On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Rony Bill wrote:
rejecting it, is your own individual choice. The last idea, I agree is a mechanical one but consider a scenerio where Linus Tarvolds visits India
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and gets trapped in a lift during a fire. If he uses the cranking lever
GASP!!
This is the most far fetched scenario described. I think and hope that most modern lifts are better and can cope up with such emergencies.