6 ms·

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. So

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience."

toast_coder 8y ago
Yeah that's some fun logic. This isn't a broken web application sir, it's a static web page that displays important exception information.
- Swenrekcah 8y ago
  Give me a static page with the information I want anyday please
  - scarejunba 8y ago
    Sure. Whenever you feel the need for one of those, click this link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17702940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17702940
    - scarejunba 8y ago
      500 Internal Server Error
- bluedino 8y ago
  “The web server is down” No it’s not, it up and running. See that error page?
DenisM 8y ago
[...] The escalators of the station caused a significant disaster on the Moscow Metro on February 17, 1982, that killed at least eight people. [...] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviamotornaya_(Kalininsko%E2%80%93Solntsevskaya_line) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviamotornaya_(Kalininsko%E2%8...
- freewilly1040 8y ago
  It's a Mitch Hedberg joke
  - hinkley 8y ago
    Quoting someone who died by misadventure when the subject is public safety is either tone deaf as hell or way more satirical than I’m prepared for on a Monday.
    - mikeash 8y ago
      He died of a drug overdose, nothing to do with escalators or stairs.
- jpatokal 8y ago
  That accident happened when the escalator was in motion when the mechanical failure occurred, and the brakes had been incorrectly installed. If it had been stopped and brakes correctly applied, the escalator would have functioned fine as stairs.
acheron 8y ago
Mitch was obviously unfamiliar with WMATA.
guardiangod 8y ago
I know this is a joke, but it is false. https://youtu.be/fLUppwRShpE?t=11 https://youtu.be/fLUppwRShpE?t=11 (Aside: I was about 10 minutes walk away from the location when this happened.)
- nathancahill 8y ago
  Ugh, reminds me of this recent ski lift accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvt0gTAXvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvt0gTAXvA
- berberous 8y ago
  Even worse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2X1zEIyWUw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2X1zEIyWUw Warning, very disturbing, shows someone dying.
quickthrower2 8y ago
As an exercise machine, it is actually broken when it is moving.

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience."

toast_coder 8y ago

Yeah that's some fun logic. This isn't a broken web application sir, it's a static web page that displays important exception information.

Swenrekcah 8y ago
Give me a static page with the information I want anyday please
- scarejunba 8y ago
  Sure. Whenever you feel the need for one of those, click this link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17702940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17702940
  - scarejunba 8y ago
    500 Internal Server Error
bluedino 8y ago
“The web server is down” No it’s not, it up and running. See that error page?

DenisM 8y ago

[...] The escalators of the station caused a significant disaster on the Moscow Metro on February 17, 1982, that killed at least eight people. [...] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviamotornaya_(Kalininsko%E2%80%93Solntsevskaya_line) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviamotornaya_(Kalininsko%E2%8...

freewilly1040 8y ago
It's a Mitch Hedberg joke
- hinkley 8y ago
  Quoting someone who died by misadventure when the subject is public safety is either tone deaf as hell or way more satirical than I’m prepared for on a Monday.
  - mikeash 8y ago
    He died of a drug overdose, nothing to do with escalators or stairs.
jpatokal 8y ago
That accident happened when the escalator was in motion when the mechanical failure occurred, and the brakes had been incorrectly installed. If it had been stopped and brakes correctly applied, the escalator would have functioned fine as stairs.

acheron 8y ago

Mitch was obviously unfamiliar with WMATA.

guardiangod 8y ago

I know this is a joke, but it is false. https://youtu.be/fLUppwRShpE?t=11 https://youtu.be/fLUppwRShpE?t=11 (Aside: I was about 10 minutes walk away from the location when this happened.)

nathancahill 8y ago
Ugh, reminds me of this recent ski lift accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvt0gTAXvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvt0gTAXvA
berberous 8y ago
Even worse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2X1zEIyWUw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2X1zEIyWUw Warning, very disturbing, shows someone dying.

quickthrower2 8y ago

As an exercise machine, it is actually broken when it is moving.