[mythtv-users] What does the future hold for the CableCARD?

Ben bkamen at benjammin.net
Fri Dec 16 15:25:35 UTC 2016


On 12/16/2016 05:52 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 12/15/2016 06:28 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> (*) An adjunct professor I had once at Boston University in the late '70s was an IBM employee. He said that GLITCH came from the Apollo program, when a failure of an onboard IBM computer almost caused the loss of the spacecraft and the astronauts. He said GLITCH is an acronym for Greatest Lemon In The Company's History. I've tried to find documentation for this, but have so far been unsuccessful.** However it makes for a good story.
>>
>> (**) Okay, Mr. GOOGLE tells me otherwise. However, when I GOOGLE:
>>
>>     GLITCH "greatest lemon in the company's history"
>>
>> I get three hits. The first one is from me posting this anecdote on this mailing list in October, 2015. Does that count as a supporting reference? :-)
>
> https://xkcd.com/978/ , though you may have to post it to Wikipedia to complete the process...

DANG... now THAT's funny!

 -Ben

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