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> Could people create a synthetic simulated EAS tone that contains no data and couldn't be decoded by any EAS equipment, Could, but probably shouldn't. From F
by rdtsc 7y ago
> Could people create a synthetic simulated EAS tone that contains no data and couldn't be decoded by any EAS equipment,
Could, but probably shouldn't.
From FCC link https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-settles-investigations-misuse-emergency-alert-tones https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-settles-investigations-misu...
> These rules aim to protect the integrity of the alert system by helping to avoid confusion when the tones are used, alert fatigue among listeners
I like the term "alert fatigue". Very descriptive and useful. Definitely a good thing to avoid.
- 14 7y agoThis reminded me of the illegal number [0]. People being told the number was illegal so created flags that also represented the number. The neat thing was that by making numbers illegal anything that can be used to represent those numbers also becomes illegal. Like art work painted a certain way. Imaging being told you can not paint a certain color pattern as it is illegal. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number
- dragonwriter 7y agoThe term illegal number is like calling ink contraband because the use of ink in a manner which communicates something illegal may itself be illegal. Illegal numbers aren't illegal themselves. (And, anyway, by the theory justifying calling them illegal, every configuration of matter is illegal, since not only can any information be encoded in a number, but any information can be encoded—by selecting the right encoding scheme—in any finite number, and any configuration of matter can be represented by a number, so any information can be, by choosing the right scheme, be encoded in any configuration of matter.