Re:What about their children?
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The point isn't that physicians make informed decisions, it's that the informed decisions are often not in favor of treatment.
That's an interesting question you've raised though, and I'll bet you're right about the results being different.
At least, in my head, these are rare occurrences on the scale of Katrina and 9/11 that people would be notified. I think once a year if someone interrupts my game to say "Hey, we're being attacked by god/mormons/terrorists/etc, try not to die", I'll forgive them for ruining my game.
Or are you so insanely entrenched in your game that you'd rather die than be notified of an emergency?
-Taylor
The announcements aren't sent out often, but the tests are much more common.
Can't wait to be on the verge of the game-winning headshot* only to have the screen switch to "THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. THIS IS ONLY A TEST..."
*(Full disclosure: I'm actually terrible at FPS games.)
"The new Ericsson modem can also stay active while a computer is off, listening for wireless messages. That means it could wake up and alert the user when it receives an important e-mail, or if someone is calling with a conferencing application like Skype."
That also means it could constantly drain your battery. Please tell me this is just an option.
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The point isn't that physicians make informed decisions, it's that the informed decisions are often not in favor of treatment. That's an interesting question you've raised though, and I'll bet you're right about the results being different.
Actually there still is an opt-out. It's called not having an account.
At least, in my head, these are rare occurrences on the scale of Katrina and 9/11 that people would be notified. I think once a year if someone interrupts my game to say "Hey, we're being attacked by god/mormons/terrorists/etc, try not to die", I'll forgive them for ruining my game.
Or are you so insanely entrenched in your game that you'd rather die than be notified of an emergency? -Taylor
The announcements aren't sent out often, but the tests are much more common.
Can't wait to be on the verge of the game-winning headshot* only to have the screen switch to "THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. THIS IS ONLY A TEST..."
*(Full disclosure: I'm actually terrible at FPS games.)
Power drill. I know of somebody who has actually done this in order to be able to take their iPhone to work.
That also means it could constantly drain your battery. Please tell me this is just an option.