TV Channel Codes

More to the fact, why does JM come back and always ruin the joke?

Oh no thanks. TT(JM) is the last thing I'd want to see in D(H).

I think we should all start referring to each other by our NI numbers.

The logic to this is sound, and would mean that fewer mistakes are made.

Yes, each one is unique, unlike first names, which may be used many times.

I kinda get the joke. I just don't understand the codes. I feel out of my depth with this joke. 'cos i don't get the shorthand.
It makes my head hurt.

Is the boy wonder back AGAIN?

OK folks, just for fun here's a little test for you all to try if you wish.

What would you (whether in conversation, email, forums, writing) call each of the following TV channels available in the UK?

a) The UK's first ever TV channel which launched in 1936, and after a break for World War II relaunched in 1946.

b) The UK's first commercial service, which up until the nineties was better known among society by regional names, e.g. Westward, Anglia etc.

c) The BBC's second channel which launched in 1964, and pioneered colour in 1967.

d) The fourth TV channel which launched in 1982 to all parts of the UK other than Wales.

e) Sky's main entertainment channel, originally known as Sky Channel.

f) Sky's round-the-clock news channel.

g) The UKTV entertainment channel which launched late 1992, to show old BBC and Thames programmes.

h) The fifth and final analogue terrestrial channel.

i) The BBC's round-the-clock news channel.

j) ITV's second channel which launched in 1998.

k) The UKTV channel which focuses on food and cookery.

l) The UKTV lifestyle channel.

m) The BBC's channel for children aged 6-13.

n) The BBC's channel for pre-school children.

o) The popular shopping channel which is available on Freeview channel 16 or Sky channel 630.

p) The BBC's third entertainment channel which launched in 2003 to replace BBC Choice.

q) The BBC's arts and culture channel which replaced BBC Knowledge in 2002.

r) The history channel run by UKTV, available on Freeview as well as Sky.

s) A channel run by Virgin which is available on Sky, it shows repeats of old quiz / game shows.

Under my coding system, these would be:

a) B1
b) I1
c) B2
d) 4C
e) S1
f) SN
g) UG1
h) 51
i) B7
j) I2
k) UF
l) US
m) B5
n) B6
o) Q1
p) B3
q) B4
r) UH
s) VC

But what do YOU call them?

By their original channel names!

Please stop it now.

Who had to bump this up?

This is my fault innit.

*Reaches for hedex! I am my own worst enemy sometimes.

There are two possible situations in play here, one of which must be true:

a) You are the ultimate parody of a caricature of a person that does not exist

or

b) You are singlehandedly the largest waste of oxygen ever known.

I'll answer that if you tell me what colour the sky is in your world.

Like Zamenhof, you clearly hope your system of communication is going to make life easier for everyone and give us a common tongue. What you're failing to see is the resistance to your scheme and general discontent at your pushiness by the very members you hope to convince.

If your 'short codes' spark an argument each time they are mentioned it sounds a little counter-productive to me.

Maybe you should consider giving it a rest?

I do think this is a splendid idea -- up there with the metric clock.

Perhaps we should encode TV programmes as well -- N6 will be on at 9:16:66 on B2, with N312652Z AB and N445621A BC.

Makes perfect sense

Tumble Tower must have 3 other usernames, since 4 people have voted "yes".

Maybe he'll get banned from here too for the same reason he got banned from Digital Spy.