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Thank god for the demise of teletext. Maybe now my Father In-Law won't f*** up my TV everytime he comes to visit trying to access it.
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Originally posted by expat View PostThere's been a murder in Maryhill.Therrre's been a murrrrrrder in Marrrrrryhill.
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Originally posted by zeitghostEspecially useful with Taggart....
Who needs subtitles? There's been a murder in Maryhill. This town is getting more like Chicago every day. Etc etc standard plots.....
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Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
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Originally posted by Gonzo View PostOn the one hand I am quite sorry to hear of its demise.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8154022.stm
But then again I haven't used it for years since the internet took off.
It just makes me feel old because I remember when it was new.
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Originally posted by orac View PostBring back Freelance Informer and send a typed CV or on floppy disk.
I took a 5¼" floppy with my CV on into Computer People in Hemel Hempstead in 1995. They had no way of getting it off ... because nobody there knew how.
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Bring back Freelance Informer
Bring back Freelance Informer and send a typed CV or on floppy disk.
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I remember when IT contracts were advertised on Teletext.
Those were the days, none of the bull tulip you get these days.
PZZ
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Originally posted by cojak View Post<note to self: buy Samsung when the CRT blows up...>
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Anyone remember Digitiser?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitiser
I think I had a Sega Saturn at the time.
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This is the future on my TV right now as a replacement to Teletext:
http://connectedtv.yahoo.com/partners/samsung
ok its extremely restricted internet right now but in the future they hopefully will bring NetFlix from the USA with over 200,000 movies on demand straight to the TV in moments !
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Originally posted by Gonzo View PostOn the one hand I am quite sorry to hear of its demise.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8154022.stm
But then again I haven't used it for years since the internet took off.
It just makes me feel old because I remember when it was new.
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Bye bye Teletext
On the one hand I am quite sorry to hear of its demise.
Teletext to switch off in January
The Teletext news and information service on analogue channels will end in January next year, two years ahead of schedule, its owner has announced.
But then again I haven't used it for years since the internet took off.
It just makes me feel old because I remember when it was new.Tags: None
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