Re: NBC Universal is dividing TV studio

Mac Breck wrote:

>Jack Bohn wrote:
>>
>> I've been meaning to join Netflix.  When I do, I'll post an
>> announcement, and if anybody has problems with shows not coming
>> back in stock, ya can drop me an e-mail to send them back in.  :)
>
>Ha, Ha.  I joined at 1 at a time, unlimited per month.  Works out great.
>I turn 'em around as quickly as possible and usually get 6 or 7 per
>month.  With tax, it costs me $9.62/month, or $1.37 to $1.60 per rental.
>
>Netflix Rentals this year (I joined on 01/01/2007.)
>
>Jan. 2008: 7
>Feb. 2008: 6
>Mar. 2008: 6
>Apr. 2008: 2, so far

A quick survey shows I currently own 8 shows I'm in the middle of
or haven't started watching.  And these are anime shows which are
only 13 to 40 half-hour episodes long.
The most I watch is 2 or 3 episodes a day, although I'm more
likely to sustain a pace of 2 or 3 days per episode over time.
Alas, there are times, like this past month, when I make no
progress.

>>>>>>  *Crusade
>>>>
>>>> the Excalibur main gun.
>>>
>> I just could never understand how it could work that way.  Loss
>> of power before firing as they divert it to charging the gun I
>> can see.
>
>So can I.  If it's an energy storage device like a capacitor, some
>energy is always used keeping it topped off at full voltage.

Well, you don't *always* have to keep it topped off.  Depending
on how *much* more power it takes than you can produce at one
time, you may try to get away with only charging it before you
expect to use it.
>
>
>> But after it fires, what is keeping the generators from
>> making power?  Or, if they are making power, where is it going?
>
>It makes sense.  Think of it as a capacitor bank.  It's sitting there
>all charged up, before firing the gun or using the jump engines.  It can
>be switched to *either* the gun *or* the jump engines.  Once used
>(depleted), the capacitor bank needs to be recharged before either the
>jump engines or gun can be used again.

Now I *will* have to watch Crusade, or "A Call to Arms" from the
movie pack, because I was under the impression that they couldn't
do ordinary ****p functions, like normal maneuvering, after
firing.  You can see my point in that case?  "Don't worry about
filling the capacitor, get out of the way!"  Perhaps I was only
anticipating it being something stupid and did not pay attention
to the actual case.

>>>>>> 2002
>>>>>>  -start of Sci Fi original films
>>>>>>  -Legend of the Rangers
>>>>
>> And -correct me if I'm wrong- introducing a big bad race that the
>> Shadows were afraid of.
>
>Yes, The Hand, and please don't remind me of that horrid, horrid movie.

The three things I remember from it are that the ****p was haunted
somehow, this "My new supervillain is so bad it eats the old
supervillain lunch," and the ****p's weapons were activated by Tae
Bo (and somewhere in the engine room, Scotty must be suspended on
a forcefield treadmill, running for all he's worth.)

-- 
-Jack