On 13/08/2021 03.26, Rod Speed wrote:
> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>> On 13/08/2021 01.43, nospam wrote
>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>
>>>>>>>> Well, it seems Canada uses them for tornado warnings. Mine was not,
>>>>>>>> surely, the only one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> there are various types. i turn off the ones that can be turned off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://i.insider.com/5db717acdee0197da025e5b2>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Presidential.
>>>>>
>>>>> that one can't, which i've said several times.
>>>>>
>>>>> the others can be, which i've also said several times.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not contesting that. You must improve your reading skills ;-)
>>>>
>>>> You said that the usa has only sent one presidential alert, and it
>>>> was a
>>>> test one.
>>>
>>> yep
>>>
>>>> I replied that Canada sent one (a real one), when I was
>>>> visiting, for a tornado, and thus I guess that they are constantly
>>>> doing
>>>> that for every tornado.
>>>
>>> that would be a public safety alert, which can be disabled.
>
>> Again. It was a presidential alert.
>
> It can't have been, Canada doesn’t have a president.

So?

How is the phone going to know? The name of the feature is USAian.

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Am 12.08.21 um 19:03 schrieb Rod Speed
> Problem is some dinosaurs leave their cellphone turned off.

Usually the dinosaurs use landlines and they want to save energy ...

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Am 12.08.21 um 20:17 schrieb knuttle:
> Why should I leave my phone on? Mine is turned off unless I want to
> call someone, or expect a call from someone. Why should I leave it on
> to get a random spam call?

The person you want to call has to leave the phone on that you can reach
him or her? But you turn yours off? Funny logic. Mobile comm does not
work that way.

> We went to the store this morning and I left my phone at home. Most of
> the time it lays on the table in the living room of my house, and since
> I turn the ringer to vibrate, I don't know if it rings or not.

You are clown.

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Am 12.08.21 um 21:28 schrieb Ken Blake:
> It's a rare day that I talk to someone on my cell phone.
>
> Except for spammers, it's a rare day that I get any calls on my land
> line (VoIP).

You should urgently work on your social contacts.

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Am 12.08.21 um 21:25 schrieb Ken Blake:
> On 8/12/2021 10:03 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>> Problem is some dinosaurs leave their cellphone turned off.
>
>
> I didn't know my wife was a dinosaur, but she does that too.

And how does she think she can be reached?

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Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>>> On 13/08/2021 01.43, nospam wrote
>>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, it seems Canada uses them for tornado warnings. Mine was
>>>>>>>>> not,
>>>>>>>>> surely, the only one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> there are various types. i turn off the ones that can be turned
>>>>>>>> off.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <https://i.insider.com/5db717acdee0197da025e5b2>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Presidential.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that one can't, which i've said several times.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the others can be, which i've also said several times.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not contesting that. You must improve your reading skills ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> You said that the usa has only sent one presidential alert, and it
>>>>> was a
>>>>> test one.
>>>>
>>>> yep
>>>>
>>>>> I replied that Canada sent one (a real one), when I was
>>>>> visiting, for a tornado, and thus I guess that they are constantly
>>>>> doing
>>>>> that for every tornado.
>>>>
>>>> that would be a public safety alert, which can be disabled.
>>
>>> Again. It was a presidential alert.
>>
>> It can't have been, Canada doesn’t have a president.
>
> So?

So it cant have been a presidential alert.

> How is the phone going to know?

The type of alert is flagged.

> The name of the feature is USAian.

Nope.

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote
> Ken Blake
>> Rod Speed wrote

>>> Problem is some dinosaurs leave their cellphone turned off.

>> I didn't know my wife was a dinosaur, but she does that too.
> And how does she think she can be reached?

Same way dinosaurs always did, it person.

On 13/08/2021 12.20, Rod Speed wrote:
> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>>>> On 13/08/2021 01.43, nospam wrote
>>>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, it seems Canada uses them for tornado warnings. Mine was
>>>>>>>>>> not,
>>>>>>>>>> surely, the only one.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> there are various types. i turn off the ones that can be turned
>>>>>>>>> off.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <https://i.insider.com/5db717acdee0197da025e5b2>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Presidential.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> that one can't, which i've said several times.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the others can be, which i've also said several times.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not contesting that. You must improve your reading skills ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You said that the usa has only sent one presidential alert, and it
>>>>>> was a
>>>>>> test one.
>>>>>
>>>>> yep
>>>>>
>>>>>> I replied that Canada sent one (a real one), when I was
>>>>>> visiting, for a tornado, and thus I guess that they are constantly
>>>>>> doing
>>>>>> that for every tornado.
>>>>>
>>>>> that would be a public safety alert, which can be disabled.
>>>
>>>> Again. It was a presidential alert.
>>>
>>> It can't have been, Canada doesn’t have a president.
>>
>> So?
>
> So it cant have been a presidential alert.

It was. Clearly labelled thus.

>
>> How is the phone going to know?
>
> The type of alert is flagged.

As presidential. Do you want a photo?

>
>> The name of the feature is USAian.
>
> Nope.

Ha!

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"Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote

| > | The bigger issue is American superiority complex. You should try
rereading
| > | what you wrote from an external perspective.
| > |
| > It's simply facts.
| | See? that's the problem. You think its factual when it isn't.
| You didn't really read what I'm writing because you're
too busy trying to fid a grudge to nurse. I'm not going
to explain it 3 times.

Am 12.08.21 um 19:05 schrieb Mayayana:
> It's simply facts. It has nothing to do with a superiority
> complex. I happen to think that Euro cultures are generally
> healthier and more mature than the US. But the US, since
> WW2, is the super-power.

The US are the biggest risk to this planet. Nothing fullfilled in Irak
and nothing fullfilled in Afghanistan. Spent hundreds of billions of $
taxpayers money and hundreds, no thounsands of young Americans wounded
or dead.

Is that what a super-power looks like?

In the first place that has nothing to do with this NG.

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Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
> "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote
>
> | > | The bigger issue is American superiority complex. You should try
> rereading
> | > | what you wrote from an external perspective.
> | > |
> | > It's simply facts.
> |
> | See? that's the problem. You think its factual when it isn't.
> |
> You didn't really read what I'm writing because you're
> too busy trying to fid a grudge to nurse. I'm not going
> to explain it 3 times.

There's nothing to explain. You're simply not able see another person's
perspective.

On 2021-08-11 18:50:05 +0000, News said:
> On 8/11/2021 2:43 PM, NewsKrawler wrote:
>> At 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government will test two emergency
>> alert systems on televisions, radios and cellphones across the country.
>> https://www.npr.org/2021/08/11/1026679111/fema-fcc-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-eas-wea
>>
>>
>> The emergency alert system (EAS) test will be sent to TVs and radios. The
>> wireless emergency alert (WEA) test will go to cellular consumers
>>
>> Why not also test on PCs?
>
> Didn't happen...

It did, for those in the US, but apparently some phones (iPhone and
Android) didn't get it:

Why your iPhone didn't get the August wireless emergency alert test
Here's how to make sure you get the next one.

<https://www.macworld.com/article/353280/iphone-wireless-emergency-alert-tests-how-to.html>

Makes the whole thing pointless if you have to "opt in". Actual
*emergency* alerts should not be optional at all, otherwise it's just
largely a waste of government time and money (like most of what they
do!). :-\