Pick one randomly... it doesn't matter... If someone doesn't see a signal on the channel they have, they will most likely try the other local channels. When they get to the channel that is still broadcasting, hopefully they will understand it and be able to fix the issue.

This just allows the information to get these people over the existing communication medium.

Why not just keep one of the channels in all the major markets broadcasting a continually loop telling people what they need to do if they want to watch TV... after a few months turn that off too.

This transition has been communicated to everyone for a long time. Delaying it will just add to the confusion.

From the article, China only lost a minor copyright issue. China refused to recognized copyrights for articles that are "unconstitutional or immoral." The WTO said they needed to. All of the other complaints were dismissed.

After Apple made a joke about this, during the Mac OS X Leopard release, I would think Microsoft would reduce the versions to at most a home and a business edition. It was so funny when Jobs said there would be multiple versions... just like Windows, then after a while, he said that the price for each was $129. He said that most people would pick the Ultimate version for $129 ;-)

Wouldn't it make more sense to watch the live video on a TV leaving the computer free to look things up? This allows computer use without interfering with the video.

Firewire is not 3200 Mbps, Firewire 400 is 400 Mbps and Firewire 800 is 800 Mbps, USB 2.0 is 480 Mbps.... all the speeds are in BITS per second. Although 400 is less than 480, due to protocol overhead, Firewire 400 typically outperforms USB.