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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by pzenger on Friday July 14, 2017 @05:10PM (#14773201)
Nope - Elevator failure in Hong Kong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADb57ysvCbU

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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by a_t48 on Friday July 14, 2017 @05:20PM (#14773279)
/s/Elevator/Escalator/
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by peller on Friday July 14, 2017 @05:15PM (#14773243)
Do escalators not come with a ratcheting mechanism to prevent exactly that from happening? Seems to me like a serious design error if not..
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by euyyn on Friday July 14, 2017 @05:25PM (#14773320)
I guess they were designed to run in both directions, meaning you can't mechanically lock the "down" direction.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by FussyZeus on Friday July 14, 2017 @05:57PM (#14773524)
I mean, it's probably a Chinese escalator. We didn't get the term "Shenzhen Quality" out of thin air.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by StavrosK on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:16PM (#14773649)
That seems a bit of a misnomer when everything is made in Shenzen.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by seanmcdirmid on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:46PM (#14774127)
Most escalators used outside of China are not made in Shenzhen.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by bykovich2 on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:43PM (#14773790)
Funny, it seems increasingly apt to me.
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