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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Radar Detectors, and Radar Detector Detectors and TVs
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.061319.14840@news.columbia.edu>
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- References: <1992Jul23.204831.28487@news.columbia.edu> <1992Jul24.045805.8598@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 06:13:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.045805.8598@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> MrEd@GreenAcres writes:
- >:
- >> set, and I said, "Oh gimme a break. What do they do, drive around in little
- >> vans to see who's paid their TV bill?" And it wasn't until I went there
- >> for the first time that I learned that that's exactly what they do!
- >>
- >yes, but they don't just drive round aimlessly.
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- Are the vans marked? Do they have visible antennas?
-
- >BTW can they differentiate between black & white and colour sets ? - a b&w
- >licence used to cost a lot less than a colour one, and I'm curious as to
- >whether buying a b&w licence would be enough to keep them off your back
-
- You *can* detect the difference between b&w and color, but I don't know
- if they'd invest in the hardware necessary to do that.
-
- What are the penalties for operating a TV without a license?
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