Re: FCC Orders All TV's To Have Digital Tuners By 2007

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

> AHEM...*THAT* is an arrogant and unfounded statement.  I question you, who
> was number 1 in the Arbitrons last quarter?

I guess you have to have a 50,000 watt (almost) non-directional pattern to
be competitive.

>  Macs are not in the running and haven't been for years.

Gee, I've passed 3 Apple stores on my way home in the past week.

> ....the odds are VERY high that customers are using PC's.

But again...They are still not illegal to buy.  The consumer gets to decide
what he wants.

> > > When it comes to technology that literally depends entirely on a
specific
> > > standard to work, "market forces" are a disaster in the making.
> >
> >But again, if the public sees no benefit in it...why force them to pay
for it?
> >JP
>
> Who are you to judge whether the public sees no benefit in it?

I don't make the judgement.  I let the consumer judge.

> who are ANY of us to judge the benefit of
> something that we inherently cannot know the benefit of until after it is
> done?

Simple, buy one and see if you want the benfits.  Go to Best Buy and take a
look at the benefits.


> Remember the famous (paraphrased) quote "There's a world-wide
> market for perhaps five computers, total" ?   Or that "radio with
pictures"
> would never take off?  A lot of stuff that was widely denounced as
foolish...

But again, the consumer triumphed, right?  Because they made everyone buy a
PC?  No.  Because they forced people to continue to buy radios?  No.

It was b ecause they manufactures made the case to the public about the
benefits and the public showed they wanted it....and would pay the freight.

> "*People* are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and
> you know it.

Quick call central "planning and processing"...we need the Govt to tell the
people what to do(buy) next!
(Sorry Mr. Breshnev, that line is busy.)

I rest my case.