As you might have heard, there's a little deal happening today involving the complete upheaval of the method of transmitting television signals. No big whoop for a guy who works at the TV station, right? Well, I'm ending up as one of the people who will be impacted by the switch to digital transmission.
My family recently moved, and I haven't had the cable service set up yet. When the Red Wings played on Tuesday, I was able to plug in the old TV and hook up the rabbit ears. But now, that analog signal isn't available, which might mean that I won't be able to watch Game 7 tonight!!! I do have one digital TV, but the indoor antenna doesn't get all the local stations. So, I have to test it out today before the game. Anybody want a meteorologist over to watch hockey tonight? :-)
Finally, in honor of the digital transition, I've converted the 7-day Forecast to all-digital as well. Remember that "digital" data consists of a stream of information in binary code, essentially a series of "1"s and "0"s, much like used in a computer. It's fairly easy to convert any number to binary format.
So, the high temperature forecast for the next seven days would look like this:
Friday- 1001010
Saturday- 1001000
Sunday- 1001011
Monday- 1001110
Tuesday- 1001100
Wednesday- 1010000
Thursday- 1010010
I used the Decimal and Binary Conversion Tool to figure out these numbers.
Happy (digital) TV watching, and go, Red Wings!!!
My family recently moved, and I haven't had the cable service set up yet. When the Red Wings played on Tuesday, I was able to plug in the old TV and hook up the rabbit ears. But now, that analog signal isn't available, which might mean that I won't be able to watch Game 7 tonight!!! I do have one digital TV, but the indoor antenna doesn't get all the local stations. So, I have to test it out today before the game. Anybody want a meteorologist over to watch hockey tonight? :-)
Finally, in honor of the digital transition, I've converted the 7-day Forecast to all-digital as well. Remember that "digital" data consists of a stream of information in binary code, essentially a series of "1"s and "0"s, much like used in a computer. It's fairly easy to convert any number to binary format.
So, the high temperature forecast for the next seven days would look like this:
Friday- 1001010
Saturday- 1001000
Sunday- 1001011
Monday- 1001110
Tuesday- 1001100
Wednesday- 1010000
Thursday- 1010010
I used the Decimal and Binary Conversion Tool to figure out these numbers.
Happy (digital) TV watching, and go, Red Wings!!!
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