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British PC Tax to Replace TV License?
caffeination writes "Here in Britain, anything capable of receiving live or virtually live broadcasts is considered TV receiving equipment. Because the detector vans can't actually 'catch' people watching such broadcasts on their computers, the BBC is proposing a blanket tax on PCs instead. They received several thousand responses to this green paper, ranging from the insightful to the unprintable."
I don't get it, can't they just download the correct fonts to make it printable?
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Submitter here. I submitted this not because it's breaking news, but because I spent a while searching slashdot for it after finding those pages, and found nothing. I wanted to see what people more intelligent than me would make of it, not how people less intelligent than me would pick holes in its worth as an article.
Future: Because the police can't actually 'catch' people breaking the law, the government is proposing that all people are criminals, including themselves.
One lesson the Brits can learn about taxes =)
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Dont be silly.... ....Thats a channel 4 programme.
No it didn't.
"Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
The people more intelligent than you actually understand what the definition of "News" is, with emphasis on the "New" part of it.
You say it like it's a bad thing.
I make a reasonable middle-class wage by going to work and not spamming blogs with scams.