Thanks, Sail!
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Jan 28, 2009 10:31:36 am PST #3988 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
amych - Jan 28, 2009 10:35:05 am PST #3989 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
but really. It's been a year.
More like four years. I think you reach a point where the people who are waiting until the last couple of weeks are the same people who would wait until the last couple of weeks in June.
sarameg - Jan 28, 2009 10:38:51 am PST #3990 of 30000
And then there are those like me who are dithering on replacing the tv or getting a box, oh and if you didn't have a coupon already, tough because they're out of money.
Tom Scola - Jan 28, 2009 10:41:04 am PST #3991 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Most of the lobbying for and against the DTV delay have been wireless companies who bought the rights the 900Mhz spectrum, and their competitors who want to block them from getting the spectrum.
I don't think the actual TV companies care much at this point.
Jessica - Jan 28, 2009 10:41:41 am PST #3992 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
More like four years.
This. Time to pull the plug!
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2009 10:42:53 am PST #3993 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think you reach a point where the people who are waiting until the last couple of weeks are the same people who would wait until the last couple of weeks in June.
And the people who don't get it won't benefit from extra time either.
I wish people would stop sending pictures of people in flip flops to barefoot.provocateuse.com. What part of barefoot gets confusing? And it's not like there's displayed precedent.
On TV shows (non-reality) do they often mike the actors with a mike pack? I swear I'm suddenly noticing bulky bundles on actors and I don't know why it's getting aired. Am I not supposed to care? Because I do care. Like in my definition of barefoot, I demand purity.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 28, 2009 10:44:41 am PST #3994 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am dithering, like sara. I am sort of expecting a huge price drop in TV's in the next couple of years, so I may just get along without a TV until that happens, since I appear to be too lazy to get the box!
tommyrot - Jan 28, 2009 10:46:12 am PST #3995 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I wish people would stop sending pictures of people in flip flops to barefoot.provocateuse.com.
I can imagine people thinking, "OK, this person is barefoot, except for the floppy things on the bottom of his feet."
Those people are wrong, but I can still imagine why they think that way.
Of course I could be wrong, and maybe they think that way because of some alien symbiote in their brains....
Tom Scola - Jan 28, 2009 10:46:56 am PST #3996 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I also read that a significant percentage of the people who haven't gotten a box yet don't plan on watching any broadcast TV after the cutover, and just plan on watching DVDs and stuff that's online.
aurelia - Jan 28, 2009 10:51:56 am PST #3997 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't think the actual TV companies care much at this point.
The broadcasters care because they haven't budgeted for continued analog broadcasting.
The government should've worked directly with the manufacturers to subsidize the converter boxes instead of the stupid idea of coupons. Some of the people who got the first run of coupons couldn't buy boxes before the coupons expired because stores either weren't carrying them yet, or didn't order enough. So coupons didn't get used, which complicated the accounting for the fund. Plus the cost of dealing with coupon applications and mailing the coupons, blah, blah, blah. The whole thing was just stupid.
And I'm angry because my converter box won't work with my VCR like it's supposed to.