Receiver reliability problems.

[StephanieNYC]

At my station's old facility we had a couple HD tuners (a JVC car radio mounted on a panel for general listening, a  Sangean tuner and two Sony tuners).

All of these radios have acted up several times -- at random.  I'd have to either turn them off and back on...or unplug and plug back in.

Over the years I've had to do this with various things.  The damned things are micro computers....and what do computers do? They crash.

I still remember the first time I "crashed" a digital cable TV box.  We entered a brave new world. *sarcasm off*

[rbrucecarter5]

Over the years I've had to do this with various things.  The damned things are micro computers....and what do computers do? They crash.

I still remember the first time I "crashed" a digital cable TV box.  We entered a brave new world. *sarcasm off*

I just crashed a - SOLDERING IRON - yesterday.  Yep - I got a message on the screen that said "password required" - what the _____??!! did that mean?  I restored it to operation by turning it off and then back on again.

These problems are the problems of the software authors who do too much in C and not enough in assembly, leaving bulky, buggy code around in these microcontrollers.  Last time I checked, they execute their own assembly language, not the high level cr@p that is so popular.  If the compiler is cr@p that translates C to assembly, then the software will be cr@p and crash.

The first time I encounter a toilet that says "password required", I am depositing my opinion on the floor in front of the contraption.

[LynnW]

The first time I encounter a toilet that says "password required", I am depositing my opinion on the floor in front of the contraption.

You may wish to avoid traveling to Japan, then.

[rbrucecarter5]

The first time I encounter a toilet that says "password required", I am depositing my opinion on the floor in front of the contraption.

You may wish to avoid traveling to Japan, then.

I avoid setting one foot out of the United States of America, and every time I absolutely have to go somewhere else, I can't wait until I get back here!

[Savage]

The "rest of the world?"  Think, "United Nations."  Also known as the cantina scene from the film Star Wars.

There's a reason why everybody's crashing our borders to live here.

OTOH: the rest of the world is rejecting HD Radio....so there IS some common sense out there.  (Just keepin' it on-topic.....)