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Originally Posted by slayda
I predict that mandated digital TV will go the way that the mandate to go to the metric system did. I.e. it never happened.
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It really has to happen. The govt has already auctioned of the "regained" spectrum and taken money on it.
This is also like another MANDATED thing that has never happened, that is
STOP PRINTING THE $1 NOTE!
But, once again, similar to your wife and metric everyone thinks there is just no way they could get along without it. How it will be such a chore to carry $1 coins...
I think some people don't like change.
Do people realize how SIMPLE the metric system is. We are so used to using BASE 10 numbers... measuring everything that way would be so much easier. The 2-2-4 thing wouldn't be needed any more. You just have to remember a few prefixes and you've got it. My only probably would be the temperature scale, since the number just seem so close together for such big differences. But, I could get used to that to get the benefits of all the other.
BOb