I believe they would only need to check that you have a TV licence - so it would only add to the cost if you genuinely don't have an existing licence. This would also only apply in the UK as well.
It is possible to detect a TV while it's operating. This is because as the TV signal is demodulated from the signal you pick up via the aerial it goes via an intermediate stage at a lower frequency than the original signal. At this point the circuitry is broadcasting this lower frequency signal and it can be picked up. The van can triangulate this reasonably well, certainly with enough accuracy to determine if a TV is operating inside your house, rather than a neighbour for example.
1) Please give me at least the option of a source tarball. I can't believe the number of times I've wanted to get at the source (on, for example, someone elses w9x box) and couldn't look at it because it was rpm'd or deb'd or worse:-)
2) One of the things I like about Unix in general is the way you can install stuff as you, without touching the system directories, and it'll all work, and then when you've finished you can uninstall using the 'rm -rf' utility:-). I'd like to keep doing this, but all too often nowadays I see rpm'd packages spraying shared libs and include files and who knows what else all over my filesystem. If I wanted a shared lib I'd have asked for it. It's perfectly possible for a package to install a shared lib in the same dir as the executable (which may well be in my home dir) and still run fine. I think packagers need to bear this in mind a bit more...
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When you plug in a card which streams MPEG2. For example, the Hauppauge PVR cards or any DVB card.
What you need to install text files (or other 'unassociated' files is http://envicon.de/e/pinstall/pinstall.html to do the installs.p
To view text files you'd have to go with something like Resco exporer:
http://www.resco-net.com/palm/explorer/default.as
I believe they would only need to check that you have a TV licence - so it would only add to the cost if you genuinely don't have an existing licence.
This would also only apply in the UK as well.
It is possible to detect a TV while it's operating. This is because as the TV signal is demodulated from the signal you pick up via the aerial it goes via an intermediate stage at a lower frequency than the original signal. At this point the circuitry is broadcasting this lower frequency signal and it can be picked up. The van can triangulate this reasonably well, certainly with enough accuracy to determine if a TV is operating inside your house, rather than a neighbour for example.
I have two comments here:
:-)
1) Please give me at least the option of a source tarball. I can't believe the number of times I've wanted to get at the source (on, for example, someone elses w9x box) and couldn't look at it because it was rpm'd or deb'd or worse
2) One of the things I like about Unix in general is the way you can install stuff as you, without touching the system directories, and it'll all work, and then when you've finished you can uninstall using the 'rm -rf' utility:-). I'd like to keep doing this, but all too often nowadays I see rpm'd packages spraying shared libs and include files and who knows what else all over my filesystem. If I wanted a shared lib I'd have asked for it. It's perfectly possible for a package to install a shared lib in the same dir as the executable (which may well be in my home dir) and still run fine. I think packagers need to bear this in mind a bit more...