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Just to show that they don’t care about old people, nearly 500 US TV stations will begin broadcasting in only digital early (since Congress passed the delay).
Nielsen recently reported that 6.5 million U.S. homes were unprepared for the upcoming transition.
Just who are the people who are left not able to do this switch? For heaven’s sakes, they’ve been advertising this switch thing for over 2.5 years. Anyone that doesn’t have cable/satellite/a digital converter box probably deserves to be without TV for a while. I am willing to bet that even when the switch happens, there will still be several millions who didn’t see it coming…
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I wonder if Mr. President would be like that guy at your party that doesn’t leave, just hanging out on the couch, eating cheetos:
Bush Spends Day Feverishly Booby-Trapping Desk (from the Onion)
My favorite part is the last paragraph…
In what may turn out to be his greatest presidential prank, Bush also has spent the previous eight years damaging the American economy beyond repair and bogging the country down in an unwinnable war with a sovereign Middle Eastern nation.
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If you didn’t already know, Iowa has a stupid law that says anything over 5% ABV is considered a liquor. That means according to Iowa Law, the only things that are considered beer are the Light Domestics, etc (AKA urine). This means any specialty beer is most likely considered a liquor, and is taxed more, causing less beers in Iowa.
This is CRAP! I myself like specialty beer, and if only we changed this law, life would be better…
You can read about the movement here.
Lift the Limit! Make Iowa better!
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Facebook removed photos of mothers nursing from the site because it showed a little too much breast, so evidently, nursing mothers protested. Hilarity ensued.
In anything like this, I always enjoy reading the comments. My favorite is this one:
Breasts should be viewed in the context of their original and natural purpose, selling beer.
Amen, brother.
Article on Reuters
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CNET recently wrote about that the RIAA and MPAA are no longer going after the little guy, but instead are enlisting the help from ISP’s. Today, CNET wrote about an ISP owner in Louisiana who doesn’t mind, as long as he is compensated for his work, but the big companies are slow to pay for protection:
guys you have sent me 3 threats now without proof. We all know IPs are easily spoofed. I have asked for your billing information so we can have a contract signed and full understanding of what i do. If you want me to work for you you should expect to pay. I dont work for free.
All that was needed after that was a “Love, Your Friendly Neighborhood ISP”.
One ISP says RIAA must pay for piracy protection
How one ISP deals with copyright enforcement
