That's so cool! That's the second time you've had something on Fark. i am really impressed. (The first was a stick figure in peril.) It's great how many people are appalled by the alarm. One of my favorite comments was this one:

Quote 2007-11-22 03:30:06 PM
What a stupid idea for a phone. How would you like to die in a home invasion because your attention-whoring cell phone pinpointed your location in the house?


Yay cdozo!

...and this is from another blogger who picked it up from ginmar:
http://tinyurl.com/36atvm

...| posted by Melissa McEwan | Monday, November 19, 2007 | permalink |

…how about this one? They're completely fucking stupid...


and this:


I'm completely not a fan of our overly-litigious society, but someone SERIOUSLY needs to sue the FLYING FUCK out of Verizon for the overt negligence inherent in this "solution".

Unfortunately, such a suit will likely have to be filed by the family of the (future-)deceased.

I seriously encourage all of you who have Verizon service complain about this potentially deadly 'feature' IN WRITING so the very first unfortunate victim has proof of the complaint. I further encourage everyone to 1)TELL YOUR FRIENDS about this issue, and 2)NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL TV NEWS stations about this story.

I love the comment about how the alarm was due to a FCC regulation that required a signal for the blind to know they were dialing emergency.

How could you take away a poor sightless person's only way to know they've dialed the wrong number? Is your safety worth so much?

Apparently the blind are also deaf if they need that alarm!