Word: channelized
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...collapse of a pyramid scheme in 1997. The Italian army eventually moved in to stabilize the situation. That was an example E.U. members used to illustrate the function of a European military force. Also, once it is in place by 2003, it would be an efficient way to channel European forces into any peacekeeping missions ordered by the United Nations. So if it works as planned, both the Europeans and Washington are seeing it as a win-win proposition...
...AFFLECK, THE HISTORY CHANNEL...
...only digital. It automatically records whatever you're watching, all the time, so you can rewind, pause, slo-mo or instant-replay live TV. If you're watching something you've already recorded, you can skip ahead through the commercials. Best of all, the DVR has a built-in channel guide, so you can tell it to record a show, and it will do so without having to be told the when, where and how. That alone is proof to me that God loves couch potatoes...
...first night of Replay-enhanced TV watching wasn't exactly must-see. For starters, every time I changed the channel there was a three-second delay before the new one kicked in. What's worse, the ShowStopper sometimes got confused about what channel I asked for, which meant that I spent a lot more time watching U.S. Marshals on TNT than I really wanted to. It doesn't help that the onscreen interface is clunky or that handling the humongous remote control is like thumb wrestling Andre the Giant. The other day my wife flopped down on the couch...
...give credit where credit is due, ReplayTV does deliver what it promises. If someone were gauche enough to call during Buffy, I could simply pause it. If I double-click on The Simpsons in the onscreen Channel Guide, ReplayTV knows to record it every time it's on, any time, any channel. That's a beautiful thing. The latest ShowStopper comes with 60 hours of recording time (at the lowest-quality setting), and that's more than enough for even the most obsessive Homerphile...