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I once dreamt I was cut in half by a lift. It was not at all fun, so I'd definitely follow this advice :-D The other piece of lift related advice (that I real

I once dreamt I was cut in half by a lift. It was not at all fun, so I'd definitely follow this advice :-D The other piece of lift related advice (that I really enjoy saying in more crowded, rickety lifts): I once read if in a lift that is falling you should attempt to lie flat on the bottom of the lift to limit the impact - preferably on top of another human. Some hacker news physicist will prove me apocryphal here I'm sure...

stouset 11y ago
If an elevator is falling for long enough to give you time to recognize the situation, recall this strategy, and actually lie prone upon the floor (in ~0G, somehow)… it's not going to matter.
- vhost- 11y ago
  You both should watch the elevator hacking talk that was given at HOPE X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUvGfuLlZus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUvGfuLlZus
  - andy_ppp 11y ago
    This is already very entertaining :-) Thanks!
  - nyolfen 11y ago
    Seconding this: I like to put hacker con talks on in the background while I do other things, and this was the most entertaining panel from HOPE X in my opinion
- djsumdog 11y ago
  There's a video of security footage from some elevator in South America (Argentina I think) in a brand new building. The elevator brakes failed and it launched upward (from the counter weight). Dude survived with major injuries. Others have said he should have laid down flat, but at that velocity who knows if it would have done any good.
neves 11y ago
I've read somewhere that a free falling elevator is almost impossible due to its automatic brakes.