Just curious but yesterday when I was changing over from Cartoon Network to watch the WB some
how the frequency or whatever for the WB station some how got crossed with that for the PBS station and it took about 10 minutes for them to clear it up.My question is has this ever happened to anyone else here,having two different stations getting their signals crossed like that and if so
what causes it?
Well, I've had problems before on satellite with sound from other channels intruding onto another channel - the funniest example of this was when I flicked over to a black-and-white film with some Nazis searching a house - with cartoon voices playing over it!
I find that it's a combination of possible factors -- a weak signal, a weak TV antenna, the antenna being in a certain direction, the TV not being in perfect condition, and the weather. You can get good reception from fringe stations in certain kinds of weather.
I don't know that it's the stations' fault, it's your TV being weird. But, there could be other factors, I'm no expert.
Weather conditions, such as high pressure, high level clouds, etc. play a role. I'm no meteorologist, but I do blame one on TV.
Depending on the electric and magnetic fields in the room your TV is in, YOU, the viewer can alter the signal that your TV receives.
Things like this can be more easily observed durning atmospheric conditons such as a thunderstorm. Also the age of your TV will help contribute to the likelihood of this happening since older models are not shielded as well against EM-Fields. But the thing that can determine if it happens or not can be traced to "Bunny Ears." You must the "bunny ears."
Then your body has the potential to act as a larger antenna if the TV's antenna(s) is positioned in a certain way.
On an B&W TV, with a radio style tunder,
when I tune a TV station just "off frequency" enough, I get an image that looks like a photo
graphic negative of the normal image!
Also, I have gotten two video signals that
*overlapped* eachother. The stronger one looks
normal, while the weaker one super imposed over it
is dramaticly offset, and you see it's black bar,
etc..
As for the tech reason behind this:
This is due to the set using the stronger signal's sync pulses to hold the picture steady.
The other signal (picture) is out of sync with the stronger signal, so that's why it's offset
the way it is. If both pictures were almost equaly strong, but out of sync, the set would interpret both signals' sync pulses, thus
"confusing it", and throwing the picture out
of whack, to the point of being unwatchable.
Saturday I received a phone call from a company calling itself "Readers Service" and talking about magazine subscriptions. Through a lot of convolutions and horse hockeys about "surveys," they began asking about my banking and credit information. I was then transferred to a "supervisor" who continued to ask me. When I said that I do not have a credit card and began asking what this was all about, they hung up.
Sunday I again received a phone call from Readers Service. Once again, I politely talked with an operator, who after making some mention of sending a magazine catalog, began shifting the conversation back to my banking and credit information. I mentioned that I had been called yesterday and again asked what this was about. I was again transferred to a manager and I again complained that I had been called yesterday. The "manager" asked if I had told the operator this. I said yes. He got very angry and argumentative and said that he had been "monitoring" the entire conversation and that I had mentioned no such thing. I protested and he promptly hung up on me.
Two hours later, I received another phone call from Readers Service. This time, I answered the phone right away by saying I had been called twice this weekend and he immediately hung up without saying anything.
This is a very dangerous scam because the company acts like you are already doing business with them by mentioning magazine subscriptions. I think they can skirt the "Do Not Call" legislation by pretending to be giving surveys. Just a warning in case they pull this junk on someone else.
Mike, that was a phishing scam. Unless you are purchasing something they do not need any financial info. It's not a subscription service, they were trying to get your credit card/bank info so they could steal from you.
They was tryin' to fade ya!
Yeah, I've heard some horror stories around the Internet; they try to •••• your credit card number and get an "oral agreement" over the phone. Then they hit you with mythical bills and demand you pay them.
Never owning a credit card, I don't think I made the best mark, but it's nice that the scam artists gave me a chance.
Here's a notification of another scam, from Snopes.com. Makes me wonder about Matthew Lesko.
I got phished or spoofed the other day. I did everything I could to verify that the email link was legitimate (checked the status from the rollover, and went to that site in another window -- it was legit). However, clicking on the link did not take me to where it said, but to another link where it asked for my personal info.
I knew better than to enter anything there, but should have known better than to click the link in the first place, as I don't even have an account with that bank!
Be careful when visiting phishing sites just for fun. Recently there were several ones with trojans waiting for IE users.
These people apparently don't give up easily. They called me again Wednesday and last night (Thursday). Last night my mom answered and told them that if she got one more call, she was going to the Attorney General's office.
Well, after a long lull over the holidays (I guess even scum need a break), Readers Service is at it again. I got called once during Christmas break, once the night of the Sugar Bowl (at 9:30, which is illegal), and apparently my house got called yesterday (I don't live there during the school year).
Here's how the conversations go.
READERS SERVICE: We're calling to check up on your magazine subscriptions.
ME: I didn't order any magazines.
RS: Let me check. (click, phone hung up)
The guy who called on 9:30 even had the gall to say he was calling to say we had been put on their "do not call list."
Then last week, I guess magazines I never ordered show up at my house. I promptly put them back in the mail box to return to sender. Yesterday I got a letter: Readers Service said it it made a mistake and I should never have gotten the magazines.
So what's going on here? Do these people never give up? Was I tricked somehow into signing up for a magazine subscription? I've filed several complaints with the FTC, and I think if I keep getting calls or mail trickery, I might go to my state attorney general, 'cuz I'm not giving these punks any of my money.
It finally hit me. The infamous hard drive crash, on Friday the 13th no less (no correlation there whatsoever, but still...)
I had backed up my photos about three months ago, but I have about 200 gb of data that was just too much to put on DVD backups. A lot of those were videos I've been working on editing, not unrecoverable as I have most of the original VHS tapes, but that's still a lot of work down the drain.
Not to mention having spent many hours playing Black & White (after having restarted it twice) and Myst IV. I'll be dipped if I'm going to put that much time into them again.
Doing large backups and getting an external backup drive was one of those things I was just going to "get around to." But then I never figured a computer less than a year old would crash on me either.
Ah, I spent too much time in front of the computer at home anyway -- after a full day's work in front of one, I need to be doing other stuff anyway.
After two bad memory cards, a bad CD drive, and now a hard disk crash, I am seriously considering something other than a Dell for my next purchase.
DO YOUR BACKUPS NOW!!!
We get spam mail from a organization. Please donate x amount for our charity. Finally my dad sent them $1.00 and asked them to cash immediately.They never bothered us again
My dad was an apt. owner in the 60s. He decided to pay for a whole year on his gas/electric bill. He got turned off after 2 warnings he didnt pay and blames me for it. I was 7 or 8 and I know how to turn off his power. They cancelled his account and turns him off.
They are used to deadbeats I guess
I was to go learn the cable transmitter when I got hired. At 6pm I was to go in the complex to learn the machines., I was to be 6pm -3am shift Somebody refused to let me in without proper Id. The station got a blank screen for 3 days. I was to let the other trainees in when my shift was over.At 7am, the guy with the keys (manager/owner went livid) found out no-one showed up for 3 days, fired all of us!
When I had my fist operation in the hospital in 2001, some guy called my hospital rooom to say Im from the finance company and I owe them $500. Im dying and I owe them $500. My wife had to pay the bill. Today I never know what I bought in 2001. They said they called me at home etc and the kid told them Im in the hospital, Im at room blankey blank. The guy was mad at my kid who was 11.
has these things ever happen to you!
I asked a girl out for date in my jr. High. She went straight to her boyfriend who got me beat up. Dont you ever ask anyone out again. You %$#@!
It was Sadi Hawkins day too!I had no date. Never went out with anyone untill I met my wife
I danced with a girl in dance class and the boyfreind went ballistic too. I got an f in class and she got a b.
I also asked a girl from my college days to go see my hometown and meet my dad. She brought her brother along who called me cheep when he chose a Mcdonolds for lunch. They were not happy!
I was trying to find a Chinese Resturant to propose to her. He called me cheep! I didnt show her my stomping grounds and cable car ride or find a place to live. My dad had his blessings to me .. My uncle did not. So, I found another girl.
its almost 20 years to the day I got called cheep on a Easter Sat.
MikeC, I had that conversation. I said No speke Englis so they did Spanish on me. I said,Who bo jer dough nei shu shumma. They said, uh?
for my high school Disneyland trip, the girl I asked to go went by herself.. I sat with some guy.
He asked are we dating?
I lost $47 x 2 for the trip. At 5:30am I went to bus in so I don't miss it. That girl I paid for went on another bus at 7am.She avoided me like I had cancer or somethun
So don't ask a girl who already has a boyfriend for a date.
My 3rd best friend went on the Disneyland trip. His date stayed up 47 hours- the bus ride the park stuff and the bus ride back, afraid he'll kiss her or something. She went into the park and dumped him! He had dinner with me at 2am.
some trip!
I didnt know that then.I thought they were single or dateless I know that now!, Been there
My best freind brother sent me Playboy when I was 18. My dad thought I sent for it! My dad was the one who was thinking to make me pay rent in the room I grew up in. I told him I'd have to go to work, can I have car then?
My nice uncle threw me out of his house when I told him my Mom wore a Pendelton suit in 110 degree heat, in Disneyland. They said, D-land is a theme park, not a clothing store. I said Don't they have Main Street Usa, they have nolstaligic shops there? They showed me the door and made me sit in the car when we came over next time.I was told to eat a light breakfast, we'd have lotta fun. I was 8. 6 cops came over to see what am I doing in that Mercedez, like Im gonna steal it. I told them 6 times its my dad's car we are visiting my uncle.by 9pm I was very hungry and I started throwing up on the way home. My dad told me to stop throwing up.I was not happy. Sunday I ate the church food like I was a pig.
Btw, the kid who told me never to ask anyone out for a date meant, my girl. I told him, years later, you said anyone, when I did his groceries where I ended up doing pushups. The 4th time they made me do it, I quit.
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I had a flattining tire the other day, made it to the tire company.. My wife and I washed the car the other day,we put it into the shop, and somebody drove it around put mud on the car, to test drive it I guess.,,The manager calls 911 on us to put me in jail saying they dont like the service. The nice cop gave us 2 tickets for putting mud on our car before they put on the new tires.I see every muddy car from that day on!
I told the manager/owner of the tire company someday we are gonna have another flat and I aint coming here for your great service!
He even said I never washed cars before in my life. I told him I worked at xx for 2 years. He then swicthed the subject calling my wife a laier. I wanna divorce right now and you will testify in court She is a laier. Your wife may lie to you..I told him in front of a witness, the cop who came.
What if I did go to jail? I tell them I put mud on my car?
this is not a urban legend. It happened to us personally
at the manadtory driving school I told em I put mud on my car. They laughed at us. My partner drove 84 in a 35. The city cop a made a illegal uie to get him. We had to pay 75 bucks for obscuring driving view.
Better check your meds there, Anon...
one year on daylight savings time change , the priest forgot to set the clock Saturday. He never even came in. We waited ,waited, waited ,and waited, waited and waited, All of us who came. Next week he came and said soweee
Star Wars the original came to my area in 78 or 79 and I ended up taping Betty Boop I set my vcr for Betty boooooooooooop. I rechecked the listing ,and it was a Galaxy far far Away too. They switched on me.
Has that happened to you you set your vcr for a show and ended up taping something else
also since that day I got beat up by the kid, I make sure I know every girl's boyfriend, from jr high to high school to college.
A brother told a girl's best friend I made out with her while in bed with her. I don't even know there address. Her best friend who sat behind me in Psychology class got mad at me when she heard about it.I said I don't know what your talking about.
I'm the one who really liked the postal clerk's duaghter.We fitted. He said If you marry him I will cut you off my will.
My grandma got one of those calls in the 70s. They wanted her to subscribe to their magazines. She can't speak english. So she told my pop when he came home from work, a forigner called you, in her language
When I was a paper boy,the guy said I already paid, but I still have the receipt. I never gave it to him. So I cancelled his paper and 2 weeks later his daughter called to tell me come get my money!
I had one old lady who never talked about anything but I'm a bad paper boy.I let it pass after the 3rd monnth I quit going to her house to collect. After 2 years she finally paid me thru my replacement. He started stealing my papers. One day the boss told me I'm fired for having too many missed papers. 1 day it was 20 missing. The kid followed me around and I thought that was very strange.Then I found out why the next Am!
er, at least the girls I liked.I liked 4 of em and they had their signigifcent other. there were 200 -300 of em at my schools.
1 girl had homework to do and she came over. When her boyfriend found out, he threatened me with IF you ask her out again, I will kill you. I wll be a cop and I will come get you. I told him We had home work together you beep beep.Not that stuff!
he said I dont care you f -color.btw he turned into a cop.He married her.
I asked a single girl out ,we knew each other since grade school. She got mad at me when one of my friends asked her out, not me. I hung up.What if we met again? She ended up marrying the guy who's family built the town we are currently living in. It started in the 1800s
I called long distance to NYC in the 70s, at 5pm to complain to a store they sent me the wrong camera I ordered. It cost 40 bucks a minute those days and the other side said sent the recipt. Ok, so I did. Then they sent me the wrong mount. I called and they went bankrupt.I calledwas a lawyer's firm. Then they tried to bill me when I asked for xx camera store, $100 for consultation fee! I lost at least $140 thru the mail.The secretary asked for my name phone no and address, which I did give to her.I told my dad what ahppened and he grounded me on phone use.
I was to help my nephew with his new paper route in the 80s. I was told from my dad to teach him the route. I said I live in 20 miles away, dont he has the days recipets? My dad said I will pay you.
at 3;30am I was getting up when the phone rang. It was my dad saying not to come, a paper boy was shot to death and the shooter heard a plop went to get his gun and shot his paper boy to death.
the newspaper canccelled all home deleveries for a week and every paper is now a motor route!
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at my dad's apt we had a fire bug at 2am. The firemen came got it out and since we were up, we went to the local resturent. 2 cops were eating there and asked me What are you doing here? I told em. They were about to arrestme for trespassing.Can we get some food? MY wife asked what's going on after she went to the women's room.I was gonna be handcuffed in a few seconds.
ps the 2 cops stared at us when we finsihed eating and paid the bill,they called dispacther for some reason.
first cop-1097 in xx resturent 2 bums leaving.
Then we drove away in the cadillac.
they got our license plate too.
it can only happened to us.
My best friend who works in a grocery store saw a bum drinking his wine without paying called 911 and the cops came at 3am and he pointed the bum to them. The cops said leave him alone. They were gonna arrest him for being beligerent and he said I gotta close the store, count the money and wait for the 7am crew to come in, clean things up and at 9am I can go with you. The bum is laughing his head off when he saw the ass. manager was being arrested. The 2nd cop was a bit nicer and gave the bum a warning.My best friend told me thison his day off.
I hate cell phones. I threw my trash on the floor. there was no garbage can around. and some nice lady told me to pick it up now or I'll call the pd on you. She called, and told em what happened. I almost spent the night in jail.They gave me a warning. We have other things to do, lady. Don't call us for that! She got mad at the pd.
I got runned over by a car she was using her cell phone driving all over. I honked at her and she gave me the bird!
1 lady was fined for putting up her makeup while driving too!
Also I was being given my rights from the nice cop when my wife got out of the bathroom. Cop 1: You have the right to remain silent.
All we want is some food and we are paying customers. The manager didnt step in nor the waitress.
mabe this should be who do you tip?
Bums are driving away in a Cadillac eh
Anonymous22, ever think about starting a blog instead of posting that inane tripe here?
Influx are you________________ and been there done that?
This has really turned into a debris field, so I'm closing it off.