If you decide to cut the cord and use an antenna to get local
TV, you do not need to worry about a special 4K antenna, because
there is no broadcast 4K content - and there may never be. Just
as with cables, an antenna does not know and does not care what
kind of signal it receives as long as it is within the
designated frequency (channel) range.
Any digital antenna
will work fine for digital TV, HD, and 4K. There is nothing that
would make an antenna better or worse for digital, HD, or 4K.
However, broadcasters are not required to put out a 4K signal
and that means that they probably will not. Current 4K content
comes from cable channels and other digital operators, such as
Sling TV, DirectTV Now, HULU, etc. None of them require an
antenna.
Amplified vs.
non-amplified antenna - If you are running a very long
length of coax cable or more than one TV, an amplifier might
improve your TV reception. It should be placed at the end
closest to the antenna, not at the end closest to the TV. For
most situations, a non-amplified antenna is equal and sometimes
better than an amplified antenna. An amplified antenna may
overpower some signals and you actually lose channels, because
they amplify noise as well as channel signals.
Bottom line, if you
want a digital antenna, buy one, but do not give in to hype
about being 4K ready or any other mumbo jumbo from the
salesperson. Also, using an antenna will produce a noticeably
better picture on your TV, because antennas do not compress the
signal as cable companies do.
Jun 2, 2017
Netflix
Netflix can take up almost half of US bandwidth during peak
hours. Sandvine reports that Netflix accounts for over 35% of
web traffic in North America, followed by YouTube at 17.5%, and
Amazon Video at 4.3%. On average, Netflix customers consume 125
million hours a day. On a big day, single-day viewership hours
have approached 250 million. The study concluded that viewers
consume over 800,000 minutes of internet video per second each
day. Netflix now has 50 million US customers and 93 million
subscribers worldwide.
Chesty Tax Deduction
Every now and then something I read is so completely crazy it
tickles me. Thought I would share this IRS story. If you are an
exotic dancer who needs the biggest assets possible to get the
biggest tips, they might be deductible. The IRS initially denied
the write off, which “Chesty Love” submitted for her (56-FF)
breast augmentation. However, the Court allowed her 'stage
props' as depreciable assets.
Graffiti
The
term graffiti referred to the inscriptions and figure drawings
found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the
catacombs of Rome or at Pompeii. Use of the word has evolved to
include any graphics applied to surfaces in a manner that
constitutes vandalism.
Graffiti are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and they have existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.
Both "graffiti" and its occasional singular form "graffito" are from the Italian word graffiato ("scratched").
Graffiti are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and they have existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.
Both "graffiti" and its occasional singular form "graffito" are from the Italian word graffiato ("scratched").
May 29, 2017
Happy Friday
Even mediocre happiness
is eternally better than none.
My happiness knows no bounds, especially on a Happy Friday!
My happiness knows no bounds, especially on a Happy Friday!
Pinch Bum Day
I always chuckle when I add this holiday. May 29,
also known as Pinch-Bum Day, to commemorate the return of
Charles II to London on that date in 1660. Those who did not
wear oak leaves could be pinched. Our ancestors were clearly
over-fond of this form of retribution, but at least women could
do it to men, too.
Electronic Spam
Spam is shoulder pork and ham and is also unsolicited junk
email. Eighty six percent of the world's email traffic is spam.
That amounts to more than 400 billion messages sent a day,
according to a report by Cisco Systems.
One way to eliminate spam might be for all of us to reply to the spammer with a copy of the email. When they get 400 billion messages back, they may just understand what we deal with every day. Oh, delete your signature line, but do not worry that they will get your email address. Obviously they already have it.
One way to eliminate spam might be for all of us to reply to the spammer with a copy of the email. When they get 400 billion messages back, they may just understand what we deal with every day. Oh, delete your signature line, but do not worry that they will get your email address. Obviously they already have it.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
It is part of Appalachian Mountains, Canada, and France.
The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité Territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the North Atlantic Ocean about 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of the Canadian Island of Newfoundland. It comprises a group of small islands, the main ones being Saint Pierre and Miquelon located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the center of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, 25 kilometers (16 mi) southwest of Newfoundland.
The archipelago is composed of eight islands, totaling 242 square kilometers (93 sq mi), and of which only two are inhabited. The islands are bare and rocky, with steep coasts, and only a thin layer of peat to soften the hard landscape. It is geologically part of the northeastern end of the Appalachian Mountains along with Newfoundland.
Saint Pierre Island, whose area is smaller, 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi), is the most populous and the commercial and administrative center of the archipelago. A new airport, Saint-Pierre Airport, has been in operation since 1999 and is capable of accommodating long-haul flights from France.
Miquelon-Langlade, the largest island, is composed of two islands, Miquelon Island (also called Grande Miquelon), 110 square kilometers (42 sq mi), connected to Langlade Island (Petite Miquelon), 91 square kilometres (35 sq mi), by the Dune de Langlade, a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long sandy split. A storm had severed them in the 18th century, separating the two islands for several decades, before currents reconstructed the isthmus. The waters between Langlade and Saint-Pierre were called "the Mouth of Hell" until about 1900, as more than 600 shipwrecks have been recorded in that point.
The official currency is the Euro, but the Canadian dollar is also widely accepted. The islands issue their own stamps. The inhabitants have French citizenship, speak French and their customs and traditions are similar to the ones found in metropolitan France.
The total population of the islands at the January 2011 census was 6,080, of which 5,456 lived in Saint-Pierre and 624 in Miquelon-Langlade.
French overseas collectivities like the French regions, are first-order administrative divisions of France. Other collectivities of France include, the Islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, (Atlantic Ocean) Reunion island, Mayotte, the French Southern, and Antarctic Lands (Indian Ocean) French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna (Pacific Ocean).
The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité Territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the North Atlantic Ocean about 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of the Canadian Island of Newfoundland. It comprises a group of small islands, the main ones being Saint Pierre and Miquelon located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the center of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, 25 kilometers (16 mi) southwest of Newfoundland.
The archipelago is composed of eight islands, totaling 242 square kilometers (93 sq mi), and of which only two are inhabited. The islands are bare and rocky, with steep coasts, and only a thin layer of peat to soften the hard landscape. It is geologically part of the northeastern end of the Appalachian Mountains along with Newfoundland.
Saint Pierre Island, whose area is smaller, 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi), is the most populous and the commercial and administrative center of the archipelago. A new airport, Saint-Pierre Airport, has been in operation since 1999 and is capable of accommodating long-haul flights from France.
Miquelon-Langlade, the largest island, is composed of two islands, Miquelon Island (also called Grande Miquelon), 110 square kilometers (42 sq mi), connected to Langlade Island (Petite Miquelon), 91 square kilometres (35 sq mi), by the Dune de Langlade, a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long sandy split. A storm had severed them in the 18th century, separating the two islands for several decades, before currents reconstructed the isthmus. The waters between Langlade and Saint-Pierre were called "the Mouth of Hell" until about 1900, as more than 600 shipwrecks have been recorded in that point.
The official currency is the Euro, but the Canadian dollar is also widely accepted. The islands issue their own stamps. The inhabitants have French citizenship, speak French and their customs and traditions are similar to the ones found in metropolitan France.
The total population of the islands at the January 2011 census was 6,080, of which 5,456 lived in Saint-Pierre and 624 in Miquelon-Langlade.
French overseas collectivities like the French regions, are first-order administrative divisions of France. Other collectivities of France include, the Islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, (Atlantic Ocean) Reunion island, Mayotte, the French Southern, and Antarctic Lands (Indian Ocean) French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna (Pacific Ocean).
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