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<newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com> wrote in message
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Yesterday I reported the following information quoted below.

However, as details roll in, it's MUCH WORSE than was originally
thought.

TODAY (February 17, 2009), IS THE END OF THE WORLD !!!

This is no joke........

Our last report stated that all plugged in DTV converters would
explode and burst into flames on this date. However, we have now
determined that no converter is needed to cause complete anhilation of
our planet.

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
As these tv stations go to full power, the powerful radiation will
turn the entire planet into a gigantic microwave oven.

Every living creature on Earth will begin to heat. In minutes, bodies
will die, dehydrate, and burst into flames. This includes all human
beings, animals, insects, plants, trees, everything. Flammable
structures will erupt in flames. Metals will shoot huge bolts of
lightning just like putting metal in a microwave oven. NO ONE AND
NOTHING WILL SURVIVE. The entire planet will become scorched earth.

We MUST STOP these tv stations from switching their digital
transmitters to full power, if we want to continue life on Earth. We
only have hours left. If you want to continue living, CALL YOUR LOCAL
TV STATIONS IMMEDIATELY, and plead with them to NOT POWER UP THEIR
DIGITAL TRANSMITTERS.

EVERYONE must contact them NOW, or we will be dead and turned to ashes
before the end of February 17th. WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS.

If they refuse, we have no other choice but to shut down their
electric suppliers. Begin by contacting the TV stations, if they
refuse, contact your local electric companies and explain to them that
they MUST cut power to these tv stations. If they also refuse, we
only have one last chance of survival. "We the people" MUST shut down
the entire electrical grid by stopping the generators. The government
is NOT going to help us. They are the ones who want to destroy our
lives. We must do this ourselves. "We the people" MUST stop the
government from allowing television stations to destroy all life on
Earth.

WE ONLY HAVE A FEW HOURS LEFT...... ACT NOW !!!!

This will be my final report, unless we survive.
If we don't survive, I wish you all well in the afterlife !

*** GOD HELP US ***


The Newscaster


---------------------------------------------------------



On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:31:49 -0600,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

--- OFFICIAL WARNING ---

Your life is in Danger

Tuesday February 17, 2009 is less only about 24 hours away. This is
the original date when all analog tvs will go blank. The government
recently extended this date until June, but most tv stations are
changing on the original Feb. 17th date.

So you got your DTV converter box and feel safe knowing that you will
still be able to watch the Tv Soaps, Jerry Springer, and lots of
commercials. What you dont know is that these DTV converters are
under the control of terrorists. On February 17, these terrorists are
going to take control of these boxes and all of them will ignite and
violently explode, destroying everything within a one mile radius.

Nearly half the homes in the United States now own one of these bombs.
The entire USA will burst into flames around noon on Feb.17th.
Millions will die. In fact it's estimated that from 75 to 98% of the
US population will be killed.

If you own one of these DTV converters, unplug it immediately. Better
yet, dispose of it as far from your home as soon as possible, and tell
your neighbors to do the same. Just because you got rid of your box,
does not insure your safety. If you have a neighbor within one mile
of your home, their converter can and will kill you.

In the next 24 hours, everyone in the United States of America MUST
dispose of their DTV converters. Don't let these terrorists destroy
our country and likely your life.

DO NOT take this lightly. The future of life on earth depends on
ridding the USA of these most dangerous "converters" within the next
24 hours. They are appropriately named "converters", because they
will convert our country to rubble and destroy most if not all human
life.

(If you know of any homes in your neighborhood, that may possibly
contain a plugged in DTV converter, and if can not locate the
homeowner, or they refuse to unplug or destroy it, disconnect their
electrical power. You can do this by cutting the wires that service
their home. DO NOT take NO for an answer, either they disable their
converter, or they lose their electricity).

Please destroy your DTV converters immediately......

The Newscaster
 
As a spoof/satire, this is pretty lame, far below the sort of thing "The
Onion" turns out.
 
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:40:11 -0600,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

Yesterday I reported the following information quoted below.

However, as details roll in, it's MUCH WORSE than was originally
thought.

TODAY (February 17, 2009), IS THE END OF THE WORLD !!!

This is no joke........

It sure isn't....

Our last report stated that all plugged in DTV converters would
explode and burst into flames on this date. However, we have now
determined that no converter is needed to cause complete anhilation of
our planet.

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
As these tv stations go to full power, the powerful radiation will
turn the entire planet into a gigantic microwave oven.
I was wondering about that. I thought the digital signal was a
microwave type thing. I never considered it going this far though.
Didn't the tv stations check on this? And what about the government.
They test our food for safety, they ban dangerous products, they want
us to quit smoking, require seatbelts, and OSHA has a million laws for
chemicals and stuff. Yet they allow this. What the hell is wrong
with them? But we all know this was passed during the Bush
administration. He was probably on vacation or intoxicated the day
this was passed.
Every living creature on Earth will begin to heat. In minutes, bodies
will die, dehydrate, and burst into flames. This includes all human
beings, animals, insects, plants, trees, everything. Flammable
structures will erupt in flames. Metals will shoot huge bolts of
lightning just like putting metal in a microwave oven. NO ONE AND
NOTHING WILL SURVIVE. The entire planet will become scorched earth.

Damn, this really is horrible.

We MUST STOP these tv stations from switching their digital
transmitters to full power, if we want to continue life on Earth. We
only have hours left. If you want to continue living, CALL YOUR LOCAL
TV STATIONS IMMEDIATELY, and plead with them to NOT POWER UP THEIR
DIGITAL TRANSMITTERS.
I just called one station but all I got was an answering service. I
left a message. I plan to call the others in an hour. There should
be actual people to answer the phone by then.
EVERYONE must contact them NOW, or we will be dead and turned to ashes
before the end of February 17th. WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS.

Your damn right. I wish I had known this sooner. Maybe it's too
late.

If they refuse, we have no other choice but to shut down their
electric suppliers. Begin by contacting the TV stations, if they
refuse, contact your local electric companies and explain to them that
they MUST cut power to these tv stations. If they also refuse, we
only have one last chance of survival. "We the people" MUST shut down
the entire electrical grid by stopping the generators. The government
is NOT going to help us. They are the ones who want to destroy our
lives. We must do this ourselves. "We the people" MUST stop the
government from allowing television stations to destroy all life on
Earth.

How do we stop a generator, I'm ready to do it. But what is a
generator? I thought those were things in cars?

WE ONLY HAVE A FEW HOURS LEFT...... ACT NOW !!!!
I'm trying.
Everyone must keep calling these stations until their phone lines jam
up. Maybe they'll listen. I hope.
This will be my final report, unless we survive.
If we don't survive, I wish you all well in the afterlife !

You too buddy.

*** GOD HELP US ***
God may be our only hope. I plan to go to Mass this morning to pray
for our survival. I'm going to confession too because we may not be
able to stop this. This is beyond being a horror.
I wish everyone luck.

The Newscaster


---------------------------------------------------------



On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:31:49 -0600,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

--- OFFICIAL WARNING ---

Your life is in Danger

Tuesday February 17, 2009 is less only about 24 hours away. This is
the original date when all analog tvs will go blank. The government
recently extended this date until June, but most tv stations are
changing on the original Feb. 17th date.

So you got your DTV converter box and feel safe knowing that you will
still be able to watch the Tv Soaps, Jerry Springer, and lots of
commercials. What you dont know is that these DTV converters are
under the control of terrorists. On February 17, these terrorists are
going to take control of these boxes and all of them will ignite and
violently explode, destroying everything within a one mile radius.

Nearly half the homes in the United States now own one of these bombs.
The entire USA will burst into flames around noon on Feb.17th.
Millions will die. In fact it's estimated that from 75 to 98% of the
US population will be killed.

If you own one of these DTV converters, unplug it immediately. Better
yet, dispose of it as far from your home as soon as possible, and tell
your neighbors to do the same. Just because you got rid of your box,
does not insure your safety. If you have a neighbor within one mile
of your home, their converter can and will kill you.

In the next 24 hours, everyone in the United States of America MUST
dispose of their DTV converters. Don't let these terrorists destroy
our country and likely your life.

DO NOT take this lightly. The future of life on earth depends on
ridding the USA of these most dangerous "converters" within the next
24 hours. They are appropriately named "converters", because they
will convert our country to rubble and destroy most if not all human
life.

(If you know of any homes in your neighborhood, that may possibly
contain a plugged in DTV converter, and if can not locate the
homeowner, or they refuse to unplug or destroy it, disconnect their
electrical power. You can do this by cutting the wires that service
their home. DO NOT take NO for an answer, either they disable their
converter, or they lose their electricity).

Please destroy your DTV converters immediately......

The Newscaster
 
In article <0nvkp41k7phgo9l0o0i0553juellm5t57f@4ax.com>,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
As these tv stations go to full power, the powerful radiation will
turn the entire planet into a gigantic microwave oven.
Too late, every TV station that I know of that is going to
go digital started their digital broadcasts years ago, and
have been digital for quite some time. The only event yet
to happen is pulling the plug on the older analog transmitters.

I bet you didn't know that, did ya?

That is the problem with posting this kind of drivel. You
look like such a dumb fool when you get the facts all wrong.

-john-

--
======================================================================
John A. Weeks III 612-720-2854 john@johnweeks.com
Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com
======================================================================
 
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:40:11 -0600,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

... crap snipped

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
Sounds great. No TV, no wasted time on stupid television programming,
people can do productive things, read books, and generally improve
their lives. This is wonderful, the switch should have been done about
10 years ago, or perhaps even earlier.
 
On 2/17/2009 4:44 AM William Sommerwerck spake thus:

As a spoof/satire, this is pretty lame, far below the sort of thing "The
Onion" turns out.
Well, whaddya want? it's free.


--
Personally, I like Vista, but I probably won't use it. I like it
because it generates considerable business for me in consulting and
upgrades. As long as there is hardware and software out there that
doesn't work, I stay in business. Incidentally, my company motto is
"If this stuff worked, you wouldn't need me".

- lifted from sci.electronics.repair
 
As a spoof/satire, this is pretty lame, far below
the sort of thing "The Onion" turns out.

Well, whaddya want? it's free.
So is "The Onion".
 
John A. Weeks III wrote:

newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
As these tv stations go to full power, the powerful radiation will
turn the entire planet into a gigantic microwave oven.

Too late, every TV station that I know of that is going to
go digital started their digital broadcasts years ago, and
have been digital for quite some time. The only event yet
to happen is pulling the plug on the older analog transmitters.

I bet you didn't know that, did ya?

That is the problem with posting this kind of drivel. You
look like such a dumb fool when you get the facts all wrong.
Ha. Shows how much you know. I suppose you just forgot that the analog signals
counteract the digital signals and that when there are no more analog signals
all life on earth will be doomed just as the OP wrote.

Pray. Do it now. It's your only hope of salvation.

--
Cheers, Bev
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of
mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
--Gene Spafford (1992)
 
On 2/17/2009 5:37 PM William Sommerwerck spake thus:

As a spoof/satire, this is pretty lame, far below
the sort of thing "The Onion" turns out.

Well, whaddya want? it's free.

So is "The Onion".
Oh, right. Forgot.

But people actually get paid for *producing* /The Onion/.


--
Personally, I like Vista, but I probably won't use it. I like it
because it generates considerable business for me in consulting and
upgrades. As long as there is hardware and software out there that
doesn't work, I stay in business. Incidentally, my company motto is
"If this stuff worked, you wouldn't need me".

- lifted from sci.electronics.repair
 
Just wait for Y3K! It will be far worse than Y2K, which was seriously
overrated.
 
In article <H5Kml.6661$pX4.4123@newsfe08.iad>,
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

John A. Weeks III wrote:

newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
As these tv stations go to full power, the powerful radiation will
turn the entire planet into a gigantic microwave oven.

Too late, every TV station that I know of that is going to
go digital started their digital broadcasts years ago, and
have been digital for quite some time. The only event yet
to happen is pulling the plug on the older analog transmitters.

I bet you didn't know that, did ya?

That is the problem with posting this kind of drivel. You
look like such a dumb fool when you get the facts all wrong.

Ha. Shows how much you know. I suppose you just forgot that the analog
signals
counteract the digital signals and that when there are no more analog signals
all life on earth will be doomed just as the OP wrote.
The cut-over happened today in Madison, Wisconsin, and as far as
I have heard, there is no big smoking hole where Madison used to
be. In fact, it is life as usual in the mad city.

Pray. Do it now. It's your only hope of salvation.
The only thing we can say for sure about praying is that it
will make no difference at all.

-john-

--
======================================================================
John A. Weeks III           612-720-2854            john@johnweeks.com
Newave Communications                         http://www.johnweeks.com
======================================================================
 
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:32:01 -0800, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote:

Personally, I like Vista, but I probably won't use it. I like it
because it generates considerable business for me in consulting and
upgrades. As long as there is hardware and software out there that
doesn't work, I stay in business. Incidentally, my company motto is
"If this stuff worked, you wouldn't need me".

- lifted from sci.electronics.repair
Hey, that's my quote. Attribution please. I could use the notoriety.
<http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/msg/4e6f2b42fd41ca74>

I've lost count of how many Vista to XP downgrades I've done. My
guess is about 25. Yep, I like Vista. Bring on the features, bloat,
and the bugs. The end of the world (as we know it) can't be far off.


--
# Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
# 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
# http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com
# http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS
 
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:21:55 -0600, "John A. Weeks III"
<john@johnweeks.com> wrote:

In article <H5Kml.6661$pX4.4123@newsfe08.iad>,
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

John A. Weeks III wrote:

newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

Unless we can stop these tv stations from switching to digital
television today, EVERYONE on earth will DIE.
As these tv stations go to full power, the powerful radiation will
turn the entire planet into a gigantic microwave oven.

Too late, every TV station that I know of that is going to
go digital started their digital broadcasts years ago, and
have been digital for quite some time. The only event yet
to happen is pulling the plug on the older analog transmitters.

I bet you didn't know that, did ya?

That is the problem with posting this kind of drivel. You
look like such a dumb fool when you get the facts all wrong.

Ha. Shows how much you know. I suppose you just forgot that the analog
signals
counteract the digital signals and that when there are no more analog signals
all life on earth will be doomed just as the OP wrote.

The cut-over happened today in Madison, Wisconsin, and as far as
I have heard, there is no big smoking hole where Madison used to
be. In fact, it is life as usual in the mad city.

Pray. Do it now. It's your only hope of salvation.

The only thing we can say for sure about praying is that it
will make no difference at all.

-john-
Look what happened in Wisconsin, not too far from Madison.
Those destructive digital microwaves can travel quite a distance.
Madison tv stations caused this. Probably while showing the Jerry
Springer show.
http://slideshows.embtv.com/gallery/?site=wkbt&gallery=108

Complete anhilation directly caused by digital tv.
 
John A. Weeks III wrote:
The cut-over happened today in Madison, Wisconsin, and as far as
I have heard, there is no big smoking hole where Madison used to
be. In fact, it is life as usual in the mad city.

Pray. Do it now. It's your only hope of salvation.

The only thing we can say for sure about praying is that it
will make no difference at all.
At least not in Madison.
 
In message <0nvkp41k7phgo9l0o0i0553juellm5t57f@4ax.com>,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

NNTP-Posting-Host: Dm50EPYY7G23nNJE7/glRQ.user.aioe.org
K00k.
 
In message <gnebdo$nab$1@news.motzarella.org>, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

As a spoof/satire, this is pretty lame, far below the sort of thing "The
Onion" turns out.
It is, however, right on par with what the k00k OP regularly turns
out.
 
In message <499b0c71$0$6381$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com>, David
Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote:

On 2/17/2009 4:44 AM William Sommerwerck spake thus:

As a spoof/satire, this is pretty lame, far below the sort of thing "The
Onion" turns out.

Well, whaddya want?
I want him to stop these lame attempts at humor and find something
more productive to do with his time.
 
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:21:55 -0600, "John A. Weeks III"
<john@johnweeks.com> wrote:

[snip]

The cut-over happened today in Madison, Wisconsin, and as far as
I have heard, there is no big smoking hole where Madison used to
be. In fact, it is life as usual in the mad city.
A local TV station turned off it's analog broadcast at midnight. In
the middle of a commercial.

Pray. Do it now. It's your only hope of salvation.

The only thing we can say for sure about praying is that it
will make no difference at all.
It'll make SOME difference. It'll keep you busy so you won't notice
what's actually happening.

>-john-
 
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:23:56 -0800, Scott in SoCal
<scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote:

In message <0nvkp41k7phgo9l0o0i0553juellm5t57f@4ax.com>,
newscaster@gazette.news.invalid.com wrote:

NNTP-Posting-Host: Dm50EPYY7G23nNJE7/glRQ.user.aioe.org

K00k.
PLONK
 
It's a pretty clever little circuit. It's a four pin connection. Pin
4 is ground, 3 is 3.3V. Pin 1 goes to the menu button with a basic
pull up resistor, switched ground configuration. Pin 2 goes to all
the other buttons in a voltage divider configuration. Power button
pulls pin 2 to ground, the other buttons switch in different legs of
the divider. The voltages measured are
CH+ .50V
CH- .88V
V+ 1.30V
V- 1.68V
Input 2.51V
Power 0V
This corresponds to the circuit tracing. By that, I mean the CH+
button swtiches in 1.5k, CH- switches in another 1.5k for 1.5k + 1.5k,
V+ switches in 1.5 + 1.5 + 2.2k, V- 1.5 + 1.5 + 2.2 + 2.7k, and input
1.5k + 1.5k + 2.2k + 2.7k + 10.5k. All are divided into themselves
plus the pullup of 10k (for V- it would be (1.5 + 1.5 + 2.2 +
2.7)/(1.5 + 1.5 + 2.2 + 2.7 + 10). I'm awful w/ ascii schematics, I
can give it a shot if anyone wants. It looks like the circuit's fine,
so it's somewhere else downstream that either isn't measuring
properly, or is doing the wrong function for the wrong voltage. Not
suprising for a lightning strike.

Steve
 

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