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The Government Can Find you, but it Doesn't want to!
2004-10-25 22:58:25.612537+02 by
petronius
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According to Space.com, a man from Oregon was trying out his new Toshiba flat-screen TV when he accidently triggered COSPAS-SARSAT the international network of Search and Rescue satellites, used to find shipwrecked sailors and downed airplanes. FCC is investigating wether this is a flaw with just one TV set, or a systemic problem with the whole model run. This might give AAA a run for its money.
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#Comment Re: made: 2004-10-27 20:44:16.755311+02 by:
TheSHAD0W
Actually, the guy had a 3-year-old daughter, and the TV wanted to be rescued from being forced to display Barney!
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