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  • L Lost User

    THe UK government plan to force this on us soon. It's nice to know they have nothing important to work on.

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    Richard MacCutchan wrote:

    soon

    3PM this Sunday for the test. Hopefully slightly less chance of being woken up at that time! :laugh:


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    • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

      Richard MacCutchan wrote:

      soon

      3PM this Sunday for the test. Hopefully slightly less chance of being woken up at that time! :laugh:


      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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      Nothing beats a nap on a Sunday afternoon. :cool:

      Ed

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        The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

        Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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        Has The boy who cried "wolf" been redacted?

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          Nothing beats a nap on a Sunday afternoon. :cool:

          Ed

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          Lost User
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          In the days when I was young enough there certainly was.

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          • C Cp Coder

            The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

            Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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            Typical government behavior.And there probably won't even be an apology, let alone anyone getting disciplined or fired.

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            • C Cp Coder

              The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

              Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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              We have that here in Sydney. Australia, and missing person alerts.

              Graeme


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              • C Cp Coder

                The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                englebart
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                Better than the Hawaii alert about a launched ICBM.

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                • C Cp Coder

                  The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                  Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                  PIEBALDconsult
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                  Oh dear. It's bad enough when a weather alert for an area of the state hundreds of miles away comes through. I have nearly all alerts turned off on my phone. I can look out the window for myself. When we were in L.A. last week someone "thought she smelled smoke" and pulled the hotel fire alarm at 04:00 one morning. :mad:

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                    The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                    Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                    Single Step Debugger
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                    They broadcast this in the entire state?!? I think we have them only in the specific area/county of the emergency.

                    Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                    • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                      Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                      soon

                      3PM this Sunday for the test. Hopefully slightly less chance of being woken up at that time! :laugh:


                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                      Just watch the accident rates - a siren goes off in your pocket at 80 on the motorway ... :~

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                      • L Lost User

                        THe UK government plan to force this on us soon. It's nice to know they have nothing important to work on.

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                        I've disabled emergency notifications

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                          They broadcast this in the entire state?!? I think we have them only in the specific area/county of the emergency.

                          Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                          Cp Coder
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                          I believe they can do it for an area, or for the entire state. This test was for the entire state.

                          Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                            Just watch the accident rates - a siren goes off in your pocket at 80 on the motorway ... :~

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                            That's the reason they did it at 4 - most are in the bed still :-)

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                            • pkfoxP pkfox

                              I've disabled emergency notifications

                              In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                              Cp Coder
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                              I can only disable the sound. So this was done.

                              Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                              • pkfoxP pkfox

                                I've disabled emergency notifications

                                In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                Thanks for the reminder, I think one phone going off per household is more than enough.

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                                • C Cp Coder

                                  The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                                  Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                  jeron1
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                                  Can't disable it? I can turn off all of these with the exception of 'Presidential Alerts', like I wanna see those X| .

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                                    Can't disable it? I can turn off all of these with the exception of 'Presidential Alerts', like I wanna see those X| .

                                    "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                                    Cp Coder
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                                    I can only disable the sound and have done so now!

                                    Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                      The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                                      Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                      rnbergren
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                                      yep, we have those in the midwest as well. got a test one many years ago at 2am on a sunday. People were NOT happy. We(I) can turn off most of the notices. But still herself likes to get them. So I get to listen to hers get notices about the weather/amber/etc....

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                                        Just watch the accident rates - a siren goes off in your pocket at 80 on the motorway ... :~

                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                                        at 80 on the motorway

                                        I assume you mean 80kph - you wouldn't want to be seen encouraging illegal behaviour, after all. :laugh:


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                                          The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                                          Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                          obermd
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                                          Sounds like they forgot to adjust from UTC to US East coast time.

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