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Listening to Bernie S. on Off The Hook talk about his local PBS television station’s digital transmission notice reminded me of another analog to digital switch of interest.

If you own or use an emergency distress beacon on a boat or on a plane, you should know that starting on February 1, 2009, the older beacons that transmit only an analog signal (121.5 or 243 MHz) will no longer be “heard” by search and rescue satellites. Just like checking your TV, you need to ensure that your distress beacon is capable of transmitting a digital signal (406 MHz) in order for it to be recognized.

There is more detailed info about this at the U.S. Coast Guard’s website.

The first being, Jerry Seinfeld is not funny. Now that I think about it, he was never funny.

The second is that Microsoft has nothing to sell. Literally. It’s a commercial about nothing. Oh, how original.