digital-conjurers@roadrunner.com wrote:
>....and I love the last paragraph:
>
>"....used by ham radio operators and others."
>
>Uh, you mean, like, the military and other government agencies, some of
>them mission and life-critical? Gee, he forgot to mention those...
>
>Reminds me of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal discussing Radio
>Free Asia's shortwave service; the author seemed astounded that you could
>"cover an entire continent with one transmitter," and marvelled that "the
>technology was invented in the 1920's..."
>
>Now, I know the WSJ is written at an eighth-grade level for clarity, but...
>
><sigh>
>
>-Lin/KJ6EF
>
>
I've seen this same argument used elswhere presumably to denigrate
technology that is not in vogue as if HF transmitter technology hasn't
advanced one iota since 1920 and nothing in a cellphone has any roots in
1920's technology. What hewy.
Mike W4EF..............
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>At 09:07 AM 11/12/2008 -0800, you wrote:
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>
>>Just when you hoped BPL was dead:
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>>http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212002016
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