"Presidential Alert" test tomorrow
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So FEMA at some point in the past convinced all US cell carriers to implement a nationwide "Presidential Alert" in their phones. You can't opt-out of it like you can with Amber Alerts.
They're going to test the system tomorrow at 11:18 (presumably PST? A local news station told me about it) and I can't wait for Donald Trump to reach out and touch me.
Here's someone who isn't a random internet jackass talking about it:
https://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/10/presidential_alert_test_phone.html
I bet within 5 years this system is used to send campaign messages for whatever party controls the Executive Branch.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
I bet within 5 years this system is used to send campaign messages for whatever party's in controls the Executive Branch.
No.
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I've been watching people get hysterical about this for the last couple of weeks or so. Hilarious.
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@boomzilla Who? Why? Do you think my OP in this thread is "hysterical"? What the hell are you talking about, in short?
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla Who? Why? Do you think my OP in this thread is "hysterical"? What the hell are you talking about, in short?
Why do you think I think your OP is hysterical? STOP PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH
But your thing about campaign messages comes pretty close, now that you mention it.
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The FAILING fake news media keeps saying I am sending these messages without a "valid reason". They're scared because I can reach all the American people directly, even the losers that hate me. Hillary would really be abusing the system. Lock her up!
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@boomzilla I'm not putting words in your mouth, I'm trying to understand why you wrote that post in this thread.
It's basically saying "haha there's this entertaining thing that happened elsewhere and I won't elaborate or link to it but it was funny trust me", and I'm sitting here going, "why the fuck would someone post that?"
Then it occurred to me that maybe you're trying to group me with the people who are going hysterical over this-- you know what never mind. You just post word-farts with no purpose or meaning, and I'll just cope with that. Why the fuck not.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
I'm not putting words in your mouth, I'm trying to understand why you wrote that post in this thread.
I was commenting on something I've seen regarding what you posted here.
@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
It's basically saying "haha there's this entertaining thing that happened elsewhere and I won't elaborate or link to it but it was funny trust me", and I'm sitting here going, "why the fuck would someone post that?"
It was just people freaking out about the possibility of getting text messages (yes, some said that) from Trump, because they really hate him, or something.
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Anyone taking bets what it'll be? How much for
Covfefe
?
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@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
It was just people freaking out about the possibility of getting text messages (yes, some said that) from Trump, because they really hate him, or something.
They are messages and they are text, why is calling them "text messages" so weird? I don't understand how your brain works.
And the "Presidential" thing is just a terrible name for it FEMA picked. Presumably it's named that because it requires approval from the President before it can be transmitted? But I'm only guessing. I mean Amber Alert is a terrible name, too. What the fuck does Amber Alert mean? Why not "Missing Person Alert"?
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@topspin
I'm gonna go with "this is totally a test, and not that debacle that happened in Hawaii the other month"
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
I'm not putting words in your mouth, I'm trying to understand why you wrote that post in this thread.
We need a set of rules for blakeythreads. Now apparently we can only discuss the OP and cannot discuss anything loosely related.
Maybe blakeythreads should be locked so that only blakeyrat can post in them? It seems like the only way to keep you from losing your feces over imagined slights.
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The “AMBER” in AMBER Alert stands for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.” But it also refers to Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996. Back then, some argued that Hagerman’s death could have been prevented if there had been some way for police to inform the public about the sort of car the abductor was thought to be driving.
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@topspin said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Anyone taking bets what it'll be? How much for
Covfefe
?Bureaucrats don't have enough sense of humor for that.
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@Polygeekery said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
We need a set of rules for blakeythreads.
Yeah remember when you said you wouldn't post in them any more? You piece of shit liar.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
It was just people freaking out about the possibility of getting text messages (yes, some said that) from Trump, because they really hate him, or something.
They are messages and they are text, why is calling them "text messages" so weird?
Because...it's exactly not what this is? It's just like the Amber alerts.
And the "Presidential" thing is just a terrible name for it FEMA picked. Presumably it's named that because it requires approval from the President before it can be transmitted? But I'm only guessing. I mean Amber Alert is a terrible name, too. What the fuck does Amber Alert mean? Why not "Missing Person Alert"?
Yes, the name is dumb, and people were just signalling their displeasure for Trump.
The law that created Amber alerts was named after a girl named Amber who was abducted.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Yeah remember when you said you wouldn't post in them any more?
I don't recall saying that.
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@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Because...it's exactly not what this is? It's just like the Amber alerts.
Amber alerts are also messages that are in the form of text. They are also text messages. Again: I don't understand what distinction you're drawing here.
@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
The law that created Amber alerts was named after a girl named Amber who was abducted.
Yeah but I have to believe that the Amber Alert system causes way more problems than it could possibly solve. Who thought it was a good idea to give every car on the freeway a bleep and a message to read everybody's license plates? How many fatalities from car accidents are we trading for those alerts, because there's no way the number is zero.
It's like "a girl was kidnapped, so we sent out an Amber Alert and now we have 27 auto accidents too." Not a good trade, IMO.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
And the "Presidential" thing is just a terrible name for it FEMA picked. Presumably it's named that because it requires approval from the President before it can be transmitted? But I'm only guessing. I mean Amber Alert is a terrible name, too. What the fuck does Amber Alert mean? Why not "Missing Person Alert"?
American institutions love their names with second meanings. Be glad they're not calling them PATRIOTFREEDOM alerts.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Because...it's exactly not what this is? It's just like the Amber alerts.
Amber alerts are also messages that are in the form of text. They are also text messages. Again: I don't understand what distinction you're drawing here.
I believe you!
@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
The law that created Amber alerts was named after a girl named Amber who was abducted.
Yeah but I can't believe that the Amber Alert system causes way more problems than it could possibly solve. Who thought it was a good idea to give every car on the freeway a bleep and a message to read everybody's license plates? How many fatalities from car accidents are we trading for those alerts, because there's no way the number is zero.
Um...Congress? They have Silver alerts for when an old person with dementia or something gets lost, too.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Yeah but I have to believe that the Amber Alert system causes way more problems than it could possibly solve. Who thought it was a good idea to give every car on the freeway a bleep and a message to read everybody's license plates? How many fatalities from car accidents are we trading for those alerts, because there's no way the number is zero.
It's like "a girl was kidnapped, so we sent out an Amber Alert and now we have 27 auto accidents too." Not a good trade, IMO.
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@izzion said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
The “AMBER” in AMBER Alert stands for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.”
Huh. TIL.
But it also refers to Amber Hagerman,
That I knew.
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@boomzilla I had that exact alert pop up 2x in the last week.
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@dcon said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla I had that exact alert pop up 2x in the last week.
2012 Ford Fusions in black must be a popular car for kidnappers.
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@dcon said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla I had that exact alert pop up 2x in the last week.
I have many alerts as well...
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla I'm not putting words in your mouth, I'm trying to understand why you wrote that post in this thread.
It's basically saying "haha there's this entertaining thing that happened elsewhere and I won't elaborate or link to it but it was funny trust me", and I'm sitting here going, "why the fuck would someone post that?"
Then it occurred to me that maybe you're trying to group me with the people who are going hysterical over this-- you know what never mind. You just post word-farts with no purpose or meaning, and I'll just cope with that. Why the fuck not.
Have you taken your medication today?
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@anonymous234 said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
And the "Presidential" thing is just a terrible name for it FEMA picked. Presumably it's named that because it requires approval from the President before it can be transmitted? But I'm only guessing. I mean Amber Alert is a terrible name, too. What the fuck does Amber Alert mean? Why not "Missing Person Alert"?
American institutions love their names with second meanings. Be glad they're not calling them PATRIOTFREEDOM alerts.
Contest to come up with a name that fits that acronym. Ready? Go!
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@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Contest to come up with a name that fits that acronym. Ready? Go!
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@Tsaukpaetra hey guys, it's raining outside!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
hey guys, it's raining outside!
Since you're in Arizona: that means that water is falling from the sky.
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@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
hey guys, it's raining outside!
Since you're in Arizona: that means that water is falling from the sky.
Also PANIC PANIC the roads are WET! OH NOES!
Filed under: Yes, there was an accident on the US-60/Loop 101 interchange, why do you ask?
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@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
hey guys, it's raining outside!
Since you're in Arizona: that means that water is falling from the sky.
I'm in California. What's this 'water' you speak of?
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Poland seems to have added something similar.
I received one message in August which said something like 'There's a storm - be careful' and that was it.
It turned out there was a storm, 12 hours later and in a completely different part of the country, so I spent all afternoon digging a bunker for nothing.
And I absolutely would bet on the scummy government abusing it in the future, probably to tell me to go to church.
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@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
hey guys, it's raining outside!
Since you're in Arizona: that means that water is falling from the sky.
I'm in California. What's this 'water' you speak of?
You had to go north a little more. It was dry at home. 1/2 hr north, the roads were wet. (WooHoo! I took the train. I don't have to worry about idiotville, aka US101!)
edit: From experience, I know midwesterners would have called what fell "spit". If they were feeling charitable.
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@topspin said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Anyone taking bets what it'll be? How much for
Covfefe
?Either way, the system probably ends up sending the message to itself somehow, and then retransmitting it again, ending up in an infinite loop.
There are for sure some highly paid consultants involved in building the system, so the failure modes at least have potential to be much more amusing than a lame message.
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The weather alerts are amazing. A few months ago, I got one for a dust storm, many hours after the dust storm had begun. Gee, thanks for the warning! I also get flood warning ones, days after the river floods.
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@cvi said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@topspin said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Anyone taking bets what it'll be? How much for
Covfefe
?Either way, the system probably ends up sending the message to itself somehow, and then retransmitting it again, ending up in an infinite loop.
There are for sure some highly paid consultants involved in building the system, so the failure modes at least have potential to be much more amusing than a lame message.
That would be legendary. Imagine everyone's phones getting totaled and the government having to replace all of them.
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@mott555 said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
The weather alerts are amazing. A few months ago, I got one for a dust storm, many hours after the dust storm had begun. Gee, thanks for the warning! I also get flood warning ones, days after the river floods.
My phone tells me when there's a lightning strike less than a mile from my location about 5 minutes after it happened. As if there isn't another way to detect such an event, like maybe some kind of audible "BOOM" or something.
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@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
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@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Imagine everyone's phones getting totaled and the government saying "too bad, sucks to be you lol"
FTFY
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
I bet within 5 years this system is used to send campaign messages for whatever party controls the Executive Branch.
Within 5 years? Sounds like what they're doing tomorrow.
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@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
That close, there's a damn good vibration too!
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@dcon said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
That close, there's a damn good vibration too!
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@mott555 said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
The weather alerts are amazing. A few months ago, I got one for a dust storm, many hours after the dust storm had begun. Gee, thanks for the warning! I also get flood warning ones, days after the river floods.
I've gotten timely tornado warnings. Which I otherwise would not have known about.
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@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
You look out for the flash.
Well, a non-blind person would anyways.
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@boomzilla said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
hey guys, it's raining outside!
Since you're in Arizona: that means that water is falling from the sky.
Probably not landing, though.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
You look out for the flash.
Well, a non-blind person would anyways.
Thunder and lightning is pretty much the most ACA-approved phenomena nature offers.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
You look out for the flash.
Well, a non-blind person would anyways.
Helenkellerist!
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@lolwhat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@Tsaukpaetra said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@pie_flavor said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
@The_Quiet_One well, what if you're deaf?
You look out for the flash.
Well, a non-blind person would anyways.
Helenkellerist!
Then...
@dcon said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
there's a damn good vibration too!
All bases covered. I believe there's also an electrostatic change as well, and others for other senses.
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@blakeyrat said in "Presidential Alert" test tomorrow:
Amber alerts are also messages that are in the form of text. They are also text messages. Again: I don't understand what distinction you're drawing here.
I levitated a plane in the air on a string, it's an airplane.