Comments on: Open thread for all things Super Bowl http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:57:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: admin_papa http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-1194114 admin_papa Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:19:22 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-1194114 Good Day Just wanted to share my new experience. If your Windows XP denies to run due to an error related to lost HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other important system boot files you can fix this by using the XP installation CD. Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console. Then launch "attrib -H -R -S" on the C:\Boot.ini file and delete it. Run "Bootcfg /Rebuild" and then Fixboot Regards, Carl Good Day

Just wanted to share my new experience.

If your Windows XP denies to run due to an error related to lost HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other important system boot files you can fix this by using the XP installation CD. Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console. Then launch “attrib -H -R -S” on the C:\Boot.ini file and delete it. Run “Bootcfg /Rebuild” and then Fixboot

Regards,
Carl

]]> By: oakling http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-755226 oakling Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:49:35 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-755226 Yeah, politically correct was not a phrase that jumped to my mind during any of those commercial breaks. My favorite part of the whole thing was when those two football players spontaneously started slapfighting! Yeah, politically correct was not a phrase that jumped to my mind during any of those commercial breaks. My favorite part of the whole thing was when those two football players spontaneously started slapfighting!

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-731418 tdc Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:30:07 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-731418 that long tail just keeps a waggin' just came from thehuffingtonpost where i read about 1/2 of the 70 or so post game comments. the pre-game, game and post game lasted about 10 hours on 'somebody's' 60" plasma. 24 running hours later and not a tv camera in sight thehuffingtonpost is even making some $ off the superbowl! that long tail just keeps a waggin’

just came from thehuffingtonpost where i read about 1/2 of the 70 or so post game comments.

the pre-game, game and post game lasted about 10 hours on ’somebody’s’ 60″ plasma.

24 running hours later and not a tv camera in sight thehuffingtonpost is even making some $ off the superbowl!

]]> By: Rob http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730992 Rob Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:48:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730992 Keyword in my last post in referencing PC advertising was the word "mostly". Keyword in my last post in referencing PC advertising was the word “mostly”.

]]> By: Steve http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730608 Steve Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:49:49 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730608 Politically correct? Neither the SaleGenie nor Carlos Mencia Bud ads were very PC. Brown people funny accents are teh funny!! Politically correct? Neither the SaleGenie nor Carlos Mencia Bud ads were very PC. Brown people funny accents are teh funny!!

]]> By: Rob http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730532 Rob Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:59:11 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730532 Tom Petty singing Free Fallin' during the half-time show ... ummm ... wow. Can we say "Sominex"? As for the throngs of screaming kids during the Petty show, the consensus at our SB party was: ASU bused them in from Tempe, gave them free flashlights, maybe a CD and a bio sheet of Tom Petty's work and they get community service hours for standing there with Grampa and smiling pretty for the cameras. Don't get me wrong. Tom Petty's a great singer (And he was AWESOME in The Postman ... j/k), but not in a Pump-you-up-during-halftime-at-the-biggest-football-game-in-the-world sort of way. The commercials were the worst crop of unfunny and unsexy commercials I've ever seen during Super Bowl. Usually they're either funny or sexy; this year they were mostly Politically Correct. The e-trade spitting up while trading baby and FedEx carrier pigeons were the only ones that were memorable. The rest smacked of the same packaging that brought us Tom Petty ... they were watered down, politically correct anti-Janet Jackson-breasteses let's not be funny or sensational or try and captivate the audience ads. ... on the other hand the game itself was one of the best Super Bowls I've seen in years so it's all good. Tom Petty singing Free Fallin’ during the half-time show … ummm … wow. Can we say “Sominex”?

As for the throngs of screaming kids during the Petty show, the consensus at our SB party was: ASU bused them in from Tempe, gave them free flashlights, maybe a CD and a bio sheet of Tom Petty’s work and they get community service hours for standing there with Grampa and smiling pretty for the cameras.

Don’t get me wrong. Tom Petty’s a great singer (And he was AWESOME in The Postman … j/k), but not in a Pump-you-up-during-halftime-at-the-biggest-football-game-in-the-world sort of way.

The commercials were the worst crop of unfunny and unsexy commercials I’ve ever seen during Super Bowl. Usually they’re either funny or sexy; this year they were mostly Politically Correct. The e-trade spitting up while trading baby and FedEx carrier pigeons were the only ones that were memorable. The rest smacked of the same packaging that brought us Tom Petty … they were watered down, politically correct anti-Janet Jackson-breasteses let’s not be funny or sensational or try and captivate the audience ads.

… on the other hand the game itself was one of the best Super Bowls I’ve seen in years so it’s all good.

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730490 tdc Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:34:50 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730490 to #18 (contrarian): matters not if it aired on a 60", an 80", a 2" or a 13" laptop, the LONG TAIL part of all this is being played out you-know-where... and not on your plasma. that long tale includes (but is not limited to) your always positive take on things too! see, you've become a part of what you're contrary to. hang in there, that light bulb will flicker at some point. to #18 (contrarian):

matters not if it aired on a 60″, an 80″, a 2″ or a 13″ laptop, the LONG TAIL part of all this is being played out you-know-where… and not on your plasma.

that long tale includes (but is not limited to) your always positive take on things too!

see, you’ve become a part of what you’re contrary to.

hang in there, that light bulb will flicker at some point.

]]> By: sparkles http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730414 sparkles Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:36:26 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730414 we tried going to the screaming stain web site right after the commercial. it didn't work. doh! we tried going to the screaming stain web site right after the commercial. it didn’t work.

doh!

]]> By: Hussman http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730366 Hussman Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:43 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730366 For the win: Most exciting SB ever! Tom Petty = just good, American music. It's like Rock n Roll. Kinda weird, I know E-Trade commercial win again, as does the "screaming stain" from Tide For the win:

Most exciting SB ever!

Tom Petty = just good, American music. It’s like Rock n Roll. Kinda weird, I know

E-Trade commercial win again, as does the “screaming stain” from Tide

]]> By: Mel Taylor http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730266 Mel Taylor Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:46:36 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730266 while i think tom petty is a fine performer, i always get a kick out of how the producers of the half time show load up a bunch of screaming teens and 20-somethings in front of the stage. must admit, it looks GREAT for tv. the youngsters seem to be going crazy for petty. i bet most have no idea of the tunes he was playing in order to get the young crowd to clap, scream, and go crazy, the producer probably said: 'the most enthusiastic will be on TV" did you notice that NO ONE was lip syncing petty's tunes ? while i think tom petty is a fine performer, i always get a kick out of how the producers of the half time show load up a bunch of screaming teens and 20-somethings in front of the stage.

must admit, it looks GREAT for tv.

the youngsters seem to be going crazy for petty. i bet most have no idea of the tunes he was playing

in order to get the young crowd to clap, scream, and go crazy, the producer probably said: ‘the most enthusiastic will be on TV”

did you notice that NO ONE was lip syncing petty’s tunes ?

]]> By: Contrarian http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730190 Contrarian Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:57:37 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730190 Yeah, but it would have been much better if we could have wathced it on our computer screens instead of that 60" plasma, wouldn't it? Yeah, but it would have been much better if we could have wathced it on our computer screens instead of that 60″ plasma, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: Bud Packer http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730189 Bud Packer Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:57:06 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-730189 I really liked the part where the one guy had the ball and the other dude was chasing him and then they were like, "hey you, give me that or I'm gonna smash your face" or something mean like that... AND THEN, right at the end Grandpa Petty's song it was cool that they didn't show him getting off the stage with a Hoveround and turning off his guitar with the Clapper.... BUT OF COURSE, I think the Reds will win next year... Thanx. Baby Jesus loves you... I really liked the part where the one guy had the ball and the other dude was chasing him and then they were like, “hey you, give me that or I’m gonna smash your face” or something mean like that… AND THEN, right at the end Grandpa Petty’s song it was cool that they didn’t show him getting off the stage with a Hoveround and turning off his guitar with the Clapper…. BUT OF COURSE, I think the Reds will win next year…

Thanx. Baby Jesus loves you…

]]> By: Allen http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-729692 Allen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:12:41 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-729692 I loved the Will Ferrell Bud Light commercial. "SUCK IT"! I loved the Will Ferrell Bud Light commercial. “SUCK IT”!

]]> By: Tim http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-729583 Tim Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:50:40 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-729583 Most of the ads were.. average, mediocre, take your pick. There was one that made me laugh.. but I can't remember it so it wasn't that effective, was it? The game: who put the sedatives in the Patriot offensive line's water bottles? Most of the ads were.. average, mediocre, take your pick. There was one that made me laugh.. but I can’t remember it so it wasn’t that effective, was it?

The game: who put the sedatives in the Patriot offensive line’s water bottles?

]]> By: Chip Mahaney http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-729528 Chip Mahaney Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:11:45 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/03/open-thread-for-all-things-super-bowl/#comment-729528 1) It will be the highest-rated SB, dontcha think? Even higher than those great games of the 70s and 80s. 2) I liked the Shaq horse-racing spot and the FedEx giant pigeon spot. 3) It's been a big weekend for MySpace. Hosting a debate and Super Bowl ads, both this weekend. 4) Losing a game like this leaves you feeling like you were dumped. We Cowboys fans have known this feeling the past two seasons. We'll be happy to share our Zoloft and our favorite therapists with our friends in New England. 1) It will be the highest-rated SB, dontcha think?
Even higher than those great games of the 70s and 80s.

2) I liked the Shaq horse-racing spot and the FedEx giant pigeon spot.

3) It’s been a big weekend for MySpace. Hosting a debate and Super Bowl ads, both this weekend.

4) Losing a game like this leaves you feeling like you were dumped. We Cowboys fans have known this feeling the past two seasons. We’ll be happy to share our Zoloft and our favorite therapists with our friends in New England.

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