// Reads a file into a channel
func readFileInto(into chan *[]byte) {
	f, err := os.Open(*inputFile)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	bf := bufio.NewReaderSize(f, 20000)
	for {
		line, isPrefix, err := bf.ReadLine()
		switch {
		case err == io.EOF:
			break
		case err != nil:
			log.Fatal(err)
		case isPrefix:
			log.Fatal("Error: Unexpected long line reading", f.Name())
		}

		// Check the connection is still active
		if aliveStreams[into] != true {
			break
		}

		t := twitter.JSONtoTweet(line)

		j, err := twitter.TweetToJSON(t)
		if err != nil {
			log.Println(err)
		}
		j = append(j, []byte("\n")...)
		into <- &j
	}
}
func fillOutgoingStreams(streams map[chan *[]byte]bool) {
	for {
		tweet := <-firehose
		for r := range streams {
			if len(r) == MAX_CHAN_LEN {
				<-r
			}
			json, _ := twitter.TweetToJSON(tweet)
			json = append(json, []byte("\n")...)
			r <- &json
		}
	}
}