X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,229000e94a294b5d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-09 15:50:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!easynet-monga!easynet.net!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!news.ipartners.pl!news.nask.pl!news.man.lodz.pl!not-for-mail From: Przemyslaw Brojewski Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: A little something for the ladies Date: 9 Jun 2001 22:50:34 GMT Organization: KIS - Katedra Informatyki Stosowanej Lines: 49 Message-ID: <9fu97q$cva$1@kujawiak.man.lodz.pl> References: <9f1t25$17j$1@news.netmar.com> <9flmar$abh$1@news.inet.tele.dk> <2rruhtsgclnarnkg7133vduaj0sd2t78e3@4ax.com> <3tivht0mfki1fhcip08v7tqttpgtids4md@4ax.com> <9fr53g$63o$1@news.inet.tele.dk> <7mq4its5pv16qoep8chslbb2hkh4trkl5i@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: zly.kis.p.lodz.pl X-Trace: kujawiak.man.lodz.pl 992127034 13290 212.51.216.2 (9 Jun 2001 22:50:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@man.lodz.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Jun 2001 22:50:34 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.7 (sun4u)) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6076 Peter Punk wrote: : On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:21:57 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" : provoked the following text: :>> >yeah but on sattelite it is now encoded (at least in germany) only on :>> >cable (in the UK) it can be watched freely :>> :>> We get it on cable too here in Finland (it comes off the satellite :>> nevertheless). It's encrypted here too and sadly everything but the cartoons :>> is dubbed in Danish. :>> :>> This might be nice for the Danes out there, but me, I'm just pissed off. It :>> used to be in English but it changed.. I guess I should whine to my cable :>> operator, but I'm moving town in Sunday so I guess I won't bother anymore.. :>> :-) :> :>Eventhough I understand danish I can't stand anything being dubbed - At least :>one should have the option of choosing the language .. as the both the sattelite :>system and the UHF/VHF attenae system supports .. but NO ONE uses it !! :( :>In theory ALL channels out there could carry a dubbed (or several dubbed) :>audiosignal as well as the original audiosignal. :>My god .. even german television would be worth watching ! :> :>Sadly mediacompanies don't take advantage of what the technology offers them. : Forget dubbed TV, people learn a whole lot more from subtitles. : Here in Holland most foreign TV programs (unless it's for kids up to, say, 8 : years old) have subtitles. : The main advantage of that system is that it's cheap and people learn English : whilst watching their favorite show. : Think about it, you hear the words and you can read the translation at the same : time. It's an inadvertently educational way of watching TV :-))) Nope. Most people can't hear words while reading at the same time. But subtitles make them not to forget how to read, and this is a good thing (tm). brojek. ObAscii: 1 ,-._ 2 ,' ( _ 3 _/__; ) .'o`- ,-_ 4 ,;_ _,' /_ ) /_ ) ,- 5 -;' `\\_ '" \\ ' \\ (,\_