whats the piont

[JUDWAK]

nowt good in here to say why tho
some good pionts but nowt realy cuts it

frank zappa says it all


topgears like watching porn

it gets men going
but piontless if its never going to happen to me
porns the same if its not in my bedroom than i aint intrested
topgear was good at one piont when they keeped it real
now everything they do is a £300.000 pound car or half a mill hummer
whats the piont people you be better off falling asleep and dreaming it would be better for you

i watch documentorys too but only online
i tend to stay well away from the tv its self has i find its boaring has watching paint dry
its no good
its killing this nation ower youths are desensitised from society tv is the problem
we (the uk) was fine untill cable tv came along and channel 4
back in the day with the a b c d e f thingy mi bob on the wall to turn it over

i was about 5-6 when that came out
they ran it down the old reddyfusion wire
i payed for mi mum to have it fitted i payed for the cable and bettermax video
those were the days
its now out of hand this tv stuff ower kids are turning all USA on us
i fekin hate tv

[Predictable Bob]

Listen to the words ...

Television

[puddlesurfer]

[B]
Wonder what Shonenbergs quote would have been, if he had forseen "The internet"...............

Wow! free porn!

[Hesh]

Isaac Shoenberg turned to his team and said, "Well, gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.

Wonder what Shonenbergs quote would have been, if he had forseen "The internet"...............

The farce is strong with this one?

[MWS]

Isaac Shoenberg turned to his team and said, "Well, gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.

Wonder what Shonenbergs quote would have been, if he had forseen "The internet"...............

[flounderbout]

Is it ready yet?..............

Shhhh!!! Don't tempt fate!!!


Maybe

[MWS]

It is not really the person that is suspect, more the content. Given that those developing TV had no concept of the practical use it would one day have, the point is that they could equally not have appreciated that it would one day be considered a "time-waster". After all the wireless which it was barely supposed that it could replace at the time as an entertainment device wasn't considered to be a time-waster, so why would the TV? Also why would you dismiss so lightly an incredible technical advance your company had just made?
It has the smack of hindsight comedy - I suspect that either the Telegraph journo was having his leg pulled, or it was his joke.
If it is true, and I'd be surprised to see a genuine academic source, then it is probably the most prescient quote of all time. But I still have my doubts meself...

Is it ready yet?..............

[flounderbout]

oh ok, so it wasnt Einstein:

" Indeed today's television system is fundamentally the same as the one developed at EMI in the 1930s when Isaac Shoenberg turned to his team and said, "Well, gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.""

taken from :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s...-all-time.html

It is not really the person that is suspect, more the content. Given that those developing TV had no concept of the practical use it would one day have, the point is that they could equally not have appreciated that it would one day be considered a "time-waster". After all the wireless which it was barely supposed that it could replace at the time as an entertainment device wasn't considered to be a time-waster, so why would the TV? Also why would you dismiss so lightly an incredible technical advance your company had just made?
It has the smack of hindsight comedy - I suspect that either the Telegraph journo was having his leg pulled, or it was his joke.
If it is true, and I'd be surprised to see a genuine academic source, then it is probably the most prescient quote of all time. But I still have my doubts meself...

[MWS]

There are some excellent programmes on television. The trick is, to sort the wheat from the chaf...........Cheers.. (A salutation, not a recomendation to watch the show.).........Mick.

[shokenore]

Why do I watch t.v?
Hmmm,some programmes can be entertaining .Some can be entertaining for all the wrong reasons.One man's "Topgear" is another's "Big brother".
The endless amount of repeats just sell advertising , surely nothing else?.
Watching the telly means that I don't have to talk to the wife while eating .
I generally record what interests me and then watch what I have recorded at a time that suits me.
No reality t.v ,never.
Soaps ,again ,never.
Some factual stuff ,some docu-dramas .
Some sport.
The remote control gives me personal choice of when and what I watch.

[Hesh]

I'd be prepared to bet a pretty sizeable sum he said nothing of the kind...

oh ok, so it wasnt Einstein:

" Indeed today's television system is fundamentally the same as the one developed at EMI in the 1930s when Isaac Shoenberg turned to his team and said, "Well, gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.""

taken from :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s...-all-time.html

[Bogus]

Good thread this. I think I,ll sit back now and watch everyone lining up to declare that they only watch the news , the test card and the occasional interesting documentary.

[Rustinho]

Most TV programmes are pretty crap IMHO but then again, I tend not to watch them! The only channels I go out of my way to watch/pay attention to are a quick blast of the news channels now & then, some documentaries, a bit of classic music (BBC4 Old Grey Whistle Test/Jools Holland stuff can be quite interesting at times, as was some of the recent Reggae Brittania season)...

I try to catch the Sky at Night if I notice that it's on as well. It's also pretty vital to try and keep up with some of the TV fads/fashions that kids at school are into so that I can focus their lessons in a way that (hopefully) they'll find interesting! (fat chance!)

I'm considering getting Freesat at some point, mainly because you can get Scuzz on it.

[flounderbout]

I watch the odd film, F1 in HD, new episodes of the Simpsons, and currently 'The Kennedys'

HBO Series are good as well - definitely worth a watch. The Wire, Deadwood, Sopranos are all great. True Blood is fun too - proper gorn...

[Apache]

I watch the odd film, F1 in HD, new episodes of the Simpsons, and currently 'The Kennedys'