The switch over to digital was months ago for most stations in most markets. The only thing that happened on Friday was that the analog transmitters were turned off. I don't know of any channel that turned on its digital transmitter for the first time Friday. The converter boxes worked last week, and they still work now. For those stations who kept broadcasting digital on the same channels as they did last week, nothing changed (digitally). However, I have lost several channels that moved on Friday from their previous UHF frequencies to VHF frequencies.

Your digital KTTV was on UHF channel 65; it is now on VHF channel 11. I have lost mine as well. The DB2 is great for all the UHF channels, but not so good for the VHF.

From the press release:
"The savings assume a household gives up one car."

In California, the sales tax is a tax on the seller. The seller has the option of listing the sales tax as a separate item on the bill presented to the buyer, but is not obliged to. Even if the seller does not list the sales tax separately, the seller is obligated to pay the sales tax. When you buy popcorn in a movie theater for $5.50, the tax is not listed separately, but the theater pays the tax to the state. If you buy from out-of-state, you are required to pay a use tax, which coincidentally is equal to the sales tax.

This law would require sellers in other states to collect the use tax and transmit it to the state. It does not impose a new tax, but acts like withholding from your paycheck, making sure you don't forget to pay your use tax. 8=)

I'd like to know when posters are going to start previewing their posts and removing all the crap that Slashdot puts into pasted quotes. Oh, that's right, this is Slashdot. Never mind.

The amplifier in my stereo system doesn't have a volume control. To control the volume, I have to attach a pre-amp. How is this DRM related?

If you go to the verizon high speed internet site, you will see that verizon offers customized portals:

"Kick-start your High Speed Internet experience with a Verizon version of one of the top Internet portals. During your Verizon High Speed Internet installation, choose Verizon Yahoo!, Verizon with AOL ®, or Verizon with Windows LiveTM along with a new Verizon email address."

These are not the original Yahoo, AOL, and Windows Live, but special Verizon versions. When you lose access to Verizon, you lose access to the special Verizon versions of Yahoo, AOL, and Windows Live.