...and it's about time, too. I mean, the switch to digital was going to happen originally some months back, but it got pushed forward due to converter-box supply difficulties. I was going to let the whole thing pass unnoted, but then I saw this story: 700,000 people called the FCC's hotline, confused about the transition, within the past week. Mind you, that's only a little over 0.2% of the population... but, compared to the number of people who still rely on over-the-air transmission of their TV programming, the percentage must be much, much higher.
So, months of leadup-time and on-air education, followed by a delay to make sure everybody can get the equipment they need, test it out, and make sure they're good to go come launch day... and there's still that many people who couldn't be bothered to work things out until the last week of the "old way" of doing things. This, friends, is a prime example of why I have no faith in the future of humanity.
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