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.)
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
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
-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.
Jessica - Jul 08, 2009 3:33:56 am PDT #15633 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Does anyone know why SciFi channel changed to SyFy?
Because girls are scared of the letter i. We feel much more comfortable watching a channel with a soft curvy logo. We are also scared of spaceships and loud noises, which will also be banned from the network henceforth.
(Bitter? Me?)
(Also, only half-kidding about the above reasoning. The only thing that kept me from walking up to David Howe and punching him in the crotch at upfronts was the open bar.)
There's a second reason for SyFy - that's how it's most-commonly-twittered.
In their press release they quoted a "typical male viewer" as saying "If I was texting, that's how I would spell it!" I call bullshit and will EAT my iPhone if it turns out that this ridiculous statement was made by anyone other than a marketing hack.
Sy Fy can be trademarked or copyrighted or whatever's applicable, and Sci Fi cannot. It's brand control.
Coming soon - The Fud Network! The Travelle Channel! ARGH.
(See above, re: not bitter.)