Dear Adrian, You may be interested in a riddle that we shared while you were away.
Q How many software engineers (in the USA) does it take to change a light bulb? A None, they simply define darkness as the new standard! Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-07-06 10.39, Metric US at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have rejoined the list after a long period in which I chose to dedicate > myself to other subjects for a change. > > Unfortunately, everywhere I go I encounter the good old American hobby of > making a mockery of every possible international standard. > > I will attempt make it short: > > I started by gathering more information on satellite reception as I wanted to > switch to some satellite service which may be able to bring me more diversity > than the usual propaganda on cable. > > To make a paranthesis here: I strongly recommend (to those intersested ), the > reception of Telstar5 which is owned by Globecast (www.globecast.com) which is > a division of France Telecom and is the sole broadcaster in NA of Euronews > (Eng, Fre, Ger, Ita, Rus, Spa) as well as GermanTV which is a compilation of > the major German broadcasters (ARD, ZDF, DW). > > For those who are interested to learn more about the (what I found it to be) > interesting field of the TV/Sat standards you will find a very comprehensive > and not too scientific description at: > > http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/ > > Finally, for those who are not interested but would like me to get to the > point with this posting, I am copying a phrase from the text at the above > web-site. > > =====snip===== > "ATSC is Advanced Television Systems Committee which is destined to replace > NTSC as the method of terrestrial television transmissions in the United > States, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan. Like DCII, ACTS uses the > MPEG-2 video specification, but bastardizes everything else, making North > American (and South Korea/Taiwan) an island in a world of standards." > =====snip==== > > Sounds familiar? It seems there are more people in this country who share the > opinion that, American patriotism has nothing to do with sticking to > colloquial standards. > > Your good old friend: > > metricus > (Adrian Jadic) >
