OT: Attn Speedvision subscribers

I'm gonna ask a favor please. Saturday December 1st. Speedvision has 3 Euro/Aussie Touring car programs scheduled. BTCC at 12 noon eastern, then Aussie V8's at 8pm eastern then DTM coverage at 9pm est.(USA east coast time zone) I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback concerning channel selection. To help the cause of continued road racing series...please tune in this Saturday for these events. If there is a spike in the ratings for this type of racing, perhaps we will be able to hold the Nascar Monster back for another year or two...thanks.... Ya don't even have to watch...just get that set-top tuned to whatever channel Speedvision is on your cable system. Thanks... I'm NOT a cable employee, I'm not affilitated with Speedvision/Speedchannel. I'm just a fan of racing who see's the chance for MORE coverage and I'm greedy...Any help will be appreciated. (I've got one more favor in about two weeks...save your cash ;> ) dave henrie

Will try to do Dave. Gotta find the sticky post it notes first. :-) -- 1907 - Daytona Beach Florida Glenn H. Curtiss rode a V8 powered motorcycle to a 136.30 mph record in the measured mile. The Chicago Daily News headline reads: "Fastest Mile On Earth, Bullets Are The Only Rivals Of Glenn Curtiss"

> I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback > concerning channel selection. Yeah right, it's from the same company that monitors the computer chip in your $20 bills via satellite.

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:27:30 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: Unfortunately,it's too late. http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08INews/011129a.html

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> I'm gonna ask a favor please. Saturday December 1st. Speedvision has 3 >Euro/Aussie Touring car programs scheduled. BTCC at 12 noon eastern, then >Aussie V8's at 8pm eastern then DTM coverage at 9pm est.(USA east coast time >zone) > I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback >concerning channel selection. To help the cause of continued road racing >series...please tune in this Saturday for these events. If there is a spike >in the ratings for this type of racing, perhaps we will be able to hold the >Nascar Monster back for another year or two...thanks.... > Ya don't even have to watch...just get that set-top tuned to whatever >channel Speedvision is on your cable system. Thanks... > I'm NOT a cable employee, I'm not affilitated with >Speedvision/Speedchannel. I'm just a fan of racing who see's the chance >for MORE coverage and I'm greedy...Any help will be appreciated. >(I've got one more favor in about two weeks...save your cash ;> ) >dave henrie > >

I agree Dave, it is likely too late, and I have a sattelite dish (no two way, downstream only) but I will likely watch most of it... :) Sorry I can't contribute more to the cause, and I like the idea of more NASCAR programming, but not at the expense of losing other programming. Terrible catch-22 for me. Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:27:30 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > Unfortunately,it's too late. > http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08INews/011129a.html > > > > I'm gonna ask a favor please. Saturday December 1st. Speedvision has 3 > >Euro/Aussie Touring car programs scheduled. BTCC at 12 noon eastern,

then > >Aussie V8's at 8pm eastern then DTM coverage at 9pm est.(USA east coasttime > >zone) > > I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback > >concerning channel selection. To help the cause of continued road racing > >series...please tune in this Saturday for these events. If there is aspike > >in the ratings for this type of racing, perhaps we will be able to holdthe

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> >Nascar Monster back for another year or two...thanks.... > > Ya don't even have to watch...just get that set-top tuned to whatever > >channel Speedvision is on your cable system. Thanks... > > I'm NOT a cable employee, I'm not affilitated with > >Speedvision/Speedchannel. I'm just a fan of racing who see's the chance > >for MORE coverage and I'm greedy...Any help will be appreciated. > >(I've got one more favor in about two weeks...save your cash ;> ) > >dave henrie > > > > >

It's not 7x24 NASCAR yet.... http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08INews/011130a.html

Sounds like a good idea, but stopping the NASCAR juggernaut is futile at best. International touring car coverage has been just about non-existent this year. I always liked seeing the British and Aussie series'. Too bad... :( -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten System Specs: http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/m/v/mvwooten/system.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mHMN7.4551$[email hidden]... > I'm gonna ask a favor please. Saturday December 1st. Speedvision has 3 > Euro/Aussie Touring car programs scheduled. BTCC at 12 noon eastern, then > Aussie V8's at 8pm eastern then DTM coverage at 9pm est.(USA east coast time > zone) > I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback > concerning channel selection. To help the cause of continued road racing > series...please tune in this Saturday for these events. If there is a spike > in the ratings for this type of racing, perhaps we will be able to hold the > Nascar Monster back for another year or two...thanks.... > Ya don't even have to watch...just get that set-top tuned to whatever > channel Speedvision is on your cable system. Thanks... > I'm NOT a cable employee, I'm not affilitated with > Speedvision/Speedchannel. I'm just a fan of racing who see's the chance > for MORE coverage and I'm greedy...Any help will be appreciated. > (I've got one more favor in about two weeks...save your cash ;> ) > dave henrie > > >

Dave K wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:27:30 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > Unfortunately,it's too late. > http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08INews/011129a.html "Also included in the exclusive [NASCAR] block are classic and historical races, original news and lifestyle programs..." What's the matter? Wouldn't we all rather watch Jeff Gordon Bar-B-Q-ing hot dogs than the American Le Mans series? I poked around the site, Steve Matchett has a story titled "Turn Out the Lights?" about the production of the last Formula One related show of the year. He says "Speedvision's new management is extremely keen to continue their Grand Prix programming and the company remains in negotiations to retain the rights to Formula 1", but it's hard not to read a double meaning in the column's title. Larry

In article <mHMN7.4551$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback > concerning channel selection. Damn, this means I have to take the aluminium foil hat off my cable box. The aliens will be able to figure out what I am watching. Hell, they might abduct it. I dunno about that, dude... MRSisson, wearing an alumin foil hat at this moment. -- LOAD "GPL",8,1 RUN

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 21:33:45 GMT, Michael R Sisson <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>In article <mHMN7.4551$[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... > >> I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback >> concerning channel selection. > >Damn, this means I have to take the aluminium foil hat off my cable box. >The aliens will be able to figure out what I am watching. Hell, they >might abduct it. I dunno about that, dude... > >MRSisson, wearing an alumin foil hat at this moment.

I'm not saying that I agree that cable boxes are sending viewing info back home because I really don't know. I do know this however -- I can hear the modem in my Dish Network receiver click on and off every couple of hours. If I had a phone line attached to it, I am sure it would be sending SOMETHING to somebody. They tell you that the phone line is just for ordering PPV movies but then they say that you need to leave it connected all the time (yeah, right.) At first I thought it might be for software upgrades on the box, but it does that through the satellite by simply turning your receiver off overnight. I dunno what they are trying to get outta my box, but they ain't gettin it!!! ;-) Todd Walker GPLRank: +72.27 (Held back by the @#$% Ring) twalker at jam dot rr dot com http://twalker.d2g.com/gpl

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:27:30 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: > I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback >concerning channel selection. [snip] The two way in cable boxes is used for polling pay-per-view purchases. I won't say I'm a cable employee because everyone hates them. Tim

Well Dave, if it was the Aussie V8 round at Sandown this w/e they were playing, you're in for a hell of a set of races. :) The rain came down on Sunday and the action was bloody impressive :D Rafe Mc On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:27:30 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I'm gonna ask a favor please. Saturday December 1st. Speedvision has 3 >Euro/Aussie Touring car programs scheduled. BTCC at 12 noon eastern, then >Aussie V8's at 8pm eastern then DTM coverage at 9pm est.(USA east coast time >zone) > I'm told many even simple cable settop boxes have two-way feedback >concerning channel selection. To help the cause of continued road racing >series...please tune in this Saturday for these events. If there is a spike >in the ratings for this type of racing, perhaps we will be able to hold the >Nascar Monster back for another year or two...thanks.... > Ya don't even have to watch...just get that set-top tuned to whatever >channel Speedvision is on your cable system. Thanks... > I'm NOT a cable employee, I'm not affilitated with >Speedvision/Speedchannel. I'm just a fan of racing who see's the chance >for MORE coverage and I'm greedy...Any help will be appreciated. >(I've got one more favor in about two weeks...save your cash ;> ) >dave henrie > >