It did not go off at our radio stations during 9/11.. but then we are nowhere near any of the places that were attacked. However, it is used. We have had it go off for weather emergencies, and for Amber Alerts to find potentially kidnapped children. (In both cases locally, the children were found within an hour of the alert being broadcast.) So, not quite useless... but could be used better than it is. Oh, and we had to pay for all the equipment, and the changeover in equip from the EBS to the EAS. So no fed moneys come to us to pay for it.
On another note, we do not monitor every possible frequency out there for carrying forward EAS alerts... someone wanting to "hack into the system" would have to also know the exact frequencies we do monitor, and override those freqs... not that that's too hard to figure out, but it's another wrench in the way.
KDLynch
But do I need a passport to get out of NM? >>grinning from the deserts of southern NM
don't take the 'Simpson's' quotes too seriously. Have to expect them when any news of NM hits. Just like "I'd like to welcome our NM WiFi Overlords." hehe.
KDLynch
hehe... okay, apparently this board doesn't care for my typing style...
to add in the part that didn't appear:
[chuckles] welcome to the SW, pardner. i didn't think about the whole french angle thing... we didn't get too tied up with that here, we just burn 'Potter' books [grins]. and it'd help if we had gutters to pour french wine down. hehe.
[grins]
and then the rest of post is in parent.
>>chucklesgrins)
If you do like Mandrake, the way I went (after our local stopped stocking) is their subscription method... you'll get the box well after you could have downloaded the distro, but that gives time for bugs like this LG one to rear their ugly heads (no matter who's fault it is, hardware or soft or both).
Hmmm, I bought my second Mandrake (8.1) at a local store (bookstore/music/video chain for texas/nm), here in a small town in rural New Mexico (pop. 30k - Alamogordo, if you're familiar with NM.) The only other flavor they carried at that time was RedHat. Albeit, I just checked, and at the moment they only have RedHat. Store name is Hastings Entertainment. Not sure if the other Hastings stores scattered about sell Mandrake or not.
Personally, I'm surprised that bigger 'real' chains don't carry it if this smaller chain does.
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It did not go off at our radio stations during 9/11 .. but then we are nowhere near any of the places that were attacked. However, it is used. We have had it go off for weather emergencies, and for Amber Alerts to find potentially kidnapped children. (In both cases locally, the children were found within an hour of the alert being broadcast.) So, not quite useless... but could be used better than it is. Oh, and we had to pay for all the equipment, and the changeover in equip from the EBS to the EAS. So no fed moneys come to us to pay for it.
On another note, we do not monitor every possible frequency out there for carrying forward EAS alerts... someone wanting to "hack into the system" would have to also know the exact frequencies we do monitor, and override those freqs... not that that's too hard to figure out, but it's another wrench in the way.
KDLynch
But do I need a passport to get out of NM? >>grinning from the deserts of southern NM don't take the 'Simpson's' quotes too seriously. Have to expect them when any news of NM hits. Just like "I'd like to welcome our NM WiFi Overlords." hehe. KDLynch
hehe... okay, apparently this board doesn't care for my typing style... to add in the part that didn't appear: [chuckles] welcome to the SW, pardner. i didn't think about the whole french angle thing... we didn't get too tied up with that here, we just burn 'Potter' books [grins]. and it'd help if we had gutters to pour french wine down. hehe. [grins] and then the rest of post is in parent.
>>chucklesgrins) If you do like Mandrake, the way I went (after our local stopped stocking) is their subscription method... you'll get the box well after you could have downloaded the distro, but that gives time for bugs like this LG one to rear their ugly heads (no matter who's fault it is, hardware or soft or both).
Hmmm, I bought my second Mandrake (8.1) at a local store (bookstore/music/video chain for texas/nm), here in a small town in rural New Mexico (pop. 30k - Alamogordo, if you're familiar with NM.) The only other flavor they carried at that time was RedHat. Albeit, I just checked, and at the moment they only have RedHat. Store name is Hastings Entertainment. Not sure if the other Hastings stores scattered about sell Mandrake or not.
Personally, I'm surprised that bigger 'real' chains don't carry it if this smaller chain does.