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> I managed to get logged in to the SDF MetaArray, open mutt and send an email Is there an easier way to set something up to contact 911 via command line in a

• Syonyk 5y ago
  > Is there an easier way to set something up to contact 911 via command line in a pinch? One could, say, connect the emergency phone that most elevators used to have, that worked, or wire the alarm to something, or... lots of options that work for "normal people" too.
  • xcambar 5y ago
    Still a shame that the nominal emergency procedure is so broken and inefficient. Also, special points to the 2 a*holes that ignored someone needing assistance.
    • ziml77 5y ago
      Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with them? There is no excuse for that kind of shitty behavior.
  • lostcolony 5y ago
    I once was stuck in an elevator that had an emergency phone. However, when I picked it up...there was nothing. No voice on the other end, no tone, no background noise, nothing. My immediate assumption was that it was a dead line. The head of maintenance indicated the phone was working when he tested it after I got out of there, but if it was working when I was in there, that is a -major- UX issue, since despite having used both landlines and cellphones, I had -no idea how to use the emergency phone-. Theoretically, too, the fact it was lifted at all should have triggered something that led to them calling me back; they never did. I got out by calling the fire department, since I thankfully had just enough signal
• ars 5y ago
  In many places you can text 911 - and mobile text is much more likely to work than mobile data.