"Cell phone automatically dials 911" trifecta in play

Many cell phones lock these days. When locked, they can either be unlocked, or dial emergency services.

/TMYK

//My sister discovered this with her 4 year old playing with her phone
///_{Hello? Hello? What's your emergency?}

UltraFark: The 911 operator is still on the line and records the cop arresting the kid. (They played the tape during the top of the hour news break.)

Author of the article is a douchebag.

"I am stunned to discover that people these days bother to rip stereos out of cars. Somehow that seems so 1987."


Really? It seems pretty farking ordinary to me. I'm guessing he drives a BMW and lives in a burbclave. Safe and sound from the real world.

Who the fark steals car stereos these days?

trancemission: Who the fark steals car stereos these days?

I thought we just recently had an article that said basically no one because they're worthless.

Dude must not be a Farker.

I've never read an article on CNet before. Are they always that terrible? Why all the "jokes" and one-liners?

but they cant find tupacs killer ?



/ or the democratic muslim scum responsible for the little girl in the irrigation pond


/gps chips for children

//or handguns

wow...lots of effort to recover a stereo.

True story...

Had a stereo, multiple amps, subwoofer enclosure and a CD case stolen from my car in a parking garage in downtown Milwaukee. Cops arrive (so I can get a report for my insurance company) and I point out that two other cars in the same lot are also broken into, and GASP, my somewhat dusty car has fingerprints all over the trunk lid, some of them pretty damn good (not smudged).

Doesn't bother getting the prints or anything...for all he knows the same guys were wanted for something else. Sure, a stereo theft is no big thing, but guys with that mental inclination rarely stop at stereo theft. Burglaries, home invasions...who knows.

Two weeks later, my buddies' wife is car jacked at gun point in the same parking lot. (I was visiting him when my car was broken into, same lot..etc).

Long story short, the cops end up pulling over his vehicle two days later after noticing the driver weeving through traffic. They pull the vehicle over, find out it's stolen, arrest the 'yoots' smoking blunts in the trunk, AND FIND SOME OF MY EQUIPMENT IN IT. (I use a dremel to etch phone #s into my stereo/amp chassis in case they end up in a pawn shop somewhere...whatever...)

IKillBugs: fluffy2097: Author of the article is a douchebag.

"I am stunned to discover that people these days bother to rip stereos out of cars. Somehow that seems so 1987."


Really? It seems pretty farking ordinary to me. I'm guessing he drives a BMW and lives in a burbclave. Safe and sound from the real world.

Actually, since car manufacturers started putting better radio's in, and since stock radios only fit in the same type of car, car stereo thefts are down.
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except for all the high end navigation units on ebay.................

just upgraded to the MYGIG unit in my truck. Got it from a stereo shop that does high end installs.

Did they feels him?

The truth behind this article is that the phone didn't "accidentally" dial 911. In actuality all cell phones are constantly turned on and monitoring all the sounds around them. The police have a program that scans the recordings for key words and then activates an alert when they are detected.

Wake up people! The government is monitoring everything you do!!!



/Can't believe I got in first with that one.

Noah_Tall: The truth behind this article is that the phone didn't "accidentally" dial 911. In actuality all cell phones are constantly turned on and monitoring all the sounds around them. The police have a program that scans the recordings for key words and then activates an alert when they are detected.

Wake up people! The government is monitoring everything you do!!!



/Can't believe I got in first with that one.

I doubt that.

ihatedumbpeople: wow...lots of effort to recover a stereo.

True story...

Had a stereo, multiple amps, subwoofer enclosure and a CD case stolen from my car in a parking garage in downtown Milwaukee. Cops arrive (so I can get a report for my insurance company) and I point out that two other cars in the same lot are also broken into, and GASP, my somewhat dusty car has fingerprints all over the trunk lid, some of them pretty damn good (not smudged).

Doesn't bother getting the prints or anything...for all he knows the same guys were wanted for something else. Sure, a stereo theft is no big thing, but guys with that mental inclination rarely stop at stereo theft. Burglaries, home invasions...who knows.

Two weeks later, my buddies' wife is car jacked at gun point in the same parking lot. (I was visiting him when my car was broken into, same lot..etc).

Long story short, the cops end up pulling over his vehicle two days later after noticing the driver weeving through traffic. They pull the vehicle over, find out it's stolen, arrest the 'yoots' smoking blunts in the trunk, AND FIND SOME OF MY EQUIPMENT IN IT. (I use a dremel to etch phone #s into my stereo/amp chassis in case they end up in a pawn shop somewhere...whatever...)

Police do not respond to personal property thefts here unless its a home burglary or violent crime. they take the info over the phone and you can get your police report over the internet 7 days later.

good idea on the phone numbers.

My phone periodically calls home without me knowing it. First thing I know I hear my own voice coming from my belt region (home voice mail). Phone has keys locked, must be something to do with speed dial, speakerphone and me leaning over to do something.

I'm *not* putting 911 on speeddial!

IKillBugs: fluffy2097: Author of the article is a douchebag.

"I am stunned to discover that people these days bother to rip stereos out of cars. Somehow that seems so 1987."


Really? It seems pretty farking ordinary to me. I'm guessing he drives a BMW and lives in a burbclave. Safe and sound from the real world.

Actually, since car manufacturers started putting better radio's in, and since stock radios only fit in the same type of car, car stereo thefts are down.
Link (new window)

Thefts of factory car stereos are down sure (hence the bimmer in a burbclave comment). There are still plenty of aftermarket systems that are stolen every day.

Car makers may be putting better stereo's in then they did when the model T first came out, but they're still crap, and the first thing anyone does who wants a decent sound system in their car is rip out whatever is stock, including the head unit. So yeah, Live in oakland and your stereo will get jacked.

/Lived in Oakland
//Got his stereo jacked
///This stuff happens in the real world. A lot.

mks113: My phone periodically calls home without me knowing it. First thing I know I hear my own voice coming from my belt region (home voice mail). Phone has keys locked, must be something to do with speed dial, speakerphone and me leaning over to do something.

I'm *not* putting 911 on speeddial!

My sister's phone is always calling me. She refuses to lock the keypad because it's an inconvenience to have to unlock it. WTF. You know what's inconvenient? 3 minutes of silence as a voicemail. Getting woken up because our 3 hour time difference means her phone gets jostled around on her way to work while I'm asleep. She wonders why I don't call... it's because I don't want to be at the top of her recent call list.


/sometimes you gotta rant

trancemission: Who the fark steals car stereos these days?

Came in here just for this.

Win

marcpen: It's even easier to do it in Britain where the emergency number is 999.

I'm sure if you dial 999 in the US you'll get 911. It should also work with 112, the Europe-wide number. If you dial 911 in Europe you'll get the emergency services.

mks113: My phone periodically calls home without me knowing it. First thing I know I hear my own voice coming from my belt region (home voice mail). Phone has keys locked, must be something to do with speed dial, speakerphone and me leaning over to do something.

I'm *not* putting 911 on speeddial!

Some phones have that built-in.

Calls are made unintentionally because the buttons get pushed accidentally, usually the Redial function.

Cell phones are always "on", but there's no one monitors them, and being "on" means only that they communicate with the cell towers in the interstitail times. They get commands to adjust their power as you move around in a cell, and they're handed off from cell tower to cell tower as you drive.

I listened to that whole damn recording and it was not nearly as satisfying as I had expected.

Does anyone not in high school bother upgrading their car audio system?

You don't triangulate cell-phone calls.

IKillBugs: turtleking: except for all the high end navigation units on ebay.................

Do you understand the difference between reduced, and eliminated?

Down 60% does not mean that thefts don't occur.

turtleking: but they cant find tupacs killer ?



/ or the democratic muslim scum responsible for the little girl in the irrigation pond


/gps chips for children

//or handguns

And what was this post supposed to mean?

I'm guessing trollking was taken so he had to settle for turtleking.

who steals stereos these days? seriously

tweekster: Does anyone not in high school bother upgrading their car audio system?

Guys who peaked in high school and coast through their 20s acting like they're still there?

FTFA: no one is quite sure how the phone suddenly spurted into action.

I can't say for certain, but I can hypothesize that it might have involved repetative lateral motions which culminated in the police coming.

FTA: Perhaps the vibrations from the nether regions of the teen, engendered by his excited pride at pulling off the Peoria Job, activated a one-touch button to 911 on the cell phone in his pocket.

Penis goes where?

IKillBugs: fluffy2097: There are still plenty of aftermarket systems that are stolen every day.

Hence, down 60%

fluffy2097: So yeah, Live in oakland and your stereo will get jacked.

That's the real problem, right there.


Exactly. Car stereo thefts are relatively uncommon these days. NPR had a nice report on it a week or two ago. Factory car stereos are much better these days and aftermarket ones are cheaper and nicer so the incentives for thieves just aren't there anymore. Now the GPS units are the hot item for theft because they are much easier to remove from the cars and much easier to put in the thieves' cars.

But, yeah... Oakland? lol There's his problem.

tweekster: Does anyone not in high school bother upgrading their car audio system?

Yes. I drive an older car and I threw my tapes out years ago and I wanted to listen to CD's & MP3's.

louiedog: tweekster: Does anyone not in high school bother upgrading their car audio system?

Guys who peaked in high school and coast through their 20s acting like they're still there?


Or people who just like a little extra kick in their music and enjoy tinkering with things (I'm a huge tinkerer).

When I got my new car a few months ago, I still had my old stereo system from my last car. So I installed the subwoofer and amp... Didn't cost me anything more than the short time it took me to get it all installed in the trunk. The factory head unit could be better, but it's adequate so I'm not bothering to mess with it (especially since it might be a little bit more of a pain in the ass to get the steering wheel controls to work).

I mostly listen to C-SPAN radio and NPR, but when I do play music I want it to have a nice full sound with a little kick - especially since my musical tastes are so varied. It makes those long trips a little less tedious when the tunes sound so nice.

tweekster: Does anyone not in high school bother upgrading their car audio system?

I'm a 30-something, and although I was really into big stereos when I was in high school, I'm all about sound quality now. I want my music to sound GOOD, dammit. I want to hear every subtle chord and feel the beat. My car came with a POS factory radio: 6 speakers with a combined weight under 4 pounds! The stock head unit was an in-dash 6-disc changer (that's good!) that wasn't MP3 compatible (that's bad) and had to be cranked way into distortionland to hear the music at all w/ the windows down. (that's bad)

A new head unit + decent door speakers + small subwoofer makes all the difference. And any decent head unit has a USB port these days. I fished mine down to my ashtray and plugged in an 8GB USB flash drive. I can put it on shuffle and drive coast to coast and back without hearing the same song twice. 150 hours of music...practically my entire MP3 collection. (FWIW, you can get 64GB flash drives for ~$100 now). When I get new songs, I just pull the flash drive from the ashtray, plug it into the desktop, re-sync with a mirrored folder, and plug it back into the car.

Yeah, I can't understand a word the kid is saying on that recording of the 911 call.

Never mind, apparently just the first 5 minutes are gibberish.

Car stereo thefts are still a big issue in Appleton, WI. One of my friend's cars was broken into a three times in the past two years. The second time it was broken into he was borrowing my old amps and subs, he also just had that cd player installed a week earlier.

Surprisingly, I accidentally left my ham radio hand held radio in the car, worth more than my amp and subs combined, yet they didn't steal that...

After he had two break-ins I finally decided it was time for an alarm for my car.

Pyr0: If you like your music to sound good, why do you listen to MP3s?

RamboFrog: UltraFark: The 911 operator is still on the line and records the cop arresting the kid. (They played the tape during the top of the hour news break.)

This whole thing is so...Power Ring Hour or something. I'd love to see this played out on "CSI".
/the perp's humiliation factor would be worth it.

Pyr0: 150 hours of music...practically my entire MP3 collection.


What, you downloading over dialup? ;)

I'm at 80 gigs for my music folder, and I feel like I've slacked at it...

mrmyxolodian: Pyr0: If you like your music to sound good, why do you listen to MP3s?

Because turntables are a biatch to install.

illicit: mrmyxolodian: Pyr0: If you like your music to sound good, why do you listen to MP3s?

Because turntables are a biatch to install.

DAT all the way!

/has a DAT sitting in a box in the garage that I paid $1200 for...