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DaFace 02-19-2014 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Molitoth (Post 10441319)
One Amber Alert is fine.
I read it and kept it in mind. (although I was already in for the night).

After a few more alerts and my wife getting woke up from one, she demanded I turn them off. So I did. No more Amber Alerts to my phone.
OMG STOP BITCHING YOU STUPID PRICK, YOU COULD HAVE SAVED A LIFE!!!

Bugeater 02-19-2014 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by WakkaWakka (Post 10441350)
Oh cute, the "let me google that for you" response. Now that's something fresh and original!

WakkaWakka 02-19-2014 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 10441358)
Oh cute, the "let me google that for you" response. Now that's something fresh and original!
Just sayin, if you simply googled it you would be able to find out that they can be turned off. Not that hard.

-King- 02-19-2014 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 10441316)
well for some reason you got all the texts at once, probably should be complaining about your provider and not the alerts
They weren't all at once. Those are just some of them.
Posted via Mobile Device

wazu 02-19-2014 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Cochise (Post 10441327)
It's not unbelievable that someone would ask the question, "Does sending out frequent messages cause a lot of people to turn the messages off, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the messages?". Jeez.
These things happen like 2-3 times per year. If somebody is so put out by it that they go to the trouble of disabling alerts, then it's a pretty good bet they don't give a shit anyway.

TLO 02-19-2014 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10441357)
OMG STOP BITCHING YOU STUPID PRICK, YOU COULD HAVE SAVED A LIFE!!!
Again, this isn't a discussion about whether or not people should be irritated. From a systems standpoint, you can't control that. The question is how the system could be improved so that fewer people are irritated

TLO 02-19-2014 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by wazu (Post 10441364)
These things happen like 2-3 times per year. If somebody is so put out by it that they go to the trouble of disabling alerts, then it's a pretty good bet they don't give a shit anyway.
You can disable the alerts and still give a shit and be informed about the situation.

Bugeater 02-19-2014 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by WakkaWakka (Post 10441360)
Just sayin, if you simply googled it you would be able to find out that they can be turned off. Not that hard.
Yes, the fact that they can indeed be turned off has been pointed out already, but thanks anyway for the breaking news, Ace. Although, not everyone knew that when their phones were blowing up overnight.

WakkaWakka 02-19-2014 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 10441372)
Yes, the fact that they can indeed be turned off has been pointed out already, but thanks anyway for the breaking news, Ace. Although, not everyone knew that when their phones were blowing up overnight.
It's easy to find, that was my point.

Bugeater 02-19-2014 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WakkaWakka (Post 10441374)
It's easy to find, that was my point.
Everyone knows how to use Google. Apparently you just want to fit in with the rest of the jackasses that infest this place.

Jimmya 02-19-2014 12:08 PM
People getting all nutzo.... Even over text messages that may save a life.

Eleazar 02-19-2014 12:09 PM
I think we should pass a law requiring everyone to wear pink all the time for breast cancer awareness.

Buzz 02-19-2014 12:22 PM
Gotta say the alerts didn't bother me, then again I was in the garage, drinking natty light and texting Bubba.

wazu 02-19-2014 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Smoke (Post 10441370)
You can disable the alerts and still give a shit and be informed about the situation.
I guess. They just give way less of a shit and are informed later than the rest of us, if at all.

srvy 02-19-2014 12:55 PM
I got the alert around 7 pm then received another about 1 hour later. After the second one I put my finger on the dismiss and did not receive another. I did get a message when my phone went into sleep mode and I woke it displaying the amber alert. This is on a Nokia windows phone using ATT towers thru H2O wireless. I didn't feel put out or bothered.

I would suspect the same folks that get upset about the Amber alert are the same folks that blow a gasket out driveing when something doesnt go there way.


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