Sy Fy can be trademarked or copyrighted or whatever's applicable, and Sci Fi cannot. It's brand control.
Also, apparently illiterately moronic.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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§ ita § - Jul 07, 2009 7:38:58 pm PDT #15623 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Trudy Booth - Jul 07, 2009 7:45:30 pm PDT #15624 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Sy Fy can be trademarked or copyrighted or whatever's applicable, and Sci Fi cannot. It's brand control.
That's actually a pretty good reason.
(Well, in that it keeps people like me employed. It was still a douche move.)
-t - Jul 07, 2009 7:50:13 pm PDT #15625 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Did they keep the little ringed planet logo? 'Cause I like that.
StuntHusband - Jul 07, 2009 8:08:33 pm PDT #15626 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
There's a second reason for SyFy - that's how it's most-commonly-twittered.
I kid you not, and I do not make it up. However, I can no longer find the web-release from the-old-SciFi to back this up, so you can assume I'm lying.
(I'm totally not, though. I'm too lazy to continue researching it; I have better things to do, like sleep.)
-t - Jul 07, 2009 8:12:57 pm PDT #15627 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
She said the great thing about the ADD mind is that it sees all the possibilities - the challenge is to figure out how to narrow all those possibilities down to a more manageable number.
I like that. It's not just a bug, it's also a feature.
NoiseDesign - Jul 07, 2009 8:19:14 pm PDT #15628 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
I took a ton of pictures today and plan to go through them when I get a chance and hopefully upload some sets on Facebook. Dear doG it is just insanely beautiful here.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 07, 2009 8:43:23 pm PDT #15629 of 30000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
There's a second reason for SyFy - that's how it's most-commonly-twittered.
I kid you not, and I do not make it up. However, I can no longer find the web-release from the-old-SciFi to back this up, so you can assume I'm lying.
I remember the same article. I think the reason given was it was the way most commonly searched for on the internet rather than specifically Twitter, but either way it seems like a network caving to illiteracy.
omnis_audis - Jul 07, 2009 10:11:38 pm PDT #15630 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I love it when the media caves to the lowest common denominator. We as a society are DOOMED! We need that Isle pronto. Must be isolated from the mainlands. Independent sources of energy and food. And a well stocked library!
StuntHusband - Jul 07, 2009 10:16:27 pm PDT #15631 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
We need that Isle pronto.
(nods insanely fast)
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 08, 2009 1:46:55 am PDT #15632 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I am not watching Torchwood, because my g/f isn't home (she travels *way* too much) until Saturday, and we're going to watch the whole lot together.
This is taking a significant amount of willpower...
Dissertation supervisor is happy with the work I've been doing. Ergo, I am going to eat and watch TV for a bit. Which still feels like slacking off, all the same.