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Re: List of Special Elevator Modes

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Post by nybble41 » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

ars wrote: post #207

nybble41 wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A prohibition on "creation" is over-broad. Any action taken purposefully can be considered an act of creation. That would include choosing to adhere to the law (thus creating a world where there is more compliance with the law) even if that takes the form of deliberately doing nothing. The only way I can think of to completely avoid creating anything would be to remain unconscious the entire time, thus preventing you…

Judaism has a specific list of what counts as creation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39_Melachot

Yes, that is understood. My point was that if the intention was to prohibit "acts of creation" then the official list is woefully incomplete, and rather arbitrary; other acts which could equally well be considered "creation" under the same reasoning are not prohibited. (Mostly IMHO because if said reasoning were applied consistently it would be impossible to follow the law, regardless of what one did or did not do.) It leaves the impression that "creation" is merely an excuse or after-the-fact rationalization, not the actual reason for the prohibition.

Re: List of Special Elevator Modes

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Post by mmastrac » Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 6:13 AM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #203

mmastrac wrote: post #39

My university had an elevator with a special three-button keypress that took you to a dark sub-basement full of asbestos warnings and terrifyingly dark that wasn't listed on the display.

So you'd hold down all 3 buttons at once, or press them in a specific sequence, or...? When you did this, did the floor indicator show anything different? And where (what country) was this?

It was three floor buttons at the same time. I cannot recall what the floor indicator said, but the elevator was quite old and might not have even had one.

This was at the University of Calgary, engineering buildings (circa 2000)

Re: List of Special Elevator Modes

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Post by exikyut » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:50 AM UTC

mmastrac wrote: post #212

exikyut wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you'd hold down all 3 buttons at once, or press them in a specific sequence, or...? When you did this, did the floor indicator show anything different? And where (what country) was this?

It was three floor buttons at the same time. I cannot recall what the floor indicator said, but the elevator was quite old and might not have even had one. This was at the University of Calgary, engineering buildings (circa 2000)

Interesting! Thanks very much for the info. Now to find the other lifts out there with controllers from around the same time period that operate similarly... :)

Re: List of Special Elevator Modes

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Post by mmastrac » Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 8:35 PM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #213

mmastrac wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was three floor buttons at the same time. I cannot recall what the floor indicator said, but the elevator was quite old and might not have even had one. This was at the University of Calgary, engineering buildings (circa 2000)

Interesting! Thanks very much for the info. Now to find the other lifts out there with controllers from around the same time period that operate similarly... :)

IIRC it felt like a late 70s/early 80s elevator. No manual controls, but the first style of automated elevators. The buildings were completed in the late 60s. I assume that these were probably installed at the beginning.