03 March 2007

The times, they are a changin'...

I probably shouldn't be surprised by this...
TV, as we knew it, is fading to black. After more than seven decades, analog broadcasting will go the way of the vacuum tube in 2009.

Broadcasters have a deadline, in early 2009, by which they must convert to digital broadcasting. And on that day, all the analog TV sets in America will go dark...
Now, if only Al Gore and his eco-disciples can engineer a similar deal with the internal combustion engine...
"Automobile makers have a deadline, in early 2009, by which they must convert to carbonated-water fueled vehicles."
Anybody out there selling a good team of oxen?

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