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So if it's got a remote, it's a digital TV?
Not by default no - sorry, I should have been more clear. What I was trying to say (badly) was that almost all new (or even not-that-new) TVs already have the capability to decode digital off-air signals. Most people will not have to buy new TVs.
(And that's if the digital switch actually happens on schedule - this is the what, third time it's been pushed back? Fourth?)
Thanks.
I'm going to choose to believe that the digital thing is the cover story for a conspiracy...now to figure out that conspiracy it's covering up...
Well, there's the fact that the government gave away the digital spectrum to existing analog broadcasters. The analog spectrum is being given back to the government who will auction it off. This was a HUGE giveaway to the Telecoms. The government should have instead auctioned off the digital spectrum, allowing the telecoms to sell off the analog frequencies they no longer needed.
Don't even get me started about the whole telecom immunity bullcrap.
Yep, according to Republicans, Welfare is good - as long as it's the corporations getting it....
Sigh. Anyone have any recs for laptop battery sellers? My beloved ThinkPad Z60t's battery is fading (after less than a year and half of use, though admittedly, pretty heavy daily unplugged use), and I'm leery of shelling out $150 or more for an OEM one.
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My favorite part of that, other than the utter absurdity, is the disclaimer at the end.
Which part of California was it that they were lucky to not set ablaze?
I've always wondered what the people who set off the big fires were doing--I'm assuming it's rarely as big as this.
Yeah, I was definitely thinking during a part of that, "I hope you're planning on cleaning up after yourselves, young man."