From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Steven Weller <stevenw@best.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-10 05:19:38 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 13:19:38 +0800
From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 13:19:38 +0800
To: Steven Weller <stevenw@best.com>
Subject: Re: SurfWatch
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On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Steven Weller wrote:
> In the mid-eighties in the UK they adopted the idea of a red triangle
> continuously displayed on the screen of movies shown on TV that were
> considered to have more than the normal share of wobbly pink bits, airborne
> blood, etc.
I seem to remember this being something Channel 4 introducted on there
own to try and deflect criticism (and probably saved the station).
Probably saved the station, and introduced a lot of people to the art of
subtitles :-)
Has anybody registered CrotchWatch as a trademark?
Simon
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i gotta say this you're acting blameless
you're making bucks like you're fucking shameless
i'm coming hard it won't be painless
coding styles of the rich and brainless
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