Ionized atoms may be useful for AM radio, but I don't think that they help very much for TV. At 09:15 AM 5/5/2004, you wrote: >as much sense as talking about the last 50 years of television but confining >the discussion to ionized atoms. Sure, ionized atoms are essential to >transmission, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.