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By SuperJon
Registration Days Posts
#307088
How many of you guys got the text message from the Liberty Alert System telling you to go vote today?
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By flamesfan30
Registration Days Posts
#307089
i just got one about 5-10 minutes ago.

don't really see voting as an emergency, and for the record i voted right after convo this morning.
By ALUmnus
Registration Days Posts
#307090
That's one way to get everyone to opt out of the alert system.
By Hold My Own
Registration Days Posts
#307092
Ehh, I receive 3,000 texts a month this one isnt causing me to panic or take several minutes to unsubscribe for something that took me less than 5 seconds to dispose of
By NG33
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#307094
Hold My Own wrote:Ehh, I receive 3,000 texts a month this one isnt causing me to panic or take several minutes to unsubscribe for something that took me less than 5 seconds to dispose of
Ya I got one this morning, laughed and deleted the text.
By blwall1416
Registration Days Posts
#307095
flamesfan30 wrote: don't really see voting as an emergency...
This.

Voting, while important, does not constitute an emergency, in my opinion.
By SuperJon
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#307099
Hold My Own wrote:Ehh, I receive 3,000 texts a month this one isnt causing me to panic or take several minutes to unsubscribe for something that took me less than 5 seconds to dispose of
You have unlimited texts. As strange as it sounds, not everyone has unlimited texts.
By Libertine
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#307100
SuperJon wrote:
Hold My Own wrote:Ehh, I receive 3,000 texts a month this one isnt causing me to panic or take several minutes to unsubscribe for something that took me less than 5 seconds to dispose of
You have unlimited texts. As strange as it sounds, not everyone has unlimited texts.
Really, Jon? I mean, really? You get forty texts an hour.
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By Sly Fox
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#307102
Texting is so 5 years aglo unless you are under 25. I don't have unlimited texting.
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By flamesfan30
Registration Days Posts
#307105
i actually got the message by phone call and e-mail.

i feel like im stuck in 1998. but when I have to pay 20 cents a text, i try to avoid it.
By SuperJon
Registration Days Posts
#307107
Libertine wrote:
SuperJon wrote:
Hold My Own wrote:Ehh, I receive 3,000 texts a month this one isnt causing me to panic or take several minutes to unsubscribe for something that took me less than 5 seconds to dispose of
You have unlimited texts. As strange as it sounds, not everyone has unlimited texts.
Really, Jon? I mean, really? You get forty texts an hour.
I wasn't talking about me. I do know there are others that don't though because I've heard that reason from two people.
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By Schfourteenteen
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#307108
UTEPMiners wrote:It took hours for me to learn about a possible fire at North, but I got this message ASAP.
Last edited by Schfourteenteen on May 4th, 2010, 4:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By Rooster Cogburn
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#307111
I thought right away that it was not a good use of this system. Sink hole in a parking lot? yes! Ergun Caner singing take me out to to the ball game at the Hillcats? NO! Fire in Campus north? yes. Go Vote? NO!
By thepostman
#307120
I know if I was still going to school I would've been angry...I have never had unlimited texts, and never will. the system is for emergencies, not to send out announcements...but whatever, I don't go there anymore and I guess they can use the system as they wish...but it will make the system less effective...
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By Cider Jim
Registration Days Posts
#307128
This is a little off topic, but it is voting related. When I was walking into Convo today, there were dozens of students passing out pamphlets and trying to talk to you about voting. One girl, right by the door, was shouting, "Vote! This election is more important than the presidential election!"

I thought, "Really? Is a local food tax really more important than who is the leader of our country, the leading super power in the free world?" Wow. :shock:
By Hold My Own
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#307136
Edit: Their post was deleted so my comment makes no sense.
Last edited by Hold My Own on May 4th, 2010, 11:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
By JK37
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#307142
Cider Jim wrote:This is a little off topic, but it is voting related. When I was walking into Convo today, there were dozens of students passing out pamphlets and trying to talk to you about voting. One girl, right by the door, was shouting, "Vote! This election is more important than the presidential election!"

I thought, "Really? Is a local food tax really more important than who is the leader of our country, the leading super power in the free world?" Wow. :shock:
She probably meant to say basically that the local elections have much more of a routine effect on the lives of voters than do the national elections. Poor choice of words though, and perception of that fact is to be expected from an English prof. Well done!
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By PAmedic
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#307148
what happened to the rant by "dotherightthing"?

EDIT: and now HMO's?

what is going on here???
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By PAmedic
Registration Days Posts
#307149
ok- nevermind. We no longer even HAVE our newest member "dotherightthing" :roll:

but we DO have a "sheresa d sparks"

I'm going to bed
By Hold My Own
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#307150
There's been a few posts disappear....and 2 of them were good too! We needed some drama around here and they brought it and then took it away!
By LUconn
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#307161
hey, my post got deleted! What happened after I made fun of "dotherightthing" (who I didn't actually disagree with)?
By thepostman
#307163
man, i don't get on here enough anymore. I use to be able to catch all the drama...now I seem to always miss the drama...lame
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