So the EAS came and went
53 2011-11-09 by [deleted]
No channel take over, no cellphone/internet takeover. just a small banner scrolling across the screen saying it was a test. Programming wasn't interrupted.
Good job with the fear mongering guys. Next time, pay attention to the facts instead of going apeshit with your idea of the facts.
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25 [deleted] 2011-11-09
YU55 passes without incident.
EAS warning passes without incident.
Looks like today is shaping up to be just another Wednesday. Guess I shouldn't have told all my clients to go fuck themselves, huh?
5 distortednet 2011-11-09
hahahaha, they dont have to know its just another Wednesday!
1 pork2001 2011-11-09
Only the ones who are still alive and haven't jumped.
11 overtoke 2011-11-09
you watched it???? you're fucked, dude.
8 mattman59 2011-11-09
Duh, it was a secret brain control device.
16 distortednet 2011-11-09
.....so that's why i started working on pro government propaganda posters in Photoshop
those crafty bastards!
1 mattman59 2011-11-09
Sneaky Joos, all of them.
7 greenw40 2011-11-09
Conspiracy theorists: 0
Rational people: 2394235907
1 [deleted] 2011-11-09
And this is why 'conspiracy theorists' are held in such a bad light. You choose to generalize based on incidents like this, which occur from obviously illogical people. So while it's clear that there are many plots in place to control our species' future (or lack thereof- those in charge are rather destructive), people will continue to denounce definite plots of tyranny because of the stigma towards 'conspiracy theorists'.
If you believe shit like this, then you're one of those people that believe Harold Camping and are a complete idiot. Don't generalize the whole subreddit because there are stupid people/shills on the Internet.
0 greenw40 2011-11-09
This depends on what you mean by "control our species' future". If you mean plans for the future, then yes, of course we as a species have plans for the future. If you mean a nefarious shadow organization controlling every nation, then no, that is not clear to rational people.
0 [deleted] 2011-11-09
I found this video to be pretty interesting, and slightly relevant to your last statement. "Nefarious shadow organization" seems to be a very cliché way to describe the various conglomerates that sculpt political policy to their will.
6 ssjaken 2011-11-09
Id rather be overly paranoid then caught off guard. Hence I opt out at airports and Change my daily commute every 90 days.
3 Byahhhhh 2011-11-09
That was best EAS ever.
2 Squackula 2011-11-09
Ah yes..the ubiquitous 'ever'.
2 gdnwo 2011-11-09
You must say that about ever EAS you stumble upon...
3 [deleted] 2011-11-09
YU55 passes without incident.
EAS warning passes without incident.
Looks like today is shaping up to be just another Wednesday. Guess I shouldn't have told all my clients to go fuck themselves, huh?
1 ninjaholiday 2011-11-09
And we get Friday off, those bastards!
6 [deleted] 2011-11-09
You get Friday off!? I sure don't.. now THATS a conspiracy!
3 [deleted] 2011-11-09
That depends on the station and state laws. Some states require the entire screen be taken and programming be stopped. Some states don't. In the states that don't, some stations still stop programming and some don't.
3 defmer 2011-11-09
shit forgot to watch TV and get disturbed................
2 LoneGunman5 2011-11-09
The test came and went at 1 pm cst and then went again at 1:15 for about 10 seconds. I'm not sure what the second one was about.
2 HaightnAshbury 2011-11-09
I don't know... I feel like the 'small banner scrolling across the screen saying it was a test' secretly reprogrammed my brain...
1 Digitel 2011-11-09
there was a warning today?
1 Cat-Hax 2011-11-09
Interesting because in my area (new jersey) there was a tv take over but every thing else was fine, all channels showed the same thing and my cable box even said EAS, it was just a big gray screen with red borders saying it was a test.
1 thatritguy 2011-11-09
if you'd read the EAS spec, that's all it called for.
That being said... The main issue with this EAS test was the use of the SAGE digital endec box (http://www.sagealertingsystems.com/products.htm).
Yes, it looks like it should be called "Fisher Price's My First Endec."
At any rate, A bulletin was released a few weeks ago talking about how if the audio level going into them is too high, issues manifest in the output of repeats of the input - if you listen to recordings of the test this afternoon, if there was any audio chances are it was unintelligible and had the SAME headers repeated.
Apparently wherever they sent audio into the EAS (via an Endec probably) it wasn't configured correctly. These multiple messages reaked havoc on the system, and that's my guess as to why this was such a clusterfuck.
Source: http://www.sagealertingsystems.com/SB_001.pdf
1 [deleted] 2011-11-09
My station didn't have issues with our Sage ENDEC, as far as I'm aware.
1 EyesfurtherUp 2011-11-09
are you sure about that? :)~ ad infinitum
1 krugmanisapuppet 2011-11-09
didn't i tell you all?
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/m08kn/something_is_bothering_me_about_the_nationwide/c2x41j8
yes, i told you all.
1 distortednet 2011-11-09
GOVERNMENT PUPPET! :)
1 pork2001 2011-11-09
Er, but ten days from now, suddenly some of you will seek to assassinate liberal politicians with butter knives after willing your worldly goods to Newt Gingrich. Coincidence? I think NOT!
2 distortednet 2011-11-09
NEWT IS SURPREME LEADER
ALL HAIL HYPNONEWT
0 dasstrooper 2011-11-09
I COULD HAPPEN MAN
You keep getting pushed up against a chain link fence by all those people man and eventually, eventually you're gonna squeeze through it!
-3 atomicauto 2011-11-09
Just food for thought. The white house is close with wall street right. Look at the market today. Low volume all day until 2pm, then came huge trades. The "test" could very well have been a go signal to the insiders and nobody outside the "conspiracy" would be suspicious of anything.
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-1 atomicauto 2011-11-09
The difference would be that if it wasn't initiated, or the test "failed" then that would be a no go signal. Like I said Just food for thought.
5 destraht 2011-11-09
Well there is a big thing that happened and that was the Italian bond auction went real bad and the yields went up over 7%. Italy is doing a Greece now.
One thing that I have noticed however is that the Dow Jones ended at 9615 points on 2001-09-11 and on 2009-09-11.
-11 [deleted] 2011-11-09
It sets a dangerous precedent, whether anything happened or not.
11 [deleted] 2011-11-09
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1 [deleted] 2011-11-09
Isn't that what R/conspiracy is for? Linking to and discussing the research and hypotheses of others? I never spread fear, merely contributed information (however credible or incredible) to the community. and even the link I provided had NO fearmongering whatsoever. In fact, Hoagland specifically says there is absolutely NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. NOT AN IMMINENT THREAT. I repeat, NOT A THREAT. POSSIBLE SCENARIO. You're just a fucking coward with a closed mind and poor debate skills. You even quoted me above as saying that we will NOT be in ANY danger. I'm the dumbass?
Oh and also - Hoagland never believed in any doom scenario...Either from Elenin or YU55. Get your facts straight.
-1 [deleted] 2011-11-09
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1 TrollKat-y 2011-11-09
lol why does this queen get so mad if you even READ a post he doesn't like? Don't let him catch you READING or you will be a moron, doomtard, or whatever. Here's an insult you haven't used today, Asshat. So I will, you sir have your head wedged so far up your own ass you are wearing it as a hat.
-1 [deleted] 2011-11-09
If you look at his post history it's pretty much all he does...He goes around Reddit calling people doomtards and fear mongers for reading about a theory. He's a fuckhead.
-3 TrollKat-y 2011-11-09
and probably an ugly ginger kid with no soul...
3 d3sperad0 2011-11-09
You're lucky us gingers are the good guys...
-2 [deleted] 2011-11-09
Did you listen to what he said about Elenin? He said nothing of the sort.
Why would I be retarded for listening to someone?
3 TrollKat-y 2011-11-09
its ok he gets off on this, moodiness is just a side effect of the enhancers he orders off the interwebs.
1 frostek 2011-11-09
Since you changed the subject, what is this "dangerous precedent"?
3 [deleted] 2011-11-09
That the federal government is testing their technical capability to completely shut off and take over our various forms of communication. Phone and internet are next and if you don't see that from a mile away I have very little hope that you're ready to confront so many other conspiracies out there.
-2 [deleted] 2011-11-09
Did you listen to what he said about Elenin? He said nothing of the sort.
Why would I be retarded for listening to someone?
1 TrollKat-y 2011-11-09
lol why does this queen get so mad if you even READ a post he doesn't like? Don't let him catch you READING or you will be a moron, doomtard, or whatever. Here's an insult you haven't used today, Asshat. So I will, you sir have your head wedged so far up your own ass you are wearing it as a hat.