Well here's a new topic for the FCC to tackle. Perhaps they can add this to the agenda of today's FCC confab in Cambridge (MA) - how a third-world country like Pakistan can knock the video-sharing website YouTube off the air globally. It happened yesterday for two hours due to "erroneous Internet protocols" ...
Not wanting to offend the puritanical eyes and ears of its citizens, Pakistan knocked YouTube off the air which is a bit totalitarian but if you choose to control your citizens rights, contain the ban to your country, not the world. The offending video was a movie trailer of an anti-Quran movie, deemed offensive to the government. Turkey and the Thai's have done similar banning of YouTube with one difference, they didn't knock YT off globally like Pakistan did yesterday...
The blackout was caused by global Internet service providers around the world mistakenly blocking servers connected to Pakistan Telecom and Internet Service Provider PCCW. The block on the servers was lifted after PCCW was alerted by YouTube engineers...
Hey Pakistan - don't mess with our YouTube...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1836] Run and gun: Inventor Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt .45 - the gun not the malt liquor. Here's the son of Sam with the story: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tUgzi6BWBQs ...
- 1940] Dropping the puck: The Rangers and Montreal play the first televised NHL game on W2XBS in New York, using just one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2 at Madison Square Garden...
- 1950] Debuted on this date: "Your Show of Shows" debuts on NBC-TV. Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris become household names. Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Neil Simon were writers of the show. In this clip, Sid Caesar plays a German general: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e0iMF6DWpo8&feature=related ...
- 1964] Eat your words: That's what Cassius Clay told Sonny Liston after upsetting Liston to win the heavyweight crown. Liston couldn't answer the bell for round 7...
- 1983] 'Happy Trails': Playwright Tennessee Williams is found in his New York hotel suite after choking on a bottle cap. Williams was 71...
- 1989] This Cowboy gets roped: After 29 seasons and 2 Super Bowl Championships as Dallas coach, Tom Landry is dumped by new Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Jimmy Johnson replaces Landry. Here's the coach in better times: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ChQE1V0if_0&feature=related ...
- 1994] Holy Cow: That was the reaction by Phil Rizzuto when told he was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame at age 76...
- 1994] Lucy faced: Bad girl Tonya Harding puts the 'Peanuts' Lucy face on when a last-minute loose skate lace turns her from lutzing contender to klutzy pretender in the Olympics...
- 1997] Guilty as charged: A jury in Media (PA) convicts multimillionaire John E. DuPont of third-degree murder but decides he was mentally ill when killing world-class wrestler and neighbor, David Schultz...2005] Municipal employee and church leader Dennis Rader is arrested for the BTK serial killings that terrorized Wichita, Kansas. Rader is now serving 10 years to life. This is one scary dude: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fCh_9Oe2OA8 ...
- 2000] Acquitted: A jury in Albany (NY) acquits four NYPD officers of second-degree murder and lesser charges in the February, 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo...
Music Memories:
- 1992] Grammy Gold: James Brown receives a 'Lifetime Achievement' Grammy: JB at the Apollo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WeW_Zd2B2zU&feature=related ...1998] Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison win the same award. Seen here is Bo, introduced by Tommy "Dr. Jive" Smalls (WWRL) on a 1955 'Ed Sullivan Show': http://youtube.com/watch?v=7w9jsTcOqRc ...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Rashida Jones (32), Daniel Powter (37): http://youtube.com/watch?v=oIcFgl6zf3A , Sean Astin (37), Nancy O'Dell (42), Carrot Top a.k.a. Scott Thompson (43), Tea Leoni (43), sportscaster James Brown (57), Sally Jessy Raphael (65), Billy Packer (68), Diane Baker (70), Bob Schieffer (71), Larry Gelbart (80) and Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin (89)...
Timeline Countdown: 13 days until Daylight time, 25 days until the beginning of spring and 30 days until opening day...
