Tuesday, January 17, 2006
No Matter How Smart We Get, We Are Still...
A FAULTY digital television receiver has sparked a helicopter rescue mission after sending out a rogue distress signal, Britain's Royal Air Force said yesterday.
The "freeview" box - which normally allows television viewers access to dozens of digital TV and radio channels via a standard, rooftop aerial - sent out a signal identical to that for emergency beacons at sea.
Billions of dollars of hi-tech equipment and this is what we get?
Related Tags: joke, humor, stupid, SOS, TV receiver, Australia
The "freeview" box - which normally allows television viewers access to dozens of digital TV and radio channels via a standard, rooftop aerial - sent out a signal identical to that for emergency beacons at sea.
Billions of dollars of hi-tech equipment and this is what we get?
Related Tags: joke, humor, stupid, SOS, TV receiver, Australia