I'm sure that it won't be a huge deal. Our recievers have about 20 satellites programmed in them. I'm sure better/bigger stations or cable companies have more options.
The station that I work at doesn't use IA7. Now if Intelsat 5/6 or Galaxy 4 dies, then we might have a problem.
Or you could go to http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/. That is where I used to get my weather data when I used to set up the weather computer for the newscast.
I remember one Christmas when I was still working in a mall software store. This family comes in and the father asks me if I have any copies of Doom II in stock.
I say that we do and lead them over to it. The dad asks me what do you do in the game. It was at this time that I noticed a small cross pin on his suit. Feeling evil and a little bit bored I proceeded to tell him of fighting demons and imps, and describing the blood and gore in the game. All the while I was doing this the kid, who must have been about 13ish, was giving me a look that started out as "shut up man" and soon changed into "oh crap, I'm screwed."
After I was done describing the game the father handed it back to me and left the store without saying a word.
When I was working at a software store we got one of the Barney's in. We used to cover up the eyes of Barney for a few mintues at a time just to hear the complaints that he would start saying.
Where did you go?
I can't see you.
I'm scared of the dark.
Let's play another game!
Cheap laughs at Barney's expense. We never did sell the thing though.
And I checked my e-mail this afternoon and it had a message from the president of Clearchannel.
In it he says "We are generally disappointed with these additional regulations; however, it will be some time before we see the details of the final order."
and
"The bottom line is that the FCC's actions were deregulatory for every industry other than radio which was RE-REGULATED, even though radio is already a VERY competitive medium, arguably much more so than any other medium. Our Radio people will tell you this is not an easy business: we have plenty of strong and healthy competitors in every market, which of course includes not just other radio stations, but newspaper, TV, Cable, Yellow Pages, Magazines, Direct Mail and Internet sites.
We think the FCC's action has the potential to negatively impact the radio industry's opportunities to offer diverse and compelling programming to listeners because it puts more limits on station ownership going forward. The evidence, including the FCC's own studies, has clearly shown that consolidation has INCREASED the amount and diversity of programming for consumers. We think consumers lose."
I think the message is amusing in a wierd sort of way.
I had a professor like this before I dropped out. She was the advisor of the student newspaper and we got to play with some fun equipment. The first iPod that I saw was hers, along with a bunch of brand new dual 1GHz Power Mac G4's.
I never could get her into Lan gaming, but I did get her hooked on mp3's.
The showing that I went to had a few people dressed up. A couple of wanna-be Neo's, some good looking Agent Smith's, and one kid dressed up like one of the twins. But he had one problem, the twins had dreadlocks, this kid had a long Lady Godiva style wig on.
Plus these moron's kept putting on their version of fighting styles and running around, hiding from the evil agents.
Needless to say most of the people in line thought they were taking it too far.
Just because the nightly news says that it is HDTV over the air doesn't mean a whole lot unless your local affilate actually has upgraded their transmitter. I know that the station that I work at hasn't upgraded our transmitter, and I would doubt that the majority of smaller markets have upgraded their systems since it is a couple of million to buy the new equipment.
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OK, I know that I'm going to get nailed but I need to ask what is the difference between the Japanese and "American" versions of DBZ. More serious, knock-knock jokes, swearing...
I work in the news dept. at a tv station in a smaller market. We were meeting with one of the big-wigs from corporate and someone asked about the transition to HDTV. If I remember right he said that there is a loophole that unless a certain percentage of the market has a HDTV, you don't have to broadcast in HDTV.
When we are supposed to go HDTV, we will have to buy a new transmitter(I think) which will cost a chunk of change.
Having said that, most of our equipment is already set up to go HDTV, and our sets were designed with that in mind.
This is probably offtopic, but when I was still in high school I was on a tour of Edwards Air Force Base. We were walking around the flight line and all of a sudden there was this loud engine noise. As we rounded a corner, we saw that it was a SR-71 testing its engines. Wanted to get closer but our tour guide said no way.
If you don't want to watch anime, then you can't be forced to watch it. You are also lumping all anime into one big group. I wouldn't consider "My Neighbor Totoro" or Princess Mononoke as being harmful to anyone.
Also isn't banning something just become you don't like it against the first amendment. The thought police have tried to ban movies, magazines, books, etc. and they seem to have failed everytime.
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I'm sure that it won't be a huge deal. Our recievers have about 20 satellites programmed in them. I'm sure better/bigger stations or cable companies have more options.
The station that I work at doesn't use IA7. Now if Intelsat 5/6 or Galaxy 4 dies, then we might have a problem.
Or you could go to http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/. That is where I used to get my weather data when I used to set up the weather computer for the newscast.
I remember one Christmas when I was still working in a mall software store. This family comes in and the father asks me if I have any copies of Doom II in stock.
I say that we do and lead them over to it. The dad asks me what do you do in the game. It was at this time that I noticed a small cross pin on his suit. Feeling evil and a little bit bored I proceeded to tell him of fighting demons and imps, and describing the blood and gore in the game. All the while I was doing this the kid, who must have been about 13ish, was giving me a look that started out as "shut up man" and soon changed into "oh crap, I'm screwed."
After I was done describing the game the father handed it back to me and left the store without saying a word.
When I was working at a software store we got one of the Barney's in. We used to cover up the eyes of Barney for a few mintues at a time just to hear the complaints that he would start saying.
Where did you go?
I can't see you.
I'm scared of the dark.
Let's play another game!
Cheap laughs at Barney's expense. We never did sell the thing though.
And I checked my e-mail this afternoon and it had a message from the president of Clearchannel.
In it he says "We are generally disappointed with these additional regulations; however, it will be some time before we see the details of the final order."
and
"The bottom line is that the FCC's actions were deregulatory for every industry other than radio which was RE-REGULATED, even though radio is already a VERY competitive medium, arguably much more so than any other medium. Our Radio people will tell you this is not an easy business: we have plenty of strong and healthy competitors in every market, which of course includes not just other radio stations, but newspaper, TV, Cable, Yellow Pages, Magazines, Direct Mail and Internet sites.
We think the FCC's action has the potential to negatively impact the radio industry's opportunities to offer diverse and compelling programming to listeners because it puts more limits on station ownership going forward. The evidence, including the FCC's own studies, has clearly shown that consolidation has INCREASED the amount and diversity of programming for consumers. We think consumers lose."
I think the message is amusing in a wierd sort of way.
I had a professor like this before I dropped out. She was the advisor of the student newspaper and we got to play with some fun equipment. The first iPod that I saw was hers, along with a bunch of brand new dual 1GHz Power Mac G4's.
I never could get her into Lan gaming, but I did get her hooked on mp3's.
The showing that I went to had a few people dressed up. A couple of wanna-be Neo's, some good looking Agent Smith's, and one kid dressed up like one of the twins. But he had one problem, the twins had dreadlocks, this kid had a long Lady Godiva style wig on.
Plus these moron's kept putting on their version of fighting styles and running around, hiding from the evil agents.
Needless to say most of the people in line thought they were taking it too far.
Heh, I did the same thing, but with the Sam and Max Hit the Road game cd playing while I was playing Quake I.
That was just wierd, but kinda cool at the same time.
In 1998, I got as a gift from the television station that I work at we got a ornament with the station logo on it. I think everyone was suprised.
But in fairness, we also got a gift certificate to a grocery store.
Just because the nightly news says that it is HDTV over the air doesn't mean a whole lot unless your local affilate actually has upgraded their transmitter. I know that the station that I work at hasn't upgraded our transmitter, and I would doubt that the majority of smaller markets have upgraded their systems since it is a couple of million to buy the new equipment.
OK, I know that I'm going to get nailed but I need to ask what is the difference between the Japanese and "American" versions of DBZ. More serious, knock-knock jokes, swearing...
Back I go to watch Cowboy Bebop on DVD
I work in the news dept. at a tv station in a smaller market. We were meeting with one of the big-wigs from corporate and someone asked about the transition to HDTV. If I remember right he said that there is a loophole that unless a certain percentage of the market has a HDTV, you don't have to broadcast in HDTV.
When we are supposed to go HDTV, we will have to buy a new transmitter(I think) which will cost a chunk of change.
Having said that, most of our equipment is already set up to go HDTV, and our sets were designed with that in mind.
This is probably offtopic, but when I was still in high school I was on a tour of Edwards Air Force Base. We were walking around the flight line and all of a sudden there was this loud engine noise. As we rounded a corner, we saw that it was a SR-71 testing its engines. Wanted to get closer but our tour guide said no way.
If you don't want to watch anime, then you can't be forced to watch it. You are also lumping all anime into one big group. I wouldn't consider "My Neighbor Totoro" or Princess Mononoke as being harmful to anyone. Also isn't banning something just become you don't like it against the first amendment. The thought police have tried to ban movies, magazines, books, etc. and they seem to have failed everytime.