Ideally, you want to minimize the number
of false alarms by adjusting the sensitivity level accordingly.
Not exact matches
He lets me know he has to go
by grabbing his genitals, or just pointing to the bathroom... yes we do have alot
of false alarms but i'm just glad hes getting the idea!
Responding to a review
of 19 research papers, funded
by Cancer Research UK, which reported information on cancer
false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head
of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care, says:
The Police has revealed that the murder
of Captain Maxwell Mahama, was occasioned
by a snail seller's
false alarm that suggest he was an armed robber after she spotted a sidearm on him.
«Indeed, Nigerians are not surprised at the contents
of the recent
false alarms by the APC as they are undoubtedly a reflection
of the character, inner thoughts and ideology
of its leaders.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the string
of false alarms and outright lies that characterized Wednesday's press conference addressed
by the All Progressives Congress, APC, has clearly justified its profiling as a party
of «one week, one lie».
It could be recalled that the Archbishop
of Onitsha Archdiocese, Dr Valerian Okeke had earlier dismissed insinuations that the visit
of the governor or his security aides caused the stampede; rather he attributed it to
false alarm raised
by unknown persons.
For instance, a school may have higher tolerance for
false alarms — students will lose a few minutes
of instruction
by ducking under their desks — but a railroad or a machinery assembly line may want to shut down operations only for the most high - certainty alerts.
Whereas technically the potential threats detected
by the system in the past were not
false positives — they did accurately pick up tiny, background amounts
of DNA from organisms naturally present in the environment — in effect, they were
false alarms because they signaled the potential occurrence
of a terrorist attack when none had occurred.
We suspect that many
of these new candidates at the low signal - to - noise limit may be
false alarms created
by instrumental noise, and discuss our efforts to identify such objects.
The local government
of Hawaii did respond and get the
false alarm shut down, but it took at least 40 mins
by some accounts.
The Very Worst
of Pro Wrestling Orlando, FL — Impact Wrestling shocked both fans and wrestlers this week
by completely doing away with all sides
of Three days ago, a
false alarm went out that Hawaii was about to be nuked, and everyone in the state should immediately seek shelter.
In the past two decades, the number
of false alarm activations generated
by security
alarm systems has reduced dramatically, from an average
of 1.36 per system, per year in 1995 to 0.10 per system, per year in 2013.
According to the NPCC, a
false alarm would be one that has not resulted from: a criminal attack, or attempts at such, on the protected premises; actions
by the emergency services in the execution
of their duty; or a call emanating from a hold up
alarm with good intent.
The Agrippa fire door holders are activated only
by the sound
of the building's fire
alarm, meaning
false activations
by loud noises such as pupils or vacuum cleaners are eliminated.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP)--
Alarmed by the proliferation
of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction.
Overjoyed at having got rid
of it after 27 months
of problems and very poor service from Nissan My car suffered from most
of the common and well documented problems Parking senors giving
false alarms or not working because of water ingress (nine montjs to fix by drilling holes in them) Chassis control false warning causing the car to stop False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I owned
false alarms or not working because
of water ingress (nine montjs to fix
by drilling holes in them) Chassis control
false warning causing the car to stop False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I owned
false warning causing the car to stop
False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I owned
False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out
of the 27 months I owned it B
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP)--
Alarmed by the proliferation
of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction.
Undermining campus safety
by setting off
false fire
alarms, discharging fire extinguishers, tampering with security systems, or ignoring the instructions
of security guards or studio monitors.
«The public is not well served
by this constant drumbeat
of false alarms fed
by computer models manipulated
by advocates.»
The central idea
of the article is a vicious feedback loop: Scientists make meaningless or ambiguous statements = > Advocates and media translate statements into alarmist declarations = > Politicians respond to
alarm by feeding scientists more money = > [a larger number
of scientists and pseudo --RSB- Scientists make meaningless or ambiguous [or
false] statements...
H.L. Mencken also was prophetic in his statements «The whole aim
of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed — and hence clamorous to be led to safety —
by menacing it with an endless series
of hobgoblins, all
of them imaginary» and «The urge to save humanity is almost always only a
false face for the urge to rule it.»
Given that people on Brulle's side
of the Global Warming / Climate Change argument have been making
false claims for decades — for example, that New York and Washington would be under water
by the year 20004 — and given that the mass media sound daily
alarms about the climate threat, the statement in the National Research Council report that «some» information sources are «affected»
by campaigns opposed to policies that would limit carbon dioxide emissions is scant foundation for believing a massive conspiracy exists.5
Scientists are as much victims
of fashion as ordinary mortals are — a fact illustrated
by the rich history
of junk science and
false alarms of the last 30 years.
The «
false -
alarm probability» is 5.1 %, which is so close to the standard cutoff
of 5 %, that one should consider the result to be meaningful (but not ironclad) evidence
of a genuine pattern, a dip during the 1990s followed
by recent increase.
Alarmist: A person who needlessly
alarms or attempts to
alarm others, as
by inventing or spreading
false or exaggerated rumors
of impending danger or catastrophe.
Extremely hypersensitive pattern detection was vital, because there was little cost for frequent
false alarms but a great risk
of becoming a snack
by missing detecting a real leopard.
As we reported recently, a new report
by a British Parliament committee likewise noted that people are getting tired
of being bombarded with exaggerated fears
of global environmental catastrophes that turn out to be
false alarms.
The small metal boxes (in a variety
of colors like brown, black, red, and white) found attached to the walls
of public buildings all over the United States are called Knox Boxes (though manufactured
by different companies, the Knox company produces the bulk
of them) and are designed to give emergency responders access to building keys (or functions like disabling power or gas lines, or turning off sprinkler systems in case
of a
false alarm) to aid in rapid entry in the event
of an emergency.
Nest Wave was one
of the prime selling points
of the Nest Protect because it allowed users to turn off
false alarms raised
by, say, a burning toast simply
by waving the hand in front
of the device.