Fortitude

[Мастер]

I've started to watch this one. Set in Svalbard, a place that is 200,000 times less densely populated than the country where I live.

[Lianachan]

Be interested to hear what you think of it. It's on my "maybe watch" list.

(Oh, and going by wikipedia figures it's only 227 times less densely populated than my neck of the woods).

[Lance]

Okay, I have to ask:

Do 200,000 times less and 227 times less equal 1/200,000 and 1/227 respectively?

[Мастер]

Okay, I have to ask:

Do 200,000 times less and 227 times less equal 1/200,000 and 1/227 respectively?

For 200,000 times less, yes, that is what I meant. I would assume the same for 277, but since I didn't say it, I can't say for sure.

[Мастер]

Be interested to hear what you think of it. It's on my "maybe watch" list.

A bit hard to say at this point. We're getting them about a year behind the original airing, judging from Wikipedia.

When a new one becomes available, I make sure to watch it, and I usually watch repeats, because I often don't pay as much attention as I should - working on the computer while it's on, exactly what is happening right now. So that's a positive sign. I've seen seven of them so far. It's apparently been renewed for a separate series.

The scenery is sometimes rather stunning, as is the general weirdness of life in the Arctic, but that's only going to carry it so far.

But, there are a lot of mysteries, and it's clearing building up to some big denouement, and that's either going to be worth it, or be a giant disappointment. Since I haven't seen it yet, I don't know which it will be.

[tubeswell]

Okay, I have to ask:

Do 200,000 times less and 227 times less equal 1/200,000 and 1/227 respectively?

This is why life is so hard in Svalbard

[Enzo]

So does that mean that 200,277 lies between....


Ah, maybe not...

[Heid the Ba]

1 =/= 200,277

[Arneb]

So what does that tell me about God?

[Lance]

He is infinite, which == X/0

[Arneb]

Ah of course. Every child knows that.

[Мастер]

I've been watching it a lot. Two episodes to go in the first series. I've found it very engrossing, but I've seen some reviews that were extraordinarily negative on the first series finale.

Apparently "Jesminder" from Bend it Like Beckham will be in the second series.

[Lianachan]

Is that a good thing? I've never seen Beckham's A Bender or whatever it's called.

[Heid the Ba]

Beckham's a Bender is a fun film but with a bit too much Ikea Knightley. If there is a wee Indian woman in anything it is usually Jesminder, unless it is Archie Panjabi. You would recognise them both, they're both cute in different ways.

[Мастер]

Marathon on the electric television today. All of Series 1 replayed, in advance of the Series 2 Premier on Tuesday.

I'm out for pizza and red wine at Robertson Quay, but I have them set to record.

[Lance]

Marathon on the electric television today.

As opposed to what? You have gas televisions there too?

[Мастер]

As opposed to what? You have gas televisions there too?

The old gas televisions were a real pain in the arse, especially when the pilot light went out. The new ones have automatic ignition.

[Мастер]

I am watching them now. They were back-to-back, but the network ran them a bit behind the published schedule. So I reached the end of the recording of the first episode, and it cut off before the episode had finished. So I pulled up the second recording, and watched the end of the first episode

[Lance]

As opposed to what? You have gas televisions there too?

The old gas televisions were a real pain in the arse, especially when the pilot light went out. The new ones have automatic ignition.

I can see how that might be annoying, especially if it happened a lot.

I am watching them now. They were back-to-back, but the network ran them a bit behind the published schedule. So I reached the end of the recording of the first episode, and it cut off before the episode had finished. So I pulled up the second recording, and watched the end of the first episode

We get that here every Sunday after football. There are a couple of dramas we record that are always 15 to 30 minutes late. The trick is to extend them by default for an extra 60 minutes.

[Мастер]

We get that here every Sunday after football. There are a couple of dramas we record that are always 15 to 30 minutes late. The trick is to extend them by default for an extra 60 minutes.

Well, problem is, it's a marathon. Twelve episodes in a row, no gap in between. So either record them all in one go (I don't know if that's even possible), or record them one at a time, and hope they keep to the schedule

[Lance]

We get that here every Sunday after football. There are a couple of dramas we record that are always 15 to 30 minutes late. The trick is to extend them by default for an extra 60 minutes.

Well, problem is, it's a marathon. Twelve episodes in a row, no gap in between. So either record them all in one go (I don't know if that's even possible), or record them one at a time, and hope they keep to the schedule

Can you get in there and extend each recording? Or just make sure you grab what ever comes after the last one so you get that over run too.

[Мастер]

Can you get in there and extend each recording?

There is definitely an option to extend a recording a specified number of minutes beyond the scheduled end (and also to start before the scheduled beginning). But I think it is only possible on this system to have one recording going at a time. So extending one, means starting the next one later, and cutting off the beginning of the next programme if they manage to catch up to the schedule.

[Lance]

Can you get in there and extend each recording?

There is definitely an option to extend a recording a specified number of minutes beyond the scheduled end (and also to start before the scheduled beginning). But I think it is only possible on this system to have one recording going at a time. So extending one, means starting the next one later, and cutting off the beginning of the next programme if they manage to catch up to the schedule.

I can't speak to how it works on yours. On my DirecTV DVR, it's smart enough to know that overlapping recordings on the same tuner only need the one tuner so they don't interfere.

So it would be theoretically possible (though pointless) to record a show in its normal time slot, extend the preceding show, extend ITS preceding show, ect, and do the same thing with subsequent shows. So it could look, for example, like 7 things are recording at the same time but since it's all on 1 tuner it would work.

So in this example, the first 3 shows are extended to run later and the last 3 show start earlier. They all overlap the 4th show. But since it's all using only 1 tuner, it all works. (30 MSE = 30 Minute Show Extended)

Overlapping.png (5.84 KiB) Viewed 8049 times

[Enzo]

You youngsters...

Our TVs ran on steam, you had to shovel coal into them to watch.

[Lance]

Our TVs ran on steam, you had to shovel coal into them to watch.

Wow, you only had to shovel coal that you already had? Sweet! We had to go find dead trees and cut them down in the morning if we wanted to watch TV in the evening.