when they stop receiving our television signals after the switch in 2 days?

Plane crashes, political scandals, slim jim factories exploding, museum shootings, and then nothing.

They will think Earth has finally destroyed itself.

6/10/2009 10:16:02 PM

certainly the aliens wouldn't wait till the last minute to purchase their digital adapters

6/10/2009 10:17:10 PM

+1 Good thread

6/10/2009 10:17:20 PM

aliens invented television

they're fine

6/10/2009 10:17:39 PM

they'll probably have seen all the news and shit about switching to digital as well

6/10/2009 10:18:02 PM

But will their culture have invented converter boxes by then?

6/11/2009 12:41:04 AM

what switch?

6/11/2009 12:41:41 AM

http://www.dtvanswers.com/

Quote :

"By law, full-power television stations nationwide must begin broadcasting exclusively in a digital format by June 12, 2009. The U.S. Congress approved an extension of the deadline, which was originally set for February 17."

6/11/2009 12:43:01 AM

it would be much easier for them to pick up our DTV broadcasts than than our analog

6/11/2009 12:43:16 AM

6/11/2009 12:43:49 AM

oh i didn't know they extended that to june 12th, i guess its irrelevant if you aren't 70 and afraid of technology

[Edited on June 11, 2009 at 12:45 AM. Reason : ]

6/11/2009 12:44:35 AM

they will buy their converter boxes at walmart, like everyone else http://www.alienresistance.org/walmart.JPG

6/11/2009 12:49:16 AM

Don't worry. Those people have already started shooting up museums.

6/11/2009 12:49:47 AM

^^it would suck to come all the way across the galaxy only to arrive at 11:05 thinking it was open 24 hours.

6/11/2009 7:21:50 AM

they will send someone to investigate

6/11/2009 8:57:56 AM

Quote :

"In A.D. 2101 War was beginning. Captain: What happen ? Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: We get signal. Captain: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on. Captain: It's you !! CATS: How are you gentlemen !! CATS: All your base are belong to us. "

6/11/2009 9:00:51 AM

They'll probably be upset, but also a little glad because they waste so much time watching reruns anyway.

6/11/2009 9:24:42 AM

Have you not seen the movie Explorers????

6/11/2009 9:33:44 AM

3 hams will kill him
3 hams will fill him
3 hams would thrill him

so why don't you feed him, 3 hams!

6/11/2009 9:45:42 AM

the aliens watch univision

6/11/2009 11:24:35 AM

YES SON, BECAUSE DAT SHYTE IS REALLY BEAMING A STRONG SIGNAL WAY OUT THERE BEYOND OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY SON.

FAR, FAR BEYOND IT SON.

6/11/2009 11:26:46 AM

They'll still be getting signals from all the other countries - USA isn't the only country on Earth

6/11/2009 11:33:00 AM

terpball wins this thread

6/11/2009 11:35:09 AM

it will take many, many years for the aliens to notice the switch.

I mean, if we're lucky, they're just now watching The A-Team and McGuyver. Or maybe they're just now up to Happy Days.

6/11/2009 11:35:46 AM

Quote :

"USA isn't the only country on Earth"

But its the only one with television worth watching. BBC had some good stuff but now they have an American broadcast anyway, and Bravo shows reruns of anything that was ever good from Britain.

6/11/2009 3:04:21 PM

How the fuck do you know what aliens like watching?

6/11/2009 3:13:08 PM

This is one of the better threads in recent memory.

6/11/2009 3:16:38 PM

We will raise your planet's temperature by one million degrees a day, for five days, unless we see McNeal at 9 pm tomorrow - 8 central!

6/11/2009 3:27:34 PM

France poised to disclose presence of Extra Terrestrials on Earth
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/7034/56/

6/11/2009 3:28:42 PM

^^ Beat me to it. Dammit.

6/11/2009 3:33:08 PM

^^ I have been trying to find that by a reputable news source since you posted it. Can't so I'm guessing it's fake?

6/11/2009 3:49:23 PM

probably, I just found it on popurls this morning and laughed. Then I saw this thread and was reminded of it

6/11/2009 3:50:36 PM

We'll make great pets.

6/11/2009 4:20:02 PM

So is it now illegal to broadcast the old way?

6/13/2009 1:10:59 AM

no

6/13/2009 1:12:13 AM

so how did they force the networks to change

6/13/2009 2:17:40 AM

They just flipped a switch. It's in a secret bunker underneath the FCC building in D.C. It can be infiltrated and turned back on....

6/13/2009 2:21:10 AM

check it out - here's what the aliens are watching, if they live around these stars


http://abstrusegoose.com/163

7/3/2009 9:54:10 AM

TEH PPL ARE ALNS.

7/3/2009 10:38:48 AM

Quote :

"Have you not seen the movie Explorers????"

7/3/2009 10:53:50 AM

Someone should let Altair know they best is behind them and they should stop watching.

7/4/2009 11:57:00 AM