This is a collection of some dreadful things I have seen and heard with my own eyes and ears (respectively) on the most promising Greek Television. They are all real and only time (and not intent) might have altered their content. Read on.

• Private television. Talk show of some kind. A greek sprinter had a big success in a major meeting (possibly the Olympics) and he was interviewed. So the interviewer (blonde woman) asked (with a very disturbed voice):
  - We see records being broken and set every year in sprinting. This is , I imagine, because of new training techniques. Will this ever end, or will the limit be the speed of sound, where the athlete will not be able to hear the starting sound.
  The athlete was also speechless.
• Morning show. Young journalist. A story about music has just ended and the next story was about technology. So he was looking for a connection:
  - And talking about music, CDs will be obsolete in the future. Who knows what will come next. Perhaps we'll hear music through optical fibers. Meaning that when you look on the right you'll hear jazz and when you look on the left, well I don't know maybe classical music.
  Fortunately he was alone and noone was seen laughing at him.
• A music show (one of my faves). They had a computer guy (now he has his own show about computers). So they asked him:
  - What's this thing about mp3's that circulate on the internet for free? What's the catch?
  - Well each mp3 has a code and when you get on the internet they send that code to the company and you will eventually pay for them. They are just letting it spread so that they will collect more later.
  So remember. Next time you have a question... ask the TV guy for disinformation.
• News. Story about Seti at home . So they asked some young guy who was sitting in front of a computer (no other credentials were given... perhaps the son of the director) and he answered:
  - Well, here's what happens. I use the hardware of my machine to receive radio signals from outer space, I analyze them with software from the Berkeley University and send the results back to them.
  Now there's a reason to place your computer on the roof of your house.
• You all know it. The Y2K glitch. Only in Greece it's more known as the Y2K virus. Well you can imagine the rest.
  • News. A month before Y2K. A reporter speaking:
    - And what can happen to me you ask? Well for starters if have programmed your VCR to tape something on that day then it might wait for a century before it starts taping.
    Oh my GOD... Honey get the kids in the car and mother on the trunk. We're outtah here.
  • News. About 6 months from Y2K. A reporter asks a salesman of a computer shop (he must really KNOW some stuff).
    - Is there any problem for the greek people from Y2K?
    - Well if there is a problem, there is enough time for everyone to solve it by installing Windows 95 or 98.
    Hello??? Well no wonder they kept insisting on me buying a Hercules video card a year ago.
• News. A reporter found that there was a place where things seemed to be climbing uphill, defying gravity. He did several test with tires, cars etc and for an explanation he turned to (of course) a little old lady that was living nearby:
  - I think it has something to do with magnetic fields that pull things up.
  Nothing like a little old lady talking science to make your day.

Well these are some of what I have heard on that jungle. Fortunately I have the "expertise" to understand the validity of the above. But what about the things I can't understand. The things that I take for granted because "they were on the news". Most of the above examples happened because someone just couldn't keep his mouth shut about something his has no idea. The situation is critical when that special someone is a reporter.

Enjoy your television.