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Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't allow
sky+ to set record?

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Holcroft wrote:

Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't
allow sky+ to set record?


Indeed you cannot; and neither can you set a "reminder" for the
programme. So either Sky+ has good taste g or it's a
mistake/error/bug, or Sky (ab)using their dominant position as platform
provider, software producer, broadcaster & program maker, for some
reason.

Much as I'd like to think the former; I'm forced to think it is one of
the other two. They say (to paraphrase)
"never attribute to malice, that which can be explained by
incompetence"; but in this case I am forced to wonder...

Now I can't actually think of a single reason why they'd want to stop
someone recording this programme with Sky+; but I certainly wouldn't put
it past Sky to do this kind of thing, if they thought it was in their
interests.

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AJP

Holcroft wrote on Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:34:42 +0100:

Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't allow
sky+ to set record?

It's a health and safety thing. It won't allow you to record it in case
you die of boredom watching David Blaine in a box for 44 days...

(Seriously, why the hell does he do these stupid things? I completely
believe he (or anyone else who put's their mind to it) can survive with an
adequate supply of water for 44 days, I just DONT CARE)

--
David Taylor

"The future just ain't what it used to be."

Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't
allow sky+ to set record?

probably so you cant rewind and pause it to find how the tricks done!

ChrisM wrote:
Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't
allow sky+ to set record?


probably so you cant rewind and pause it to find how the tricks done!



So why not record it onto VHS as it's being aired? (Assuming of course
that you REALLY want to watch this tosh in the first place.)

"Holcroft" wrote in message
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Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't allow
sky+ to set record?


It's the Magic.
Shazam!
;o)

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Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't allow
sky+ to set record?


It's the Magic.
Shazam!
;o)


can ya feel it yet?

"Holcroft" wrote in message
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Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't allow
sky+ to set record?



Works fine with my sky+ set.

Andy.

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Andrew Thatcher wrote:

"Holcroft" wrote in message
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Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't
allow sky+ to set record?



Works fine with my sky+ set.


Yes it seems to be fixed now.

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AJP

In ,
David Taylor wrote:

Holcroft wrote on Mon, 1 Sep
2003 13:34:42 +0100:

Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't
allow sky+ to set record?

It's a health and safety thing. It won't allow you to record it in
case you die of boredom watching David Blaine in a box for 44 days...

LOL!

(Seriously, why the hell does he do these stupid things? I completely
believe he (or anyone else who put's their mind to it) can survive
with an adequate supply of water for 44 days, I just DONT CARE)

Well said.

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AJP

"David Taylor" wrote in
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(Seriously, why the hell does he do these stupid things? I completely
believe he (or anyone else who put's their mind to it) can survive
with an adequate supply of water for 44 days, I just DONT CARE)

He was vaguely interesting when recycling stage magic in a shakycam vox
pop sort of way, but he has now disappeared up his own arse.

Apparently since hanging round with Uri Geller he now wants to be referred
to as a mystic, not a magician. Puh-leeeeze ....

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One Punch Mickey wrote:

"David Taylor" wrote in
:
(Seriously, why the hell does he do these stupid things? I
completely believe he (or anyone else who put's their mind to it)
can survive with an adequate supply of water for 44 days, I just
DONT CARE)

He was vaguely interesting when recycling stage magic in a shakycam
vox pop sort of way, but he has now disappeared up his own arse.

Apparently since hanging round with Uri Geller he now wants to be
referred to as a mystic, not a magician.

Well it's certainly a mystery, how he keeps getting people to give him
money to do all of these pointless things. :-)

--
AJP

OT:

Is it not obvious that something 'tragic' will go wrong and the cable will
snap/be struck by lightning and box will fall and then sink to the bottom of
the Thames and he won't be heard of for exactly 365 days. And then he'll
pop up somewhere 'unexpected' like in a box above the Thames.

Or am just being completely mental?

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bbk
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"Andrew Poulter" wrote in message
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Andrew Thatcher wrote:

"Holcroft" wrote in message
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Anyone else found that sky1 Friday 8:30 - David Blaine's show won't
allow sky+ to set record?



Works fine with my sky+ set.


Yes it seems to be fixed now.

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AJP




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"bbk" wrote in message
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OT:

Is it not obvious that something 'tragic' will go wrong and the cable will
snap/be struck by lightning and box will fall and then sink to the bottom
of
the Thames and he won't be heard of for exactly 365 days. And then he'll
pop up somewhere 'unexpected' like in a box above the Thames.

It could well be part of the act to do exactly that so you'll see posts here
from those who did take time out to watch it say "See what ya missed" ?

Or am just being completely mental?

Na,David Blaine is the mental one,Being frozen in that block of ice a while
ago...Did'nt/should'nt he have changed his first name to Chill ;-)