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Maybe you've been singled out as someone that doesn't need saving.
Sorry. Couldn't resist. 
I know. As an ex-IT person I know it's so easy to tailor your presentation to your audience. Doesn't inspire confidence.
Next we'll revert to "duck and cover" and being told to hide under the stairs.
I don't think the accent will matter when it's warning us to lockdown from a deadly new variant. Better safe than sorry like the last time when we didn't lock down quick enough and millions died that could have been savedgreenmark wrote: ↑Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:27 pmI know. As an ex-IT person I know it's so easy to tailor your presentation to your audience. Doesn't inspire confidence.
Next we'll revert to "duck and cover" and being told to hide under the stairs.
Had breakfast in a cafe and overhead a mother giving her 16-year-old son a 10-minute talk about work ethics, doing the best job you can, etc. When they left I noticed he left all his beans. She didn't give him a talk about eating his beans! And why order beans if you don't want them?
My parents would have said you'll never make the army if you don't eat your beans!
My parents would have said you'll never make the army if you don't eat your beans!
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ShaunWhite
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You're one of the lucky ones, I'd rather not know I've got 10mins till the bombs drop. The idea it's about floods etc is bollx when they're transmitting it in all areas regardless of the risks.
And when my phone went off my first thought was for the vulnerable who may have had a hidden phone and an abusive partner who was alerted to it.
They can easily switch it off. As you'd expect from an inept government, there was a lot of hype and rumours that it can't be switched off, I think I heard that even if you switch your phone off, remove the battery, run a steamroller over it and bury it under ten feet of earth it will still be loud enough to alert you, but there was no real information including going into settings to either switch it off or ensure it's switched on.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:12 pmYou're one of the lucky ones, I'd rather not know I've got 10mins till the bombs drop. The idea it's about floods etc is bollx when they're transmitting it in all areas regardless of the risks.
And when my phone went off my first thought was for the vulnerable who may have had a hidden phone and an abusive partner who was alerted to it.
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ShaunWhite
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The default should have been off with an opt in. That would have been the responsible choice and respectful of our freedom of choice. I fundamentally disagree with any government taking control of my personal devices. It can be switched off but that assumes everyone is equally confident about changing settings which many, especially the elderly, aren't.
What really pisses me off (in addition to autocorrect changing pisses to passes) is that when you sign into Google on an Android or Edge on a PC, it automatically starts syncing your data before you can switch it off!ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:06 pmThe default should have been off with an opt in. That would have been the responsible choice and respectful of our freedom of choice. I fundamentally disagree with any government taking control of my personal devices. It can be switched off but that assumes everyone is equally confident about changing settings which many, especially the elderly, aren't.
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firlandsfarm
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GB News alerted such to that!ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:12 pmAnd when my phone went off my first thought was for the vulnerable who may have had a hidden phone and an abusive partner who was alerted to it.
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firlandsfarm
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And you learned that from the "inept Government" or some stupid LL trying to make political capital from such?
Frankly, I don't see the problem of being warned there may be a threat to life on the way and I thank any Government, inept or otherwise, for the warning.