Comments on: September 3 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/september-3-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fubar https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/september-3-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-237104 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:08:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41200#comment-237104 Just for comparison with cellphone Amber Alerts —

FCC mandated Emergency Alert System receivers for broadcast stations allow the broadcaster to program some delay into the interruption and rebroadcast of the alert. It’s not a long delay. But it’s more than the geniuses who designed the alert system for cellphones allowed.

]]> By: OBQuiet https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/september-3-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-236914 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:39:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41200#comment-236914 The amber alert program for phones is horribly flawed. If your only options are helping and having your sleep interrupted or not helping at all, I know what everyone I know is doing.

If those alerts simply respected the do not disturb settings on your phone, I would be happy to enable them again.

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