Does air alert really work?
548132
Of course it works. It enhances your ability to leap extra.
585373
I'd go with your first respondent who said "WeatherBug". It's a free program, and has proven to have reasonably accurate radar (more frequently updated, I've found, than weather.com). It does contain ads, but every so often, it'll prompt you to choose which ads are running in the background. Anyway, WeatherBug might seem a bit elementary to some people, but in cases of tracking severe storms with basic radar, I've used it with good results.  \n\nhttp://www.weatherbug.com
977506
you talk to the person you want to warn. at the bottom of the IM screen ther eis a button that says WARN. you click that and a window pops up that says warn annonymously? pick yes or no and then it works.\n\na reason its nto working may be that the computer didnt find anyhting wrong that the other person said. you cant warn the other person for no reason at all
1095920
those alerts are spyware\nmake sure you run an anti spyware and also an anti virus on your computer every day
251108
yes.\nIf you get your heart rate elevated.
740135
there is evidence vitamin C helps,  but its kinda misconstrued. many of the studies that have found it to be effective in preventing colds were done on highly stressed groups like soldiers in training and endurance athletes. so if youre under a lot of physical stress, it might help you out. but for the average joe it doesnt do much to prevent colds.\n\na lot of people swear airborne and zicam.... i dont think there is much evidence airborne works at all. its pretty much an overpriced multivitamin. if you look at the back of an original zicam it says the active ingredient is "Zincus Gloconorium" which sounds fancy, but its really just latin for zinc gluconate (which is the zinc supplement that is in multi vitamins and zinc supplements). some studies say zinc works, some say it doesnt work any better than a sugar pill, so the jury is out. if you want to try zinc id use zinc lozenges like Halls zinc cough drops or Cold Eeze (as directed on the package), theyre a lot cheaper than zicam. plus people are suing zicam because people who use the nostril swabs heavily are claiming to have lost their smell, dont know if there is any truth to that or not.
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I work for a large company and fly on the company jet from time to time.  The crew allow us to use our cell phones, stating that they can't interfere with the systems on our Beech 400 bizjets.  Fair enough.  But...\n\nUp to about 4000 feet AGL after takeoff there is a useable signal.  Beyond that, it all goes dead.  As quickly as those babies climb, the phones go dead about a minute or so after takeoff.  Even holding a phone next to a window to negate the effects of the metal fuselage makes no difference.\n\nOut of curiosity, I watched the phone display rather intently over a couple of flights in various parts of the country to see if I ever got a signal.  Cruising above 20,000 feet -- nada.  Nothing.  Not a single bar.  A couple times I did see a very brief flicker below 10,000 feet as we came down for landing and then got generally good signals somewhere around 4,000 feet and below.\n\nWhile this minimal testing on my part is hardly conclusive and does not include the area around the flight path of Flight 93, I would have to say that any depiciton of people using personal cell phones is probably ficticious, based solely on my limited experience.  \n\nThat said, my service is GSM.  I have not tested this with a CDMA/TDMA or iDen phone.  Signal propogation of those technologies could well be different.  \n\nThere could also have been unsual climactic conditions on that fateful day that allowed cellular communications to function for those folks.  I have no evidence one way or another on that possibility.\n\nOf course, many airliners have the commercial Airphone systems installed.  Those would most likely have worked reliably.  I just hope the company that operates it did not charge those folks for their calls on that day.
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Alerts aren't issued all that often. There are freeze alerts, dangerous weather alerts, fog alerts, etc. You have to have one of those situations in your area before you will get to see your radio respond to an alert. If it is giving watches and statements for the right area, it will give alerts too when they are issued. I have a weather radio and it issues alerts only a few times a year for severe thunderstorms, and other things that happen in my part of the country.
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No they do not work.  And yes, there are plenty of negative testimonials available.  I quote from one negative testimonial at infomercialscams.com:\n\n"3/7/2006 - Lea writes: same story. ordered from "as seen on tv" ,the unit came, burned me ( in more than one way) to the point of blisters, didn't shut off,no sweat..... will send my credit card co this info and ask for them to help get my money back."\n\nFor a whole lot more of these (and I mean a WHOLE LOT), visit the source below.
702055
I would think that the centralized reporting has improved due to computerization.  Before, you would just hear an alarm going off.  Now, the security company knows exactly where the alarm was tripped and can notify you via phone, email, IM and pager.
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Actually it is not true in most part of the world. Only the industrialised nations have put a ban or restriction on the niose level coming from an aeroplane and especially at night.\n\nI live just a couple of kilometers from the modern airport with landing strip almost in sight and 'planes keep landing all the time. There is no difference in their noise between the day time or the night time. So I guess you do not hear any noise because you are asleep.\n\nMoreover, the aerport you are talking about may actually have a ban or time restriction on night time landing or take off.
1130690
try netdetective.  that sight is reliable.
1167904
will this really work?
1023798
I heard a myth that if you keep pressing 0 over and over, it will come close to blowing their circuits, and someone will pick up.  I've never tried it, but I've always wanted to, just to see if it's true.  :)
111127
Hi,\nI had used Zone Alarm, and i did not like it. It appears in every action of pc or windows etc, from the right bottom of the window.\n\nI am using now Nod32 for antivirus and trojans etc. And XP firewall is open at the same time. Nod32 is working at background but it does not make me feel that it is working. Nod32 just does his job perfectly.
215927
Medic Alert Bracelets?  I think that's the name you're thinking of.  My neighbor had one and it worked well, but then again she had used it inside her house.  I think you could get more information on them at your doctor's office or call your local fire department.  Either place would know.  Good luck to you and your grandfather.
940570
Homeland Security must have realized that when the threat alerts were overused, people quit believing them. They're being saved for better occasions, maybe even the real thing! Common sense may have prevailed for once.