DMN Blog: Why digital board went dark

[Zman5]

I thought it was just Johnny.

Yeh and Jerry picked a wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

That video board is sick!

 

[cwbyfn1957]

I thought it was just Johnny.

 

[theogt]

Had to get a pic of it. It was really weird.

http://img705.*************/img705/6057/board1f.jpg

Much better use of the video board.

http://img693.*************/img693/9383/board2r.jpg

 

[adbutcher]

Take away his liver spots and shadows from his wrinkles and he is probably already pale as a ghost.:

:laugh2:

 

[Phoenix]

Why digital board went dark
1:40 PM Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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The largest digital video board in human history went dark for a brief period in the second half of Sunday's game at Cowboys Stadium.

What happened? Did Jerry Jones forget to pay the electricity bill?

No. It turns out the company that built the board inputted all of the start times and programmed the board to turn off roughly three hours after the games expire. The Cowboys-Eagles game was originally scheduled to be a noon start but was moved back to 3:15 p.m. Since no one changed the start time in the programming, the board shut down.

The Cowboys staff immediately realized what happened. All it took to get the board back up and running with a push of the buitton.

Ah, there's the real issue. Those Forces of Nature should NEVER be "programmed to turn off"......

 

[sbark]

They showed Jerry when that happened. IT was funny because the board went dark, Jerry noticed and stood up, then bang, it was back on. It was like Jerry waved his magical hands and all was good again.

:laugh1:

.....you mean there are 2 of them in this country????