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Wireless Network or Weird Al?
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.
Karate Master: "And TODAY on Wheel of Fish, what do we have!? Ah! A wireless network! Now....will you keep the wireless network, or will you take what's on...broadcast TV?"
Woman: "I'll take...uh...um..."
[everybody shouting different answers at her]
Woman: "I'll take...broadcast TV!!"
Karate Master: "And now we see...what's on...broadcast TV! What's good that's on...broadcast TV?!"
[hushed pause; they turn on a TV, "Friends" is on]
Karate Master: "NOTHING!! THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ON BROADCAST TV!! STUPID! YOU'RE SO STOOPID!!!"
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With all the people willing to shell out money to fight lawsuits over copyright violations, I'm sure we can raise $75,000 by 10pm Friday night.
"It's not like the broadcasters are getting totally screwed," said Carri Bennet, an attorney representing the Rural Telecommunications Group, a lobbyist for wireless carriers in rural areas.
Partial screwing is fine.
-- My HARDWARE, My CHOICE.
Insert your Conan the Librarian or Wheel of Fish joke here.
;)
Of course, all the real UHF fans make their jokes about "Spatula City" or the cut scene of "Oh Those Homos!".
If you haven't seen that last one, I suggest you rent/buy the DVD immediately! It's worth it just for Al's commentary alone!
Sen. Hollings wins the "Inane Bill Of The Year" award!!!!!
Applause from audience...
Sen. Hollings gets to drink from the Firehose!!!
Insane cheering from audience...
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In LA we have 16... I'm teaching myself Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Armenian, and what I think might be Thai.
There are 10 types of people in this world, those who can count in binary and those who can't.
Jeez, at first I thought it said "Weird AI". I'm like, "There's such a thing as non-weird AI?"
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
Speaking of which, when I was young, I *didn't* get on my roof with a neighbor kid and a small television, and listen to cellular calls in the high UHF channels. ;)
Had I have done so, I would have thought that someone's phone was being tapped or something, called a few numbers that I heard spoken, and generally panicked a few people. Especially ones who call 'the other woman' and express their love over the open airwaves.