OT: on-air closed captioning and lost carriers

This is off topic but thought some of you might find it interesting. I actually started laughing when I saw it and my wife couldn't figure out what I was laughing at. We were watching the figure skating competition that was being broadcast from the MCI Center in Washington D.C. tonight. She always has the closed-captioning turned on and suddenly a 'no carrier' popped up on the screen. A few seconds later it was followed by a 'RING' and then almost immediately it was followed by a 'Connect 1200'. It would appear that whomever was doing the captioning was doing it remotely and lost the connection and that the computer they were connected to was broadcasting anything that was transmitted, including error messages. This brings back memories of connecting by older modems to BBS systems, as well as memories of occasionally seeing a GURU error when an Amiga on a Cable TV station would crash. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757