2nd March 2006, 7:28 PM
Great Rumbler Wrote:Other cable news channels?
I mean, highest rated in terms of viewership, or in terms of some illusory catagory like "bestest channel evars on this graph of "bestness" we drew up yesterday". And, where did they get the numbers? Neilson ratings?
Quote:Where's it going to go?
Down, obviously, when something hits it from the side and knocks it over. All it takes is some errant energy tossed it's way, and from my own experience, a lot can provide that, from kids messing with it directly to just accidently bumping the cabinet it is in.
Quote:Ding!!
But, mostly I just have it on while I'm on the computer so I can have some background noise.
I prefer straight information without obviously biased interpretation. BBC tends to provide exactly that. No little quips like "that's what they get when" or "and here's a totally ridiculous statement that so and so said" or "here's another stupid move by", just the facts.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)