Word: do-it-yourself
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Public access is strictly do-it-yourself. Cable operators are required to provide the hardware-studio facilities for live programming or video-camera and editing equipment for taped shows-and the cable time. Some cable companies also provide technical assistance, but few can afford to hire full-time public-access aides. The FCC lets the cable company charge a small equipment fee for programs that run more than the minimum five minutes allowed all applicants, but most stations schedule longer shows at no charge. If openings allow, in fact, even regular weekly shows may be arranged for. Usually the user...
...establishment of a federal nuclear protection and transportation service, stronger links between the AEC and such intelligence-gathering agencies as the CIA and FBI, and tougher testing of the security measures taken by such "nuclear licensees" as fabricators, processors and storage depots. These measures could make it more difficult for do-it-yourself bombers. But perhaps no system is proof against Murphy's Law, which holds that if anything can possibly go wrong, it will. Back in the early 1950s, a routine inventory revealed that a U.S. A-bomb was missing, and no amount of searching succeeded in locating...
...many broken bones and teeth. This does not worry boosters of the sport; indeed, prizes are sometimes given for the most interesting crashes. Sales of more than 30 manufacturers are booming, partially because the craft are not regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Hang-gliding is also cheap. Depending on do-it-yourself inclinations, the glider can be in the air for as little as $50 or as much as $800. Says Bill Allen of Eipper-formance, a California manufacturer: "This sport is going where motorcycles and surfing have already been...
Knocking off U.S. Presidents has always been a cut-rate, do-it-yourself operation. Fanatics may be willing to go to any lengths, fiscally and otherwise. But the fact remains that from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, as Sherrill reckons it, the total cost of all the guns used to kill Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy was under $75. Like the vote, the cheap gun is a great leveler...
...Prevention of Blindness estimates that one child out of every 20 has an eye problem that, if uncorrected, can interfere with his intellectual and psychological development. And frequently the problem is not detected until the child enters school. That unfortunate delay may be avoided if parents use a simple do-it-yourself eye test developed by the N.S.P.B. The child is simply asked to study E-shaped figures on a chart from a distance of 10 ft. If he can tell which way the arms of the E are pointing on a special line, he is probably using his eyes...