pre-empted by an scammercial. Nope.
I don't record stuff during the daytime. In this case, it was recording on a local OTA ATSC channel. I don't ever record anything, ever, from OTA ATSC. I have never created any timers to record anything or any series or any shows on any OTA channels.
What I find odd is that the several times it's done this, it wasn't just random TV shows, it was always scammercials. THAT, is fishy..
Is it just me?
My vip211k has been. I absolutely DESPISE all infomercials, I refuse to watch them no matter what snake oil or pie in the sky they are peddling.
There is no way I would ever record one. But my tuner has been recording them all by itself at different times of the day and night, different channels, different products, none related.
Is Dish Network making this happen? Or is there a bug in the tuner?
Just a few minutes ago I found my tuner recording one and I hadn't touched it or the remote all day. All day long I had been watching my FTA tuner. When I switched over to my Dish tuner, there it is, again, recording an infomercial.
Or I think they are better described as Deceptomercials. Or Scammercials.
I also thought about what the potential causes of this could be. Like a scheduled recording that was pre-empted by an scammercial. Nope.
I don't record stuff during the daytime. In this case, it was recording on a local OTA ATSC channel. I don't ever record anything, ever, from OTA ATSC. I have never created any timers to record anything or any series or any shows on any OTA channels.
What I find odd is that the several times it's done this, it wasn't just random TV shows, it was always scammercials. THAT, is fishy..
Is it just me?
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Hmmm... Maybe there is a dish pass timer that is hitting key words causing this to happen.
I don't think I ever messed with Dish pass, not that I recall unless I accidentally got into that menu in the first days when I first got it.
The first week or two it was totally alien to me and I was like "ARRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS THIS STUFF?!??!? and it was making me bonkers.
I'm still not out of the woods yet..
I'm going to sit down tonight and go through ALL the timers and events and see if I can weed out any errant stuff.
I did discover yesterday that a timer had been set for it to record all episodes of Penelope Pitstop on Boomerang.
The only thing I can figure is that I fell asleep the other day when I was watching that cartoon and rolled over on the remote and mashed buttons.
It's radio now converted from IR so it doesn't have to be pointed at anything and even laying on the remote can send button presses.
I can't think of any other way that happened. Maybe the same thing happened to cause it to record these infomercials.
If nothing else, I could reset it back to factory settings and start over fresh from step one.
I don't think I ever messed with Dish pass, not that I recall unless I accidentally got into that menu in the first days when I first got it.
The first week or two it was totally alien to me and I was like "ARRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS THIS STUFF?!??!? and it was making me bonkers.
I'm still not out of the woods yet..
I'm going to sit down tonight and go through ALL the timers and events and see if I can weed out any errant stuff.
I did discover yesterday that a timer had been set for it to record all episodes of Penelope Pitstop on Boomerang.
The only thing I can figure is that I fell asleep the other day when I was watching that cartoon and rolled over on the remote and mashed buttons.
It's radio now converted from IR so it doesn't have to be pointed at anything and even laying on the remote can send button presses.
I can't think of any other way that happened. Maybe the same thing happened to cause it to record these infomercials.
If nothing else, I could reset it back to factory settings and start over fresh from step one.
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If you remove all timers that pretty much would do the same. Just check timers on dish pass first. Also its a good idea to write down timers you have set so you dont forget one
factory on a dish receiver isnt the same as factory on a FTA receiver. Dish receiver just nukes the favorites, timers and a few other settings. The remote address stays the same as do locals logged in the receiver
If you remove all timers that pretty much would do the same. Just check timers on dish pass first. Also its a good idea to write down timers you have set so you dont forget one
I've had a lot going on the past few days, I haven't had a chance to sit and go through all the timers and settings.
Most likely I'll try to go through them on Sunday. Sunday there is never anything on TV all day so I won't be distracted.
I've also found some timers are conflicting with others and preventing things from being recorded.
Like Auction Hunters. I made a timer to record ALL episode. I wanted to catch up on all of them from the beginning. But for some reason it was not recording NEW episodes.
So I made a timer to also record NEW episodes of Auction Hunters. Well, it finds them in the guide but red X crosses them out and says it can't record them because there is a locked event to prevent that.
HUH? I checked the timer that records all episodes and there is nothing set on it for locked or protected. Something is crazy.
Well when I try to over ride the timer it says it's going to break something if I do. My option is to not record or break other timers.
I'm extremely confused what the heck that's about so I'm going to just delete ALL the flippin timers and start over.
The one and only timer I have set to protected is Cheyenne and it records only once a week on Saturdays. I set that timer to 1st priority and protected with unlimited recording #..
I think I need a class on this. It's one thing to set a timer. But understanding what happens when there are conflicts, the help menus don't explain all that stuff.
Most likely I'll try to go through them on Sunday. Sunday there is never anything on TV all day so I won't be distracted.
I've also found some timers are conflicting with others and preventing things from being recorded.
Like Auction Hunters. I made a timer to record ALL episode. I wanted to catch up on all of them from the beginning. But for some reason it was not recording NEW episodes.
So I made a timer to also record NEW episodes of Auction Hunters. Well, it finds them in the guide but red X crosses them out and says it can't record them because there is a locked event to prevent that.
HUH? I checked the timer that records all episodes and there is nothing set on it for locked or protected. Something is crazy.
Well when I try to over ride the timer it says it's going to break something if I do. My option is to not record or break other timers.
I'm extremely confused what the heck that's about so I'm going to just delete ALL the flippin timers and start over.
The one and only timer I have set to protected is Cheyenne and it records only once a week on Saturdays. I set that timer to 1st priority and protected with unlimited recording #..
I think I need a class on this. It's one thing to set a timer. But understanding what happens when there are conflicts, the help menus don't explain all that stuff.
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.
So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.
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That's how Ford did it- vertical integration. He even set up a rubber plantation in S. Americatomwellborn3rd (@wellborn.net)
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.
So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.
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