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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by dechov on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:00PM (#14773546)
As an exercise of the limits of this advice, how does this apply to designing elevators, short of "never design elevators"?
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by ouid on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:07PM (#14773597)
hard brakes that apply when doors are opened manually, and an emergency panel behind which a small ladder is located.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by jack9 on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:09PM (#14773611)
The costing difference between an elevator and stairs is substantial. Especially when you have to have stairs when you get an elevator by building code.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by bubblethink on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:13PM (#14773636)
By having a manual fail safe that operates mechanically. i.e., without power.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster by OJFord on Monday July 17, 2017 @01:51PM (#14790807)
Controlled descent to the next (lowest) floor, at which the properly aligned doors can be manually opened.
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