Archive for May 25, 2007

| May 25, 2007
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Television Warning

Television WarningAs part of the migration to digital television, the FCC will require those who sell television receiving equipment without digital tuners after May 25, 2007, to disclose at the point of sale that the equipment will require a converter box to receive over-the-air television after Feb. 17, 2009.

Citing “a matter of public safety for consumers who rely on analog-only television” to receive emergency information via television broadcast, the commission is requiring a transparent sticker with warning information be affixed to the screens of analog TV for sale or displayed separately “immediately adjacent” to each analog TV for sale. For TV devices without displays, the alert must be “in a prominent location.”

FCC Second Report and Order in the Second DTV Periodic Review

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If only they would warn us about tripe like Cop Rock and Martha Stewart Apprentice….

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

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| May 22, 2007
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IPv6 is Coming

Updated 10-04-2008 – Here’s a good graphical representation of the status of IPv4 addresses from ars Technica.

IPv6 is coming

Updated 03-21-08 –  Here’s a doomsday clock for the end of the IPv4 world, courtesy of the IPv4 Address Report

Gadget by Takashi Arano’s Intec NetCore
(Details here).

encouraging a migration to IPv6ars Technica has an article where ARIN is encouraging migration to IPv6. The article states there are still IPv4 addresses available until 2010. An ARIN spokesperson told ars that “19 percent of the IPv4 address space is still available, with 13 percent unavailable and 68 percent “allocated.”

The group is reluctant to make predictions on when the supply of IPv4 addresses will run out, choosing instead to watch distribution and consumption trends so that others can do the predicting. “Those forecasts have some variation, but it is clear that this could be an issue as soon as 2010.”

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

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