Bwaaaa haaaa haaaa...the stupid shall be punished!

[Medic624]

This guys phone calls 911 at the worst (for him) possible time...ha ha ha

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[jimlongley]

Unfortunately, not a permanent removal from the gene pool, and I'll bet he's already complaining to his pals about how unfair, and planning the next one.

[Middle Age Russ]

No doubt he will be complaining about rotten luck. If he has any sense at all, he may come to the conclusion that this was a warning about the direction his life was headed and begin making better decisions.

[knotquiteawake]

Thats scary (Like in Big Brother is watching you kind of way). How exactly did they know he was at the Waffle House unless they had access to the GPS on the phone? Triangulating with the cell towers doesn't get you that close.

[i8godzilla]

Thats scary (Like in Big Brother is watching you kind of way). How exactly did they know he was at the Waffle House unless they had access to the GPS on the phone? Triangulating with the cell towers doesn't get you that close.

Enhanced 911 gets them really close. Location data can also be sent from the phone to the PSAP if the PSAP is equipped to receive it. On most mobile phones, even if you turn-off the sharing of location data some devices will send it on E911 regardless of the phone setting.

Normally, this is a good thing. Think about needing emergency services on the side of the road and not knowing what the name of the road is or the mile marker. However, privacy advocates believe that the phone user should still be able to control the location data information regardless if it is an E911 call or not.

There has been some press recently about iPhones automatically sharing location data. That was followed up by some Android and R.I.M. (Blackberry) devices also doing the same. Some applications that are loaded on these devices automatically override the user setting. Some with user consent some without.

BTW: I was doing triangulation back in the 70s and early 80s with targets located thousands of miles away. We could get within 100m sometimes even closer depending on the number of locations that were able to report azimuth information. We even used single site location by determining the angle of the signal as it bounced off the ionosphere, using simple geometry we could locate within 50m.

[jimlongley]

BTW: I was doing triangulation back in the 70s and early 80s with targets located thousands of miles away. We could get within 100m sometimes even closer depending on the number of locations that were able to report azimuth information. We even used single site location by determining the angle of the signal as it bounced off the ionosphere, using simple geometry we could locate within 50m.

Fox hunting on ham radio with compasses and topo maps, and we were able to find hidden transmitters regularly.

[mamabearCali]

Gotta say that is pretty rotten luck. Maybe just maybe this can be a wake up call to not do stupid stuff anymore.

[RPB]

BTW: I was doing triangulation back in the 70s and early 80s with targets located thousands of miles away. We could get within 100m sometimes even closer depending on the number of locations that were able to report azimuth information. We even used single site location by determining the angle of the signal as it bounced off the ionosphere, using simple geometry we could locate within 50m.

Fox hunting on ham radio with compasses and topo maps, and we were able to find hidden transmitters regularly.

Back when CBs had to get licenses, even they had "rabbit hunts" in cars all over Houston streets, before it became a fad

[Dragonfighter]

No doubt he will be complaining about rotten luck. If he has any sense at all, he may come to the conclusion that this was a warning about the direction his life was headed and begin making better decisions.

I ran on a guy who had been shot in the head dealing drugs. There was a fist sized chunk of cerebrum on the concrete. I was actually assessing the others when he spoke! He was lucid, said he couldn't see and that his head hurt

We hauled him in and the ER doc said he probably wouldn't make it because of brain stem swelling. Four months later I picked up a sick kid and had mom with me. We started talking about her neighborhood and I brought this fellow up.

She said, "Oh, you mean Billy _______ ."
I said, "Yup, I suppose he didn't make it."
"Oh yes he did, he walks with a limp but that's it."
"Well hopefully he learned from it."
"Nope, he's still out doing the same stuff."

My point is, when you are that stupid self improvement is not likely.