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Verizon's NYC 911 System Shutdown

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the risks-digest dept.

Dead Nancy writes "A combination of human error and software that didn't anticipate it brought down New York City's 911 emergency line for several hours on Friday night."

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  1. Quick! by mindaktiviti · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Quick! Give me the number for 911!" - Homer J. Simpson

    1. Re:Quick! by wolrahnaes · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hmm...an accidental simpsons reference.

      912 = "Real" emergency number from the Stonecutters episode

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  2. So.. by yetdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you think someone called 911 to report the emergency outage?

    1. Re:So.. by dattaway · · Score: 5, Funny

      You must work in tech spport...

    2. Re:So.. by awtbfb · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do you think someone called 911 to report the emergency outage?

      Yeah, it went something like this: "911? Can you hear me now?"

  3. It was a heist of great porportions. by DroopyStonx · · Score: 4, Funny

    You read stores like this and think, "Oh, it was just error."

    But you fail to realize that a big heist probably took place. I saw George Clooney and Matt Damon do it to Las Vegas. They let off this big ass EMP and shut down the power to the whole city! Long story short, they stole a shitload of money and got away with it.

    Don't let these stories fool you, that is exactly what happened here.

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  4. Re:Old News by Scoria · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd "call the wahmbulance," but 911 isn't currently available.

    (Are you new here?)

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  5. Here's a nice "Well, duh" moment. by AltGrendel · · Score: 4, Funny
    Police and fire officials said yesterday that they had no reports of injuries during the 911 failure.

    Probably because folks were trying to use 911 to report them.

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  6. 911 was slashdotted. by CowardNeal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Blame you guys.

  7. Bad Example by cgenman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Plan 9 was an utter failure. Just three zombies? What were the aliens thinking?

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