Yeah the touchscreens were cool, but I think they actually overused them. It seemed like they were saying "hey look at our new toys! Aren't we cool?"
Having said that - where do I get one? On Nov 5, 8:39 am, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't get to see the hologram correspondants, but I was impressed with > their use of the touchscreen monitors. Nice tech. > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:30 AM, BossHog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My question for the election coverage is this: > > > WTF is the deal with CNNs hologram correspondents? Yeah, it was sorta > > cool in the way that Time Traveler was cool, but just like the arcade > > game, after a few minutes it is just a dumb effect with no substance. > > Honestly, I could not take any of the folks coming in "via hologram" > > seriously. It was just plain annoying. > > > Hats off for trying something new CNN, but you failed. > > > Peace, > > Jon > > > On Nov 5, 1:27 am, "Shag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good point about the military hero. It just took me completely out of > > his > > > patriotic speech. It reminded me of every movie trailer from the 1990's. > > I > > > half expected the "big voice" guy to rise from the grave and say, "In a > > > world." > > > > The Irredeemable Shaghttp://onceuponageek.com<blocked:: > >http://onceuponageek.com/> > > > > _____ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:29 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Election Comment > > > > You would have preferred the score from On Golden Pond or The Bucket > > List? > > > He's a military hero leaving the stage after a dramatic speech. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:25 am > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Election Comment > > > > Okay, no political views being shared here. But I gotta ask, what was up > > > with the music played immediately after John McCain finished his > > concession > > > speech? They played the dramatic "Crimson Tide" piece for the crowd as > > he > > > left the stage. That's the music they use in movie trailers all the > > time. > > > > It just seemed weird. > > > > The Irredeemable Shaghttp://onceuponageek.com > > > > _____ > > > > McCain or Obama? Stay up to date on the latest from the campaign trail > > with > > > <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212075880x1200752631/aol?red. > > .. > > > p://news.aol.com/elections?ncid=emlcntusnews00000001> AOL News. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
