If one employee can cause a panic by simply pushing one button by mistake, then whoever designed the system should be fired.
Want to bet it was an I will show Trump millennial ala Reality Winner?
"Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn ordered a celebratory five-minute sounding of the city's air-raid sirens. The late-night wail, at a time when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's threat to bury America was still fresh, frightened tens of thousands of area residents. Many rushed to the streets. Others herded hysterical children to shelter. "We had seven children under 9 and woke them all up when the sirens screamed," said Mrs. Earl Gough of the South Side. "We said Hail Marys together in the basement." Quinn apologized but also argued that the incident provided "a very good test" of the area's readiness, which he found wanting. Mayor Richard J. Daley claimed Quinn acted in accordance with a City Council proclamation that "there shall be whistles and sirens blowing and there shall be great happiness when the White Sox win the pennant."
Confused by Test missile alert” and Missile alert.
Why you never hire by the quota system.
Hmm?
Given the explanation is honest, the problem with the Hawaii incident may not be user error per se, but an “ergonomically” incorrect computer graphics user interface (GUI) design.
More specifically, depending on if the missile options in the drop-down menu are next to each other, sometimes, when the computer has better things to do than to closely track mouse movements in a drop-down list, I actually have to momentarily pause for the computer to catch up and hilite the selection under the cursor before clicking.
Otherwise, another option may get selected.
Other times, when I’m in a hurry, and the selections in the drop-down menu have somehow moved closer to each other, I clumsily click the wrong option.
Again, I wonder if the missile alert options in this case are next to each other in the drop-down menu?
There are several options for programmers to make the right selection fail-safe, employing optional modifier keys for example. But if GUI ergonomics are where the problem really is then this issue may be a root GUI design problem.
Democrats cannot even trusted to push the right button.
A Dem fuctionary in a Dem state just ‘War of the Worlds’ their entire statewide voter base.
At least they are now NOT in charge of more important buttons.
This story can’t be true. Jamie Lee Curtis said it was Trump’s fault and that’s all that matters.
I wonder if that dimwit walk that back yet on Twitter?
Apologies to any freepers who may be competent government employees, but I have to say that I have almost NEVER encountered a competent government employee and I deal with them all the time. Blithering fools in most cases.
The employee was breaking Walnuts and hit the button by mistake , TWICE
“Wave of panic????????????????????