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Larry_OHF · 10-19-2004, 08:11 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/1...eut/index.html

Pretty funny story. The man's one year old Toshiba flat screen started emiting an SOS signal that is understood internationally, and picked up by a satellite that looks for this signal all over the world. The police came in full force, expeting it to be a false alarm from a falty boat equipment which has happened before in other places, but when the team arrived, they discovered that the 20 year old guy had a television capable of creating the signal.

They told him that turning on the tv again would result in a hefty 10,000 fine for knowingly setting off a false alarm. Toshiba has offered to replace the bad tv.

10-19-2004, 08:11 AM	#1
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/1...eut/index.html Pretty funny story. The man's one year old Toshiba flat screen started emiting an SOS signal that is understood internationally, and picked up by a satellite that looks for this signal all over the world. The police came in full force, expeting it to be a false alarm from a falty boat equipment which has happened before in other places, but when the team arrived, they discovered that the 20 year old guy had a television capable of creating the signal. They told him that turning on the tv again would result in a hefty 10,000 fine for knowingly setting off a false alarm. Toshiba has offered to replace the bad tv. __________________