23rd April - Warning

[NickFaulks]

An abomination on St Georges Day (and Tony Miles birthday).

Agreed, or at any other time. This isn't going to end.

[John Foley]

It is only a matter of time before cheat-seeking arbiters get the power to make active mobile phones sound like a klaxon.

[Chris Goodall]

Test messages? Warning me about national emergencies? Pah! If an asteroid crashes into Burton-on-Trent and wipes out all human life in Britain, I intend to hear about it on the next day's Today programme like a civilised person.

[Mick Norris]

It will be at 3 pm

[Geoff Chandler]

The 23rd of April is also Game 10 in the Nepo - Ding Liren match, I have already predicted 1...a6 will be played in tribute to Tony. The games have been over before 3pm here. Hopefully something drastic will go wrong, something like all mobiles in the UK trying to store every other UK mobile number at the same time and all mobiles everywhere will conk out...forever!

[Roland Kensdale]

As a natural pessimist, I wonder if this isn't being introduced for floods, forest fires or chemical leaks.

Forward planning in case NATO intervention in Ukraine goes pear-shaped. I believe a Russian media source suggested a nuclear detonation in the North Atlantic could submerge the U.K.

What you would do with your 4 minute warning isn't clear.

[Matt Mackenzie]

As a natural pessimist, I wonder if this isn't being introduced for floods, forest fires or chemical leaks.

Forward planning in case NATO intervention in Ukraine goes pear-shaped. I believe a Russian media source suggested a nuclear detonation in the North Atlantic could submerge the U.K.

What you would do with your 4 minute warning isn't clear.

"Russian media source" - must be unimpeachable, then.

[John Upham]

What you would do with your 4 minute warning isn't clear.

There exists a famous photograph of what a gentlemen did after the four minute warning for Vesuvius in AD 79.

[NickFaulks]

As a natural pessimist, I wonder if this isn't being introduced for floods, forest fires or chemical leaks.

As a natural realist, I am assuming it is just part of the ongoing strategy of mass surveillance. I hope that many phone owners will have set their settings to disable this intervention, but am sure that the State's best brains are already working on how to overcome our efforts. This will require the cooperation of the phone companies ...

[Roger Lancaster]

As a natural pessimist, I wonder if this isn't being introduced for floods, forest fires or chemical leaks.

As a natural realist, I am assuming it is just part of the ongoing strategy of mass surveillance. I hope that many phone owners will have set their settings to disable this intervention, but am sure that the State's best brains are already working on how to overcome our efforts. This will require the cooperation of the phone companies ...

As a natural sceptic, I think people are worrying overmuch ...

[John Townsend]

Nick Faulks wrote:

"As a natural realist, I am assuming it is just part of the ongoing strategy of mass surveillance."

Eh? Is Nick joking? Perhaps he should also consider that this exercise might be something in all our interests.

[NickFaulks]

Perhaps he should also consider that this exercise might be something in all our interests.

I did consider that possibility for a fraction of of a second, but dismissed it as flying in the face of all experience over the last 30+ years.

[John Upham]

See

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65290166

[John Upham]

And there is more....


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65340459

[Simon Rogers]

Two major congresses this weekend:
39th St.Albans Chess Congress
Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd April
www.stalbanscongress.com

Central London Chess Congress
21st to 23rd April

You hope that the alarm won't affect these events too much.
Apologies for not posting these events in the Congress Diary Category.