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Posted on 05/11/2010 11:49:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono
LONDON (AP) -- A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites' owners said Tuesday.
Communications company Intelsat said it lost control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 8....
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Now that digital has taken over, those coat hangers are useless.
Yes, we had those at one time. Remember... ;-)
There are probably higher priority issues that are going to bring on riots. Currency devaluation, food supply problems, high energy prices. Cable is hardly on the radar.
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“It’s a good thing that Dad taught me how to substitute a coat hanger for rabbit ears.”
Leave the hanger in the closet. Rabbit ears are useless with digital signals. Then again there is still the chance you may lock your keys in the car, and you may be able to use it then.
MY STORIES!~!~~~!!!!!
a timey sort of thing, as zer0’s admin are talking about taking over cable
The Shuttle would not ever have been an option. The Shuttle’s maximum altitude was somewhere between 260 and 300 miles above the earth. These satellites orbit around 23,600 miles above the earth. That’s why the Shuttle’s orbital period was ~90 minutes and these satellites’ orbital period is 24 hours.
The Shuttle would not ever have been an option. The Shuttle’s maximum altitude was somewhere between 260 and 300 miles above the earth. These satellites orbit around 23,600 miles above the earth. That’s why the Shuttle’s orbital period was ~90 minutes and these satellites’ orbital period is 24 hours.
That reminds me, you want me to loot you anything? :-)
Whoops...Hit the BET satellite by mistake.
If "Lifetime" goes down how are the women of America gonna learn that it's just fine to shoot your husband in his sleep?
LOL!
Pssst... I heard Reginald Denny lives down the block from you.
We always got better reception when we put tin foil on the coat hanger, too.
I don’t think we tried that. We could’a been gettin’ better reception. Darn... ;-)
Leave the hanger in the closet. Rabbit ears are useless with digital signals.
Actually, the antenna itself WILL receive the signal, so the old rabbit ears still work. But what is needed is a "converter box" to translate the signal from digital to analog for older TVs.
Newer digital TVs should be able to hook up to rabbit ears (or a coat hanger) directly.
Gosh, I hope some earth shaking emergency doesn't come up where I'd need to watch cable!!!
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