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I'm digging this Israeli military robo-snake(!) of which each segment packs its own power supply, sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers. Looks like the business end has a camera ringed with IR LEDs. (See the snake in action in this video.)
The video is kinda' freaky, but not as freaky as the US military's robot mule thing....
just how much a subscription service would cost haven't been explained
A TV license in Britain currently costs about $18/month. If they charge less than that, there would be political implications in the UK.
Unless I'm mistaken, the TV license lets you watch more stations that just BBC, though.
How does the UK's TV license work? How do they enforce it?
Free health care, but you have to pay for TV? What kind of crazy melty land is this?
Free health care, but you have to pay for TV?
You get to forgo ads on some of the channels, and not just in a PBS way. It's quite addictive.
When I was there, they'd literally ding you if you had a TV antenna up and weren't registered as paying. However, life is much more complex now, because you're liable for charges if you watch live on the internet or your phone.
Whoa, really? So someone who hasn't paid their license fee, but watches something on iPlayer gets in trouble?
You need to pay to watch British TV live, period.
Argh, now I'm completely paranoid that the verification thing I did the other day was phishing. I made a new gmail and when my friend tried to log in (it's planned to be a shared account) he emailed me later saying it was locking him out or something. And so I went in and did...something. But don't remember if it autodirected me there or I clicked. Grrr.
In the States, some of your tax money goes to PBS, who produces and broadcasts public television.
The UK's TV license fee simply cuts the government out of the equation and gives the money directly to the BBC.
(Which isn't to say that there isn't government oversight, fuckyouverymuchDavidCameronIdidn'twantaraisethisyearanyway, but the idea is the same - public television is owned by the people, therefore the people pay for it to exist.)
meara, if you're worried, then change the password and tell your friend.