e.z Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 ummmm anyone care to check out the website? freeview.com.au <----what's the go with that? a lot of gibberish there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalj Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 It appears to be in Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.z Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 latin? lol i so don't get the point of that. if the page is stil under construction, i'd rather have it closed until it's completed. if that's going to be the official freeview website, can't wait to check it out once it's finished properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalj Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 latin? lol i so don't get the point of that. if the page is stil under construction, i'd rather have it closed until it's completed. if that's going to be the official freeview website, can't wait to check it out once it's finished properly yeah, I copy and pasted to tool that guesses what language it is I put in, it came up latin. Unfortunately, I can't find a translator for Latin to English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byte-me Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 It appears to be in Latin. It is in Latin. All new website templates have the design and layout pre-made and Latin language where you would place your own text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hehe: "Freeview is blah blah Freeview is blah blah" They may as well keep it that way, it's not like they are going to put anything more informative there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.z Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hehe: "Freeview is blah blah Freeview is blah blah"They may as well keep it that way, it's not like they are going to put anything more informative there. lol, i like your sense of humour. it's very much like mine sometimes but in all seriousness; anyone reckon that this whole freeview marketing is going to be successful? geez, i'd hate to see those foxtel-like ads everywhere: every website you open, you see a foxtel banner, you travel by public transport you're bound to see foxtel advertisements and you can't even open a newspaper or magazine without expecting a foxtel ad i wonder what 2009 has to offer when it comes to freeview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalj Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 every website you open, you see a foxtel banner, Not if you know what to do you travel by public transport you're bound to see foxtel advertisements and you can't even open a newspaper or magazine without expecting a foxtel ad And you can't even open your letterbox these days without something in there about foxtel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchowland Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 (edited) Just really nice to see that Nine has taken the initiative... Given that it's the Only TV network who has stated that they don't like the idea of Multichanneling, one of the primary reasons that Freeview was introduced in the UK (to increase overall spectrum available for multichannelling!) Yeah, that Foxtel Advertising is 'cause they have to spend their money somewhere! Edited April 11, 2008 by jchowland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth1503559512 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Sites hosted by Nine by the looks of things. The error pages are the standard nineMSN error pages. Not a bad looking site, logo's a bit odd. It's early stages, but I hope they make the front page a bit more attractive/give it the information it needs (similar to the UK and NZ Freeview sites). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Hall Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 (edited) And you can't even open your letterbox these days without something in there about foxtel. If anyone wants a good laugh they should go along to an information session for prospective Foxtel Salespeople. I went to one a couple of years ago out of curiosity and I have never laughed so much. The totally unbelievable, unrealistic, over hyped gibberish they spruiked to the poor saps that had gone along thinking that they were going to some sort of job interview was incredible. You would have thought that they were providing an essential service the way they were hyperventilating. It reminded me of the pseudo religious fervour of an Amway convention that I have seen in a couple of documentaries about that allegedly life changing detergent company. Edited April 11, 2008 by holdencaulfield2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Downawell Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 It's not very professional to have a partly-finished website online like that! I'm not keen on that logo, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.z Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 i dont see the point why you'd make a website with functioning links that redirect you to an error page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth1503559512 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 i dont see the point why you'd make a website with functioning links that redirect you to an error page More likely why they have it visible to the public instead of having a username/password on it so that only authorised users have access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3280 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 personally I do agree that it is unprofessional for it to be accessible but really apart members here that actually know about freeview and randomly typed in the address apart from that I don't really think It's a problem if it looks unprofessional because people will want free tv anyway and will adopt it if they want it no matter what the website looked like before the website was advertised and the service launches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital viewer Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 (edited) Now doesn't seeing Latin take you back to your old school days? Latin is a dead language, As dead as it can be. First it killed the Romans, and now its killing me. DV The words are nonsense, but as Micro$oft say on their support website; Although the phrase is nonsense, it does have a long history. The phrase has been used for several centuries by typographers to show the most distinctive features of their fonts. It is used because the letters involved and the letter spacing in those combinations reveal, at their best, the weight, design, and other important features of the typeface. A 1994 issue of "Before & After" magazine traces "Lorem ipsum ..." to a jumbled Latin version of a passage from de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, a treatise on the theory of ethics written by Cicero in 45 B.C. The passage "Lorem ipsum ..." is taken from text that reads, "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit ...," which translates as, "There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..." During the 1500s, a printer adapted Cicero's text to develop a page of type samples. Since then, the Latin-like text has been the printing industry's standard for fake, or dummy, text. Before electronic publishing, graphic designers had to mock up layouts by drawing in squiggled lines to indicate text. The advent of self-adhesive sheets preprinted with "Lorem ipsum" gave a more realistic way to indicate where text would go on a page. Edited April 12, 2008 by digital viewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor1503561690 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 has anyone ever thought that maybe that site name was registered way before freeview was even discussed about here in Australia? To me it looks like a little runt teenager decided to make that site as i only hear kids using the word "blah" i do not think that site is for real, the Nine Network wouldn't destroy its reputation with a pathetic site like that surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth1503559512 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Looking at the WHOIS info for the domain, it's registered by Free TV Australia, not Nine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Downawell Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 has anyone ever thought that maybe that site name was registered way before freeview was even discussed about here in Australia? To me it looks like a little runt teenager decided to make that site as i only hear kids using the word "blah" i do not think that site is for real, the Nine Network wouldn't destroy its reputation with a pathetic site like that surely? I wondered the same myself. It does look very amateurish. But Kenneth's post verifies the domain does belong to the FTA industry group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobotivo Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 (edited) has anyone ever thought that maybe that site name was registered way before freeview was even discussed about here in Australia? To me it looks like a little runt teenager decided to make that site as i only hear kids using the word "blah" i do not think that site is for real, the Nine Network wouldn't destroy its reputation with a pathetic site like that surely? Nope, never thought that at all... Whois is your friend! (BTW, I use blah blah blah all the time, and I'm 55.) <EDIT: Damn, somebody else did a whois too, sorry). (Asked whois.ausregistry.com.au:43 about freeview.com.au) Domain Name: freeview.com.au Last Modified: 10-Apr-2008 00: 41: 01 UTC Registrar ID: Melbourne IT Registrar Name: Melbourne IT Status: ok Registrant: FREE TV AUSTRALIA LTD <---------------------------------------- Registrant ID: ACN 101842184 Eligibility Type: Company Registrant ROID: C2183222-AR Registrant Contact Name: FREE TV AUSTRALIA LTD Registrant Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs Tech ID: 3459766466 Tech Name: Rhonda Brown Tech Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs Name Server: ns1.optus.net.au Name Server IP: 202.139.83.3 Name Server: ns2.hostworks.net.au Name Server IP: 202.58.32.2 Name Server: ns1.telstra.net Name Server: ns1.hostworks.net.au Name Server IP: 202.58.32.1 Edited April 13, 2008 by hobotivo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor1503561690 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 ok who is the runt that works for free tv australia that done that website? cmon put your hand up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalj Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 ok who is the runt that works for free tv australia that done that website? cmon put your hand up maybe someone hacked Free TV Australia, made a website while they were at it using Free TV's name and made the error pages redirect to 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor1503561690 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 well if thats the case we will soon find out as i sent an email to free tv australia about the website.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.z Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 well if thats the case we will soon find out as i sent an email to free tv australia about the website.. why haven't any of us thought of this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkoolio Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 It is actually 'Lorem ipsum' Dummy text for test websites; ie. when you create a website with out any content from the client you insert Lorem ipsum dummy text to fill in areas needed of content. Google 'Lorem ipsum' and you can find a generator for paragraphs, sentences etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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