The 3/1/99 Problem

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Not to mention Philo T. Farnsworth -- the true inventor of TV.

     -- Wayne G.
        ASA Project; PO Box 553; Chehalis, WA 98532
        wwg at myhome.net

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> From: chouse <couryhouse at AZONLINE.COM>
> To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Re: The 3/1/99 Problem
> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 1:21 PM
>
> as to the evilness of Sarnoff........
> He pushed armstrong out the window in a manner of speaking.....
>
>
> ed sharpe
>
>
>
> Nolan Lee wrote:
>
> > At 04:31 PM 9/17/98 -1000, you wrote:
> >
> > >annals of radio history are many, but one particular comes to mind;
> > when a
> > >young Russian immigrant, David Sarnoff, copied the dots and dashes of
> > the
> >
> > The same "General" David Sarnoff that drove Armstrong to suicide. If
> > you get a chance, read a bit about this guy, he was one evil bastard.
> > "Empire of the Air" is one book that comes to mind.
> >
> > >distress message from the ill-fated SS Titanic. As most of us know,
> > Sarnoff
> > >went off to become the head of RCA and probably did more to bring
> > television
> > >into the homes of Americans than any other industry leader, but that
> > is
> > how he
> > >got his start.
> >
> > It's been a while since I read the book, but I seem to remember that
> > there was a good chance that HE was off and wasn't even working at the
> >
> > time that the distress call came. Still an evil bastard. I watch a
> > total
> > of about 2 hours of TV a week. I have lots of free time to do other
> > stuff. Average person gets home from work and flops down in front of
> > the TV till it's time to go to bed. Total waste of time, and they
> > never
> > get anything done, not to mention all of the liberal programming and
> > mental
> > conditioning that has contributed to the decline of morals and
> > morality
> > in this Republic.
> >
> > Sarnoff was evil. Sarnoff pushed TV. TV is evil...
> >
> > >  The IMO says, "Morse code is being phased out because of its many
> > drawbacks.
> > >These include the need for years of training and practice for
> > operators to
> > use
> > >it." The truth hurts, but the IMO says that if something happened to
> > the
> > radio
> > >operator, it is unlikely that anyone else onboard a ship would be
> > able to use
> > >the telegraphy equipment.
> >
> > <ROTFL> I love their reasoning. Face it, the code is dead, there are
> > much more efficient methods of communication. Actually, ham radio is
> > dead if you get right down to it. I hold the hard line "code
> > requirement"
> > people to blame for this. As the numbers of licensed hams continue to
> > drop, more of the spectrum will be lost, but who cares, we still have
> > "the code". Maybe we need a secret handshake too! Sheesh... Another
> > thing to consider that ham radio peaked before everyone had a TV in
> > their house to eat up their time.
> >
> > I guess that indirectly, you can blame Sarnoff for the failure of
> > ham radio and the failure of American society as a whole. Hopefully
> > he's burning in hell along with DeForest. <grin>
> >
> > yes, I passed the code test,
> > nolan
> >
> > Treasonous government officials should have their bronzed,
> > severed heads displayed on poles in Washington D.C., or
> > their respective state capitals, as a promise of justice
> > to all future generations.
> >
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