tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post4209270702912376356..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: You Realize The Aliens Think We're All Dead Now, Right?Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-14221906590426908042009-06-13T10:44:28.070-04:002009-06-13T10:44:28.070-04:00"The tricks that let modern-as-tomorrow* digi...<i>"The tricks that let modern-as-tomorrow* digital TV carry a big bandwidth in the same space as kerosene-powered TV also produce middlin' good encryption as a byproduct. The other side of SETI won't find much meat in it."</i><br /><br />Hey, I read <i>The Killing Star.</i> That's a feature. Works to our advantage. By the time they get wise, we'll be rolling WB-8 powered ships off the lines like Model Ts (you can get 'em any color you want, long as it's NASA white).Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-90900273691344200762009-06-13T10:36:28.033-04:002009-06-13T10:36:28.033-04:00I note Skytrack was still on the air as of 11pm Fr...I note Skytrack was still on the air as of 11pm Friday. Didn't check it this morning, though...Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-54972806969600862372009-06-13T07:17:17.068-04:002009-06-13T07:17:17.068-04:00No, damn it, she works on a starship.
:-DNo, damn it, she works on a starship.<br /><br />:-DFuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35759706579071083252009-06-13T02:12:12.994-04:002009-06-13T02:12:12.994-04:00Well...some of what I do involves television: high...Well...<i>some</i> of what I do involves television: high-power RF and overly-complicated control and signal electronics. Further, deponent sayeth not --But phantasmajectors gotta come from somewhere!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-6690827485365940502009-06-12T23:49:09.373-04:002009-06-12T23:49:09.373-04:00You work at a TV station? I am soooo disappointed....You work at a TV station? I am soooo disappointed... All this time I figured you worked on this beast: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/science/accelerator/<br /><br />(I still enjoy the Starship series though)dannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237275836879887457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8015426693255165742009-06-12T21:45:57.281-04:002009-06-12T21:45:57.281-04:00Roberta, Alan is right! We should have snatched up...Roberta, Alan is right! We should have snatched up those $10 vectorscopes!Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-72544778319521183372009-06-12T21:19:21.938-04:002009-06-12T21:19:21.938-04:00Grandpa Simpson: "Turn it up! Turn it up!&q...Grandpa Simpson: "Turn it up! Turn it up!"<br /><br />As for digital, thats one more thing I'm not going to bother hooking my TV up to.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-16671304316583297142009-06-12T19:14:05.702-04:002009-06-12T19:14:05.702-04:00I can still fire up my transmitter and run NTSC TV...I can still fire up my transmitter and run NTSC TV on the ham bands.<br /><br />As with most things archaic and RF related, hams will keep it alive.<br /><br />Other than that? Good riddance, the switchover is past due.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.com