http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Extreme Makeover: Facebook Edition... en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:05:01 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74788 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:56:55 +0000 Justin 74788@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs said 'I am with you. I never looked at this stuff either. But this thread is very educational - at least now I know what I don't want to look at.'<br /> That is very interesting, I've only seen about 2 episodes of the show and didn't like it but I have constantly heard about the show in television commercials and the local television news in the last few years.<br /> I didn't think it was possible for someone who watched television to miss hearing about the show as it's a very popular show.</p> <p>whs said 'jd, I do watch TV (about 50 commercial free channels in Europe). I just don't watch commercial TV'<br /> That would explain how you missed this show as Extreme Makeover is a commercial reality TV show on the ABC television network.</p> <p>whs said 'stations that constantly do "fund drives"'<br /> I can only assume you are talking about the Public Broadcasting Network (PBS) and if so I don't understand your issue with them.<br /> PBS has to do "fund drives" as it is very expensive to run a national broadcasting network and our government and other organizations do not provide the funding necessary to run the network.<br /> It's quite possible other countries provide the necessary funding for their Public Television Networks(s) but that just is not the case here.<br /> The reason that they constantly do "fund drives" is because too many people in this country will not pay for Public Television when they can get commercial television for free.<br /> Also it's only constant during a certain time period of the year, most of the year PBS has no "fund drives" to speak of.<br /> Should there be another network doing "fund drives" that I'm not aware of then I would like to know what it is.</p> <p>whs said 'that leaves C-Span'<br /> C-SPAN is totally different from PBS.<br /> C-SPAN is not a national channel, it is a Washington D.C. Local Channel that is broadcast by cable companies to peoples homes.<br /> Unlike PBS there is no free way to obtain C-SPAN. For PBS any television you buy will be able to pickup the PBS television signal in your area if you are close enough to the affiliate.<br /> For C-SPAN you always have to pay a cable company to get the channel.</p> <p>whs said 'and the local channel of our county as only options.'<br /> Indeed it would.</p> <p>whs said 'And for that, it is not worth paying $50 per month.'<br /> Indeed it's not worth that but it does not come close to $50 a month at all.<br /> Most cable companies are required by the government (City, County, State and/or Federal) to provide a low cost package with all the over-the-air and public channels.<br /> Comcast in Seattle, WA is one place that has this, for $15 a month you can get the over-the-air channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and PBS and also cable channels like C-SPAN, NASA and a couple other public access channels.<br /> The thing is that companies are not required to advertise that this package is available and Comcast for Seattle will not list this package.<br /> If you go to their web site and type in a Seattle zip code, they will list a $60 package as the minimum available.<br /> You have to call Comcast to set up this limited package.<br /> From what I've read on the internet, most cable companies are like this.<br /> If you call the local cable company in your area and ask if they have a low cost package, the answer 99% of the time is yes.<br /> The price only goes from $15 to $60 because you have extra premium channels like MTV, Discovery Health, Discovery Home, The Science Channel, Turner Classic Movies, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Sports, etc.<br /> The $15 package is about 28 channels while the $60 adds about 200 channels or so.<br /> It only makes since that a for-profit company like Comcast would only advertise their 200 channel package as it makes them the most money. Doesn't make it right though :-( </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74625 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:43:52 +0000 Hatryst 74625@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well, I said I was a 'Geekling', but according to the NEW AND IMPROVED definition of a 'Geekster', given by LH, I think I'm supposed to be a Geekster!</p> <p>LH's definition:<code>A Geekster, would be someone in their late teens, early twenties, who the Geeklings would look up to,(even tho' he/she doesn't know everything yet, but just happens to impress) </code></p> <p>I'm exactly that...! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74381 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:07:31 +0000 Aleeve 74381@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>:P<br /> I enjoy facebook, if only a good way of catching up with friends and sharing pictures of good times! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74373 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:59:39 +0000 Scott 74373@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs, yes I remember, was mentioned tongue in cheek. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74372 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:56:31 +0000 brad 74372@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>So does that make me a geekster? Facebook is a bit overrated. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74369 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:37:42 +0000 LH 74369@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Aleeve, I guess I have just watched too many American films in my life :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74368 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:35:20 +0000 whs 74368@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@Scott, Thanks for suggesting movie channels. I those have information content where one can learn something, that would be interesting. But plain old movies that someone dreamt up is not along my lines. Last time I went to the movies was in 1964 - and that was in one of the theatres on the Champs Elysee. They were showing Dr. Zhivago. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74352 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:26:12 +0000 Aleeve 74352@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>LH<br /> have you just invented this new Geek classification line of terminology?<br /> Or have you drawn it up from the catacombs....</p> <p>EDIT: i probably am not allowed to refer to the catacombs in humour, seeing as I am not a mod :P<br /> So i apologise! :D </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition/page/2#post-74343 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:47:40 +0000 LH 74343@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>A Geekster, would be someone in their late teens, early twenties, who the Geeklings would look up to,(even tho' he/she doesn't know everything yet, but just happens to impress). </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74342 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:41:56 +0000 Hatryst 74342@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well, comparing myeslf with everyone else here, I gotta confess. I'm really a 'School Going Geekling'...! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74341 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:32:45 +0000 LH 74341@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>A baby Geek :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74340 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:27:59 +0000 Hatryst 74340@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>LH, whats a Geekling? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74339 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:19:55 +0000 LH 74339@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hatryst, I thought you were still a Geekling! :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74336 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:10:58 +0000 Scott 74336@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs, I can recommend some good movie channels for you ;) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74335 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:08:49 +0000 whs 74335@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>LH, I am with you. I never looked at this stuff either. But this thread is very educational - at least now I know what I don't want to look at.<br /> jd, I do watch TV (about 50 commercial free channels in Europe). I just don't watch commercial TV or stations that constantly do "fund drives" - and in the US, that leaves C-Span and the local channel of our county as only options. And for that, it is not worth paying $50 per month. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74334 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:08:21 +0000 Hatryst 74334@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Social Networking is the need of the day (at least for 'youngsters')</p> <p>edit: Sometimes I think that HTG is a Social Networking platform for all the Geeks and the 'Geeksters' (young geeks) ! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74329 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:40:22 +0000 Aleeve 74329@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I didn't quite say that....</p> <p>(i wish I could have used italics on the 'quite')</p> <p>Imagine italics :D </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74328 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:29:27 +0000 LH 74328@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I don't mind being called an "old fart" :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74325 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:19:51 +0000 Aleeve 74325@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>:P<br /> More of a younger generation 'craze' i think<br /> no offence intended! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extreme-makeover-facebook-edition#post-74315 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:57:16 +0000 LH 74315@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Social Networking is on the bottom of my list of "Things to do after I die" :) </p>