The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPray for their safetystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1482arrow-down19
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94arrow-down2·11 months agoEscalators can never be temporarily out of order. They can only be temporarily stairs.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·11 months agoI know it’s a quote, but if the brakes failed on an escalator then yes it would be unusable even as stairs, however you wouldn’t be stuck on it at that point, you’d be in a pile at the bottom.
minus-squareBrickhead92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoOr possibly crushed, which some would agree is worse.
minus-squareLEONHART@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·11 months agoSorry for the convenience! (R.I.P. Mitch)
minus-squareZiglin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoBut their stair form may go out of order under extreme conditions.
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoGraceful degradation. We can all learn from its example.
Escalators can never be temporarily out of order. They can only be temporarily stairs.
I know it’s a quote, but if the brakes failed on an escalator then yes it would be unusable even as stairs, however you wouldn’t be stuck on it at that point, you’d be in a pile at the bottom.
Or possibly crushed, which some would agree is worse.
Escalator accidents are gruesome
Sorry for the convenience!
(R.I.P. Mitch)
But their stair form may go out of order under extreme conditions.
Graceful degradation. We can all learn from its example.