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Radioguy41
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Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
I'm wondering why there is 1 Dish forum while DTV has 4? Is DTV that bad it needs 4 forums to discuss all the problems? Well to be fair I should call it 3 forums since the "Cutting Edge" forum is deader than a doornail, zero posts for a year and a half. No cutting edge I guess? Might be time to stick a fork in it. :tombstone
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I'm a decade ahead of you, in my late 30s and I 100% agree.

While I don't have POTS due to Verizon's incredibly poor maintenance of the lines around here I do have Spectrum Voice as well as HughesNet Voice as my 'landlines'. I prefer talking on a landline versus a smartphone. I don't find holding a glass slab to my ear comfortable at all and a good quality landline connection beats a cell phone any day. For my handset, I have an EnGenius Durafon Pro which I can use for slightly over a mile in each direction from home with the high gain antenna.

I have a collection of voice providers at my disposal, and when at home it's the landline that is used exclusively

Spectrum – Primary voice provider
HughesNet – Back up for when power (or cable) goes out
T-Mobile – Primary mobile provider, No Service at home
FirstNet (AT&T) – Secondary mobile provider, -123 dBm band 14 LTE at home
Verizon Wireless – Work provided mobile provider, -121 dBm band 13 LTE at home
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I'm a decade ahead of you, in my late 30s and I 100% agree.

While I don't have POTS due to Verizon's incredibly poor maintenance of the lines around here I do have Spectrum Voice as well as HughesNet Voice as my 'landlines'. I prefer talking on a landline versus a smartphone. I don't find holding a glass slab to my ear comfortable at all and a good quality landline connection beats a cell phone any day. For my handset, I have an EnGenius Durafon Pro which I can use for slightly over a mile in each direction from home with the high gain antenna.

I have a collection of voice providers at my disposal, and when at home it's the landline that is used exclusively

Spectrum – Primary voice provider
HughesNet – Back up for when power (or cable) goes out
T-Mobile – Primary mobile provider, No Service at home
FirstNet (AT&T) – Secondary mobile provider, -123 dBm band 14 LTE at home
Verizon Wireless – Work provided mobile provider, -121 dBm band 13 LTE at home
I'm wondering why couldn't there be a classically-presenting phone with corded (or cordless) receiver that's tied to a smartphone (or smartphones?) Such that when a call comes, it not only lights up the iPhone but rings the "old" phone and you can either take the call on that or just on the smartphone. It would just be like another wifi or bluetooth peripheral
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I'm wondering why couldn't there be a classically-presenting phone with corded (or cordless) receiver that's tied to a smartphone (or smartphones?) Such that when a call comes, it not only lights up the iPhone but rings the "old" phone and you can either take the call on that or just on the smartphone. It would just be like another wifi or bluetooth peripheral

I think there is. I keep seeing ads for it on TV. Some kind of corded phone with a texting readout for the visually/hearing imparied.
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I think there is. I keep seeing ads for it on TV. Some kind of corded phone with a texting readout for the visually/hearing imparied.
What would be the point?

That's a lot of extra work to address your failure to keep your wireless (or cordless) phone charged.
This would not involve a landline.

I think there is. I keep seeing ads for it on TV. Some kind of corded phone with a texting readout for the visually/hearing imparied.
Those are landline phones for challenged seniors. My dad tried a couple of them. God-awfully loud ring; I could hear it for 100s of feet outside of the house, and they weren't exactly a snap to use. I was in process of putting him on iPhone when he died.

I've had one for over five years. Is this what you're wishing for? Link2Cell Cordless Phone - KX-TGF57x Series

Cordless Telephones
That would seem to be it- something on this order would seem like a no-brainer base smart-home deal. You come home, set your mobile phone aside or onto charger and then receive/send its notifications, texts & calls- basically, "use it" other than for all apps, on multiple handsets in the home, like in the landline days. Bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, etc. Intercom, monitoring, great added features. I would have to think that there could be tech to just "mirror" your mobile use on multiple handsets around the house so you don't have to schlep your device everywhere you are, while home.
I think this is what I've seen advertised on TV-

Nope, that's another of the dumb, loud phones.
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Nope, that's another of the dumb, loud phones.
All of these phones have an option to control the ringer volume as well as the speaker function volume. Is that what you're biasing your evaluation on?
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All of these phones have an option to control the ringer volume as well as the speaker function volume. Is that what you're biasing your evaluation on?
The 2 that my dad had were didn't offer much user-friendliness but rather seemed to be geared to prioritize enhanced hearing (through amplified volume) and voice-to-text, as though that's all that's needed for a good user experience. Just wasn't the right direction, plus my dad was still using a cell flip phone for most of his use anyway. I figured by porting his landline personal/business # to a larger-screen iPhone he could get his calls & texts more easily, and apple's always working on accessibility features like hearing aid mode
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Huh, I thought they just put that stuff in & that's that
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Huh, I thought they just put that stuff in & that's that
This pretty much explains my point of view...direct from Google fiber and Wikipedia


Distribution

In order to avoid underground cabling complexity for the last mile, Google Fiber relies on aggregators dubbed Google Fiber Huts.[23]​

From these Google Fiber Huts, the fiber cables travel along utility poles into neighborhoods and homes, and stop at a Fiber Jack (an optical network terminal or ONT) in each home.[24]​

The estimated cost of wiring a fiber network like Google Fiber into a major American city was $1 billion in 2016.[25]​[26]​
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Bruce
This pretty much explains my point of view...direct from Google fiber and Wikipedia


Distribution

In order to avoid underground cabling complexity for the last mile, Google Fiber relies on aggregators dubbed Google Fiber Huts.[23]​

From these Google Fiber Huts, the fiber cables travel along utility poles into neighborhoods and homes, and stop at a Fiber Jack (an optical network terminal or ONT) in each home.[24]​

The estimated cost of wiring a fiber network like Google Fiber into a major American city was $1 billion in 2016.[25]​[26]​
What does that have to do with you posting Fiber last 10 years?
Juan
What does that have to do with you posting Fiber last 10 years?
AFiber isn't afiber..as technology changes the fibers themselves change...newer fibers handle faster speeds...AI is way way off...based on my 30 years telco experience fibers last about 10 years outside...in a office building fibers can last a lot longer
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Bruce
AFiber isn't afiber..as technology changes the fibers themselves change...newer fibers handle faster speeds...AI is way way off...based on my 30 years telco experience fibers last about 10 years outside...in a office building fibers can last a lot longer
Again, what does that have to do with you posting Fiber last 10 years, which you have not provided any evidence for.
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harshness
I figured by porting his landline personal/business # to a larger-screen iPhone he could get his calls & texts more easily,
It seems like you should have mentioned this goal up front.
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AFiber isn't afiber..as technology changes the fibers themselves change...newer fibers handle faster speeds.
Does all old fiber get replaced or does it just get added to?
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I'd have to roll my pant legs up a few if accepting the phrase optical fiber cable has a finite lifetime.
The bare aluminum aerial cable that was installed back in the late 80's and early 90's here by the former Adelphia and now Zitomedia mess surely is on its last legs. Out in the wind and snow and trees falling. But still working. Forethought was engineered is what was the touted first rural TV and "high speed" Internet system in the country to have a backup hardline coax as well as the previously mentioned Siamese optical fiber cable.

Optical cable is run underground, up on poles. To "nodes" that provide subs with data that "last mile" on hardine coax. I was fortunate to have an old friend, the headend dude that worked inside the huge abandoned headquarters of Adelphia on top of a hill with all of the the linesmen training poles and looking like sort of a mini compound before they got caught in an Enron type of thing.
Anyway. He was speaking with a field tech some 40 miles away balancing optical signal. Swapping a 5mW laser card for an 8mW , up to 10mW, 12mW. Settling for the 8mW card. And on the other end doing the same. Strange. I call it (phonetically) mill-i-watt. They said mill-ee-watt. Maybe people do. Just never heard the exaggerated 'eee'.
Anyway. I don't see many service trucks stringing new cable out this way at all. So. To even mention a finite life of aerial optical fiber? Nah. And if you've even gotten any of the rodent discouraging "goo" from commercial direct burial cable on your fingers and tasted just a tiny bit of it. You ain't living life!

Then there's the abandoned gas pipeline running close to the big one here on my property. It used to have Gas Pipeline signs posted along the run. Now there are Optical Fiber Cable signs in place. Fiber cable is inside the 3" pipe.
Adding the fact that fiber cable can be run inside live gas pipeline. The infrastructure is all over the place. It will last forever. Its glass. Ain't never gong to move. An inspection pig won't disturb it. Can I unroll my jeans yet?

I knew a gal in Florida. She was all about her Cantenna and wifi Pineapple. Back when people didn't secure their routers or used weak passwords. Something the Pineapple handled like a day at the beach.
I asked a guy I went to school with at a reunion. Someone you would never have expected to choose the career he chose. And did amazingly well. He got into the Electronics industry. Microwave RF, his specialty.
How in the heck did you choose electronics? And RF for that fact. We related well, Living in a town with 1 AM radio station with time slots for.....Frakies Polka Party. The disgustingly monotonistic female local news announcer. Jimmy Swaggart remember? "someone who shares, someone who cares...
And maybe two hours of top 40's in the evening before signing off at 9PM. We would grab some beer. Drive to the top of the highest hill in a special spot to listen to Stereo FM Rock from Buffalo. Or wander up on a kegger with a mess of (shuddering) Disco freaks.
90 miles away as the bird flies.
John gave me a smile and eye-lock. With a question that had only one answer. "What's the easiest way to get a signal from point A to point B?" FM radio and playing with TV antennas and finding just that right spot to get the best signal with the least snow.
Me too. But I didn't get a formal education. I learned the best I could. When I could. Man. Where would I have gone if?.......
Jesus! How in the heck did I get off on THIS tangent? I suck at carpentry. I do like to fish though. Muscle cars are pretty cool. As long as they are Mopar...."my old pig ain't runnin' ".
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Bobby
Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Guide says Nascar race, I get the baseball game on two channels.
long_time_Dish
Guide says Nascar race, I get the baseball game on two channels.
Yeah, I was bummed. It was supposed to be the NASCAR race in 4K...
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Regarding the no sound bug when watching 4K HDR events or DVR recordings with Dolby set to ON:
I got rolled back to H708 last night after getting an email from the support team. It fixed the bug.

The email indicated that they believed they found the issue, and if the fix works, they would roll it out via an update in the coming weeks.

So... we should see that bug exterminated in the near future.
long_time_Dish
148-04 says the NASCAR race on at noon on Sunday. Be interesting to see if it is.
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MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.
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MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.
CFB, Notre Dame at BYU, Saturday 10-27, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.
CFB, Ohio State at Indiana, Saturday 10-17, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Saturday 10-17, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.
Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.🙁

I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.

edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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Bobby
Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.🙁

I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.

edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.
Gary Toma
Staff member Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in DIRECTV Technical Resources Forum
The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
​
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
​
Additional tabs provide:​
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
​
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8​

Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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Now testing on the stream server:
WJBF-D2 CW Augusta GA
KSVI-D2 CW Billings MT
WETM-D2 CW Elmira NY
WJET-D2 CW Erie PA
KLFY-D2 CW Lafayette LA
KARD-D2 CW Monroe LA
WVBT-D2 CW Norfolk VA
WTWO-D2 CW Terre Haute IN
WFXV-D2 CW Utica NY
KFDX-D3 CW Wichita Falls TX
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PISTONS and THUNDER are finally testing on the stream server. PISTONS is showing the Ion/Scripps Sports promo loop filler that their NHL and WNBA feeds have, THUNDER has a "You are watching Thunder+" slate

The Clippers still haven't officially announced their TV plans beyond 10 simulcasts on KTLA, but the NBA's FAQ for ClipperVision is now live. The CLIPPERS feed is currently showing a loop of their Hawaii preseason game.

The Heat still haven't announced their West Palm Beach or Fort Myers affiliates. Since WPLG is streaming the games for free via their app, I doubt we'll be seeing the return of WPLG on stream.

So far nothing testing for the Bucks, Magic, Hawks or Hornets.
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Weekly Analysis for 10/14/2026:
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NBA League Pass prep

Some more reshuffles
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The Clippers still haven't officially announced their TV plans beyond 10 simulcasts on KTLA, but the NBA's FAQ for ClipperVision is now live. The CLIPPERS feed is currently showing a loop of their Hawaii preseason game.
They finally announced ClipperVision, it will be on DIRECTV, but they didn't provide a channel number yet.

EDIT: It's going to be on channel 693
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WETM-D2 CW Elmira NY
WJET-D2 CW Erie PA
KLFY-D2 CW Lafayette LA
KARD-D2 CW Monroe LA
WVBT-D2 CW Norfolk VA
WTWO-D2 CW Terre Haute IN
WFXV-D2 CW Utica NY
KFDX-D3 CW Wichita Falls TX
These are now live on stream and weren't testing on satellite as of yesterday:
WETM-DT/19 CW Elmira
WJET-DT/25 CW Erie
KLFY-DT/11 CW Lafayette LA
KARD-DT/15 CW Monroe
WVBT-DT/44 CW Norfolk
WTWO-DT/3 CW Terre Haute
WFXV-DT/34 CW Utica
KFDX-DT/4 CW Wichita Falls
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The Heat still haven't announced their West Palm Beach or Fort Myers affiliates. Since WPLG is streaming the games for free via their app, I doubt we'll be seeing the return of WPLG on stream.
West Palm Beach is getting it on WTCN-CD/43 MNT. Still nothing for Fort Myers


Also, the Thunder's deal for KSBI/52 OKC and KQCW/19 Tulsa will be via a special cable and DIRECTV only feed of those stations. OTA viewers and Dish customers will be limited to 10 games.
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dfergie
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Really good one with OG Gibbs bookending it...
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Really good one with OG Gibbs bookending it...
Will the OG Gibbs be on NCIS or will Tony be on NCIS Origins?
dfergie
Tony was there at the end of the episode with Gibbs.
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Tony was there at the end of the episode with Gibbs.
I saw Gibbs walk into the door, but I did not see Tony.
Anony55
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.

They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.

Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.

On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.

It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.

I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Nebugeater
Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
Former member 208119
lovin my hopper 3 and my wireless joey i can roll the tv all over the house if i wanted to :oops: 🤔
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Class action.
a hopper 3 with 6 firesticks and or if you wanna spend even more money apple tv's
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Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
Is the 211k still available? If so, I'm interested.
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Nebugeater
Is the 211k still available? If so, I'm interested.


Actually, it is. A couple of people PMed me when I posted this, and when I asked for an address, they never responded. Then I just sort of let it go. Send me a PM to continue the discussion
Anony55
Well, after nine months of being on pause, I finally figured out that I was wasting $5 a month. So I cancelled. For the first time since 2010, I no longer have a Dish account.

I do have to say that I did appreciate the account pause option. That just gives a person some time to see what the fallout of cancelling will be... without having to go all the way over the cliff first.

Since I never once had an "oh shoot, I need Dish Network for..." moment, the decision was a lot easier.

Funny enough, when I called to cancel (for real, not playing the pricing game), all of a sudden, they were offering me deals that I was told before that I couldn't get without changing out my VIP211k. Now, I could have had those specials with them just sending me a new card for the receiver. LOL!

Of course, my mind was already made up because of having not missed the service while on pause. That, and the fact that I bet the 211k still kills recordings.

All in all, I'm glad that I had Dish for all those years. I just outgrew the need, and they pressed the issue by deleting recordings. I would have eventually went this route without the deleted recordings issue. But, for sure, that did hasten the outcome.

I'll still pop in at this site from time to time. Believe it or not, I still have a C/Ku BUD that I intend on playing with again if life ever slows down.
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

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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Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC
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Kiss - The Art Of Noise
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Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond
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White Noise - Jessie Baylin
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White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Ramy
Supporting Founder
Last reply · posted in The Sports Section
Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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24 team playoff seems to be real close.

Are we really that far from a 64-team tournament?

The benefit of the 24 team playoff:
  • All the cartel teams that cartels want in playoff are in playoff
    • Independent of record too! Bonus.
  • MONEY!!!!! for the cartels.
  • I'm out of ideas.
Cons
  • Regular season really doesn't matter now other than the rivalry games
    • Top cartel teams can lose three games and still make the playoff
  • Going to start resting players?
    • The playoff is going to be *checks notes* several games!
    • Resting players could make games dumb.
    • Maybe even restrict NIL players from games played.
  • How much are streaming sub costs going up a month to pay for this?!
osu1991
AZ.
AZ.
24 team playoff seems to be real close.

Are we really that far from a 64-team tournament?

The benefit of the 24 team playoff:
  • All the cartel teams that cartels want in playoff are in playoff
    • Independent of record too! Bonus.
  • MONEY!!!!! for the cartels.
  • I'm out of ideas.
Cons
  • Regular season really doesn't matter now other than the rivalry games
    • Top cartel teams can lose three games and still make the playoff
  • Going to start resting players?
    • The playoff is going to be *checks notes* several games!
    • Resting players could make games dumb.
    • Maybe even restrict NIL players from games played.
  • How much are streaming sub costs going up a month to pay for this?!
One of the pro's I see is in a year with so many undefeated teams they have a good chance of an opening. Few years back you had lower divisions that didnt get a shot. I love collage football and I have no problem with that addition.

We are in what week 5 now? Been two real good ranked games to watch.....Other than that top 25 teams are playing nothing.
Jimbo
24 team playoff seems to be real close.

Are we really that far from a 64-team tournament?

The benefit of the 24 team playoff:
  • All the cartel teams that cartels want in playoff are in playoff
    • Independent of record too! Bonus.
  • MONEY!!!!! for the cartels.
  • I'm out of ideas.
Cons
  • Regular season really doesn't matter now other than the rivalry games
    • Top cartel teams can lose three games and still make the playoff
  • Going to start resting players?
    • The playoff is going to be *checks notes* several games!
    • Resting players could make games dumb.
    • Maybe even restrict NIL players from games played.
  • How much are streaming sub costs going up a month to pay for this?!
This will be a SAD DAY when this passes ....

They complained the last year that we had a bunch of Blow Outs in the Playoffs ... heres an idea, lets Double the amount of teams and hope for Closer games ... ya right.

This never should have went past 8 teams, 10 at the most.

Now, I have heard that play in games are being talked about, such as #13 plays #24 and so forth, to cut the field down (why cut it down, just don't expand it.)
I'm not sure exactly how thats going to work out or if it was just someone talking.

They were also talking about starting the Season earlier ...

I really don't like the National Championship game being the end of January ... if the Semi Finals are over New Years, thats fine with the Championship game the next week.
Jimbo
One of the pro's I see is in a year with so many undefeated teams they have a good chance of an opening. Few years back you had lower divisions that didnt get a shot. I love collage football and I have no problem with that addition.

We are in what week 5 now? Been two real good ranked games to watch.....Other than that top 25 teams are playing nothing.
There are 68 Power 4 teams, so eventually they will get there I wouldn't imagine ...
dishstaller
Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

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Jimbo
dishstaller
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
Jimbo
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system :)
I'm glad to see ...
dishstaller
with a Seat belt as last resort.
According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.
Jimbo
According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.
Well, the over the shoulder support is better, but would require reconfiguring the cars.
Jimbo
Heres an article from the Akron Beacon ... seeing Six Flags has bought Cedar Point and Kings Island, they are included ...
I said earlier that Cedar Point doesn't use this type of seat restraint ... well, it does use it, But the difference is, the ones up here ALSO have the Over the shoulder restraint as well ... like I was suggesting that they should have used with the Goliath.

One of the new(er) one at Cedar point the Gate Keeper, uses the Clam shell .. I have rode it many times and have Mostly felt secure, that ride will stop you part way on the ride and you just hang, till the ride is ready to continue ... I typically ride the Front Car ... when its getting ready, you ARE hanging, in the car, looking down .... it would require 2 separate restraint systems to unlock at the same time to possibly get out of it.

meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
zippyfrog
That image is so true - especially after that Giants/Commanders game yesterday.
dfergie
Some tight games that went to the wire...
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
dishstaller
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Foxbat
Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…
dishstaller
Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.
navychop
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Foxbat
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…😉
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Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

I still have one of those although I've been trying to wean myself off it.
JSheridan
Among my many email accounts I still have a .netscape.net which AOL assimilated a while back.