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Google Helped Cause the Mysterious Increase In 911 Calls SF Asked It To Solve (bbc.com)

Posted by timothy on from the but-joshua-called-me dept.

theodp writes: Android users have long complained publicly that it's way too easy to accidentally dial 911. So it's pretty astonishing that it took a team of Google Researchers and San Francisco Department of Emergency Management government employees to figure out that butt-dialing was increasing the number of 911 calls. The Google 9-1-1 Team presented its results in How Googlers helped San Francisco Use Data Science to Understand a Surge in 911 Calls, a Google-sponsored presentation at the Code for America Summit, and in San Francisco's 9-1-1 Call Volume Increase, an accompanying 26-page paper.

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  1. It's your ass calling by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Help! My owner has me trapped in these tight jeans!"

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  2. Re:Simpler by lucm · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about a belt clip? It worked for Batman.

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    lucm, indeed.
  3. Butt dialing is easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Butt texting... now THAT"S a challenge.

  4. Re:Simpler by slazzy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Agreed, I started glueing mine to my head, looks cool and I get better reception!

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    Website Just Down For Me? Find out
  5. The obvious solution! by l0n3s0m3phr34k · · Score: 4, Funny

    is to change 911 to 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 instead. It's an easy number to remember, just learn the song!