[mythtv-users] Enabling multirec borks usability a bit.

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Sat Apr 24 01:33:46 UTC 2010


On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:45:06AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Clay <nt4usb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- On Tue, 4/20/10, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> > ...
> >> > > I really don't understand all on the anti-LiveTV
> >> > > sentiment.  There are some
> >> > > really valid use cases that include LiveTV....
> >> >
> >> > I really can't think of any valid use case for watching live TV.
> >
> >      How about Tornado season?
> >
> > [deletia]
> >
> >      Sometimes, information is temporal. Sometimes this sort of information
> > even shows up on Television.
> >
> > I've never lived in tornado country so I don't know what the alert process is.
> > My aunt, who does live in tornado alley, says she grabs a portable radio, cell phone, and a jug of wine, and climbs into the bathtub.
> 
> 
> Has anyone else noticed the irony of us all sitting in front of our
> electrical appliances chewing electricity which is generated by
> burning oil waiting for severe weather messages that may in part be
> attributable to global warming...?

    Whether or not someone on the planet happens to be experiencing a bit
of bad weather has squat to do with our weather related hubris. Tornados,
hurricanes and floods have been making their way across the planet since
long before people, nevermind industrialization.


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