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Wireless Network or Weird Al?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-a-difficult-decision dept.

coronaride writes "This article over on Wired discusses the current topic of the FCC's regulation of UHF's (ultra-high frequencies). Apparently, UHF channels 52 through 69 are in danger of being taken over by wireless networking!" Insert your Conan the Librarian or Wheel of Fish joke here.

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  1. Multiplexing is for mortals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You, sir, are a troglodyte.

  2. Re:Goodbye UPN... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why don't you wake up, realize it's 2002 and get a fucking dish dude? Or even get cable for christ's sake? Anyone that STILL watches broadcast TV over VHF or UHF airwaves and claims to be a "nerd" is a fucking loser.

  3. Talk About Bias by monkeylich · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Could the article try any harder to press the "Latino" button? Two words: Learn English. This is not the United Nations. This is the United States. English is the national language and there is no government requirement (yet) to ensure a certain percentage of non-English speaing channels.

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  4. Learn to speak ENGLISH! by DirkDaring · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Particularly, immigrant communities rely on those foreign-language stations as a source for news and information and weather alerts when there's an emergency," Wharton said. "It can often be lifesaving."

    This is a stupid reason. If I moved to Russia, I would EXPECT to have to learn Russian for news and emergency information. Same if I moved to Mexico or Spain.

    Why is it so different here. You move here, learn to SPEAK our language or MOVE BACK!

    Dirk