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Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:10 pm

Abdul Alhazred

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Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told (Reuters)

Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage.

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Analysis: IOC explains how to black out television coverage to those who might wish to do so.

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Re: Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:12 pm

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Dr Matt's analysis:

Eggs. Basket. Unhatched.

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Re: Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:16 pm

Abdul Alhazred

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Sorry about that.

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Re: Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:18 pm

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Abdul Alhazred wrote:

Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told (Reuters)

Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage.

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Analysis: IOC explains how to black out television coverage to those who might wish to do so.

So in other words, the experts preparing for the Olympics had now idea of the implications of this sort of drain on their data networks.

Experts.

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Re: Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:19 pm

DrMatt

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Abdul Alhazred wrote:

Sorry about that.

If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman

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Re: Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:19 pm

Abdul Alhazred

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ed wrote:

Experts.

Somebody's nephew in middle school who is real smart and will work for free.

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Re: Don't tweet if you want TV

Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:21 pm

Abdul Alhazred

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Not the old image from jihadwatch trick. :evil:

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