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From: heitke@tellabs.com (Steve Heitke)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Electronic Bullet on Cable tv?
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Date: 29 Apr 91 13:31:37 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.005337.216@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> youngqd@jacobs.cs.orst.edu (Dean Youngquist) writes:
>I just saw the last bit of a CNN story about an 'electronic bullet'.
>This allegedly travels down the cable tv line to 'kill' any 'pirate'
>converter/decoder boxes.  Does anyone know what this is ? (hoax?)
>BTW I don't have a 'pirate box'.
>
>Dean Youngquist                 youngqd@nyssa.cs.orst.edu
>428 NW 9th St.                  youngqd@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
>Corvallis, Oregon 97330         Tel. (503) 757-0335

Not only is it true but the company that came up with it, Jarrold, sells 
descrambler boxes!!

-Steve
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