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US House Kills Proposed Delay For Digital TV Transition
An anonymous reader writes "The Digital TV transition delay bill has failed to pass the United States House of Representatives. By a vote 258 to 168 in favor of changing the date, the bill has failed as two-thirds of the votes are required for it to pass. The delay bill was once perceived as inevitable, [but the House] has now apparently made February 17th the date of transition once again. Now the question remains, will they attempt to pass it again by the deadline?"
the idiots have solved all the real problems so they can waste time with this!
I say pass a bil that requires ALL analog transmitters to stay online for 1 month.
Broadcasting a red screen with "If you did not expect this, YOU ARE STUPID!" on it in flashing black letters.
Most cool Japanese products never get here because they are convinced we are really dumb and could not understand them. And honestly I'm starting to understand why they feel that way.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Most cool Japanese products never get here because they are convinced we are really dumb and could not understand them.
True, but at the same time I fail to see the need for anything more than a "flush" button on my toilet. (Although, now that I think about it, an air freshener button might be a good idea.)
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
I'd support this except for a few key issues (you clearly haven't thought this out):
1) Reds in NTSC are either illegal (out of gamut) or very close to black (bad for black and white sets)
2) solid color borders and constant flashing cause bandwidth issues to crop up, making the content illegible
3) Part of the issue with delaying the shut-off is that MANY full-power TV transmitters are on their last legs and new parts are unavailable.
4) You don't need the "If you did not expect this, " part.
5) You are stupid.
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They are in Hawaii, why would they be watching TV?
As the opiate of the masses, is washington worried what happens when people lose their pacifier?
Janie Crane: Without regular picture transmissions, thousands are swarming the streets, desperately buying black-market tapes from video vendors.
Mrs. Formby: We're going to go critical if we don't act soon.
Edwards: We're going to have riots out there. We should distribute emergency video players immediately!
Janie Crane: Edison... an off switch!
Metrocop: She'll get years for that. Off switches are illegal!
Voice: This is a message to the authorities. It is also an ultimatum. You have until sunset to release the detained Blanks. This morning's failures were tests. We can desolate your systems. The reason is the actions of Simon Peller. Release the Blanks or every computer in the city will be simultaneously wrecked. You have until sunset.
Mrs. Formby: My god, they could lobotomize the network. Without television, this city would be ungovernable!
Blank Dominique: Now if all those threats are for real, well, there'd be no networks, would there?
Blank Reg: No, Dom. Not if the lads do their business...
Blank Dominique: We don't have a computer, do we?
Blank Reg: No, we don't. Computers know too much.
Edwards: Chaos out there! People are in a panic, fighting for old video recordings!
Ashwell: Personally, I'd rather watch a smoke alarm.
Background: Big Time... Television! Big Time... Television! Twenty-four hours a day, day after day, making tomorrow seem like yesterday!
Blank Reg (over): This is Blank Reg, welcoming you to Big Time Television, from sunrise to sunset, filling your empty lives with mindless drek!
Bruno: Our 'bomb' is simply a program. It links all the programs of the city through the main one simultaneously. Massive overload. Goodbye everything from... Security Systems to Network 23.
Max: Well, I'll let you know if there's life after the off-switch-tch-tch.
Bruno: I already know.
Max: What I want to know is, why you want to wreck our network? Network!
Bruno: Your network, and the authorities, are mesmerizing millions into worshiping this new priesthood of the computer! Like... cave men worshiping fire! It's a false faith, Max.
[angry crowd noise]
Edison Carter: It's starting to happen. Their world's gone away. Without their TVs, what is there for them?
Edison Carter: Only one man can prevent our city being paralyzed: Simon Peller. Mr. Peller, are you prepared to negotiate to prevent this catastrophe?
Bryce Lynch: Micro-link... running... Control.
Simon Peller (on tape): My dear Miss Jones, of course I will release these people. I have no intention of risking this city or its television network.
Simon Peller: I never said that!
Simon Peller: Those Blanks will be brought to justice. They haven't heard the end of this, Carter.
Edison Carter: Oh, I think they have... Simon. Unlike the Fringes, justice here is a lot more than cash flow... or politics.
Max Headroom: What are you laugh-laugh-laughing about? Bryce just tried to kiss me! Kiss me!
Edison Carter: Well, you are irresistible.
Theora Jones: Well, thank you.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
If that's the case, wouldn't you use about the same amount of bandwidth regardless of what's on the screen?
Yes.
Thank you for consulting The Slashdot Oracle.
Your Uncle Elroy paid good money for a perfectly functional television, and the government broke it. It's up to them to fix what they broke, and to pay for fixing it.
Free Martian Whores!
To watch Hawaii Five-O reruns. DUH! :P
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As president of the Procrastinating Luddites of America, I say that I care! And so do hundreds or thousands of others! Maybe even more...(we haven't gotten around to compiling the membership list).