Re: [FRIAM] Emergency Alert

2023-10-05 Thread Steve Smith
Speaking of the book Snow Crash, it appeared in the hover-over on XKCD the other day, https://xkcd.com/2832/ . I just finished reading it when I saw the XKCD cartoon. I haven't decided whether it is a coincidence or a glitch in the matrix. Now that you brought it up, I am sure that it must

Re: [FRIAM] Emergency Alert

2023-10-04 Thread cody dooderson
Speaking of the book Snow Crash, it appeared in the hover-over on XKCD the other day, https://xkcd.com/2832/ . I just finished reading it when I saw the XKCD cartoon. I haven't decided whether it is a coincidence or a glitch in the matrix. Now that you brought it up, I am sure that it must be a

[FRIAM] Emergency Alert

2023-10-04 Thread Steve Smith
Is it a coincidence that the US Emergency Alert System (primarily cell phones) was tested today, coincident with the Russian nationwide *nuclear*  alert system test today? https://www.newsweek.com/us-russia-emergency-alert-drills-1831776 I was surprised when the US system was first