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While watching the Super Bowl last Sunday, we learned that Jack (of Jack in the Box fame) was injured! I couldn’t keep up with what was going on, since nothing was getting posted on Twitter. Seriously, how do they expect us to know the latest important World news if they don’t tweet??

I was able to finally get updates by heading over to Hang in There Jack. In lieu of flowers, the company is requesting that all of you go out and buy Jack in the Box food! I did my part, buying and eating a Sourdough Jack.

Hang in there, Jack. All of us Geeks are pulling for you!

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While watching the Super Bowl last Sunday, we learned that Jack (of Jack in the Box fame) was injured! I couldn’t keep up with what was going on, since nothing was getting posted on Twitter. Seriously, how do they expect us to know the latest important World news if they don’t tweet??

I was able to finally get updates by heading over to Hang in There Jack. In lieu of flowers, the company is requesting that all of you go out and buy Jack in the Box food! I did my part, buying and eating a Sourdough Jack.

Hang in there, Jack. All of us Geeks are pulling for you!

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Well, either this story will make you laugh or cringe (or both).

According to the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson-area cable TV broadcasted porn during the Super Bowl:

A short clip of a pornographic movie cut into a Comcast broadcast of the Super Bowl in homes in and around Tucson. Officials at Comcast confirmed that its signal was interrupted during the Super Bowl, but the company is still working to figure out how porn broke into its cable feed. Engineers at Comcast will be working throughout the night to determine what happened, said Kelle Maslyn, a Comcast spokeswoman.

Well, this would certainly top the infamous Janet Jackson / Justin Timberlake flash from a few years back. I suppose that it could have been worse, too (imagine if the interruption had been a full-on Rick Roll).

This report also states that Comcast’s digital feed was untouched – only the analog / standard TV signal was affected. Let this be a lesson to you laggards: UPGRADE TO DIGITAL, ALREADY.

Obviously, Comcast will have to answer a very important question: how the heck did this happen?! They’ve been accused of traffic shaping, but now they’re going to be accused of broadcasting immorality? Well, traffic shaping IS immoral…

Anyway, I’m sure the amount of complaints were equal: 50% complained that it happened, and 50% complained that they didn’t show enough. Mitch Wagner from Information Week wrote more on the subject.

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]]> Comcast Broadcasts Porn During Super Bowl is a post from Chris Pirillo

Well, either this story will make you laugh or cringe (or both).

According to the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson-area cable TV broadcasted porn during the Super Bowl:

A short clip of a pornographic movie cut into a Comcast broadcast of the Super Bowl in homes in and around Tucson. Officials at Comcast confirmed that its signal was interrupted during the Super Bowl, but the company is still working to figure out how porn broke into its cable feed. Engineers at Comcast will be working throughout the night to determine what happened, said Kelle Maslyn, a Comcast spokeswoman.

Well, this would certainly top the infamous Janet Jackson / Justin Timberlake flash from a few years back. I suppose that it could have been worse, too (imagine if the interruption had been a full-on Rick Roll).

This report also states that Comcast’s digital feed was untouched – only the analog / standard TV signal was affected. Let this be a lesson to you laggards: UPGRADE TO DIGITAL, ALREADY.

Obviously, Comcast will have to answer a very important question: how the heck did this happen?! They’ve been accused of traffic shaping, but now they’re going to be accused of broadcasting immorality? Well, traffic shaping IS immoral…

Anyway, I’m sure the amount of complaints were equal: 50% complained that it happened, and 50% complained that they didn’t show enough. Mitch Wagner from Information Week wrote more on the subject.

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Yeah, I’m watching the Super Bowl right now (just about everything is entertaining in HD). I don’t wanna start a conspiracy theory, but… it sounded to me like Billy Joel’s voice (during the Star Spangled Banner) was being aided by some kind of electronic equipment? Not the whole song, mind you – he missed a noteat the beginning of the anthem. From that point forward, he sounded synthisized in certain parts. I’m sure it wasn’t a vocoder, but I really think his voice was enhanced as a contingency. I hope he’s okay; I love Billy Joel. I think he was auto-tuned:

Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor for correcting pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise inaccuracies and mistakes and, due to its increasing use in modern music, has allowed many artists to produce more precisely tuned recordings. Its manufacturer, Antares, offers the processor in several plug-in formats as well as in a rack mount hardware solution.

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Yeah, I’m watching the Super Bowl right now (just about everything is entertaining in HD). I don’t wanna start a conspiracy theory, but… it sounded to me like Billy Joel’s voice (during the Star Spangled Banner) was being aided by some kind of electronic equipment? Not the whole song, mind you – he missed a noteat the beginning of the anthem. From that point forward, he sounded synthisized in certain parts. I’m sure it wasn’t a vocoder, but I really think his voice was enhanced as a contingency. I hope he’s okay; I love Billy Joel. I think he was auto-tuned:

Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor for correcting pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise inaccuracies and mistakes and, due to its increasing use in modern music, has allowed many artists to produce more precisely tuned recordings. Its manufacturer, Antares, offers the processor in several plug-in formats as well as in a rack mount hardware solution.

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