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Malfunction in TV caused it to emit SOS signal

I found this article on cnn and felt it was worth sharing.  Apparently, a defective flat-screen TV from Toshiba caused it to emit a SOS signal strong enough to be picked up by satellite.  As a result, the owner was greeted by a contingent of local police, civil air patrol and search and rescue personnel.  I can't help but think maybe Toshiba was building spy equipment for the government and accidently got their products mixed up with the consumer line.  Anyhow, I found this quite funny!  Have a read.

 

Published 19-10-2004 02:29 by dicksonw
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Mack D. Male said:

Yeah I read that article too, quite interesting! The funny part is that they threatened the guy with a $10,000 per day fine if he didn't stop broadcasting the signal.
October 19, 2004 3:54 PM
 

megs said:

that's awesome...i like it a lot
October 19, 2004 7:52 PM
 

Inge said:

if you ever send a distress signal Dickson, I'm going to block it myself, NO ONE is coming to save you and your sorry ass
October 19, 2004 8:49 PM
 

Dickson Wong said:

If you ever send a distress signal Andrew, I will make sure everybody is there including media so we can all get a good laugh. Hell, I will start a souvenir shop! I WILL PROFIT OVER YOUR DEMISE!
October 20, 2004 12:49 AM
 

Inge said:

I hear your mom's distress signal all the time, it looks like the batman signal but with the words "need penis" and your home phone number
October 20, 2004 7:26 PM
 

beans said:

You guys are weird.
October 27, 2004 6:40 PM
 

Inge said:

at least we don't smell funny...
October 27, 2004 10:46 PM
 

megs said:

actually....
October 29, 2004 7:47 AM
 

gobi said:

and all this time i thought dickson had 2 dads...
October 30, 2004 4:19 AM
 

megs said:

he does
October 31, 2004 4:39 PM
 

Inge said:

the truth is, we don't know how many he has, because there's an infinite number of possible dads his mom has slept with :S
November 1, 2004 12:30 AM
 

Blue said:

Hello From Belguim,you are a Verry Nice Blog, Kiss °)
November 6, 2004 11:21 PM
 

Inge said:

lol wtf
November 7, 2004 11:40 PM

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