Trapped in a Lift, I Used Mosh to Escape
Mosh in a Lift (2012)
Iain Learmonth recounts being trapped in a malfunctioning lift in Aberdeen, where the alarm button only made noise and his phone had almost no signal. After an hour of panic, he managed to connect to his flat's WiFi and used mosh, a remote shell tool, to send an email via the SDF MetaArray. Within minutes, the fire brigade was called, and the lift miraculously started working again. The incident highlights the importance of resilient communication tools and the absurdity of a metal box without a phone.
mosh can cope with this high level of packet loss and worked a hell of a lot better than I'd expected to.
- andai
I once had internet only through the wifi of a cafe that was a little ways away. As I recall the average speed was 2.5 kB/s.
The web didn't work at all, but I was able to use mosh, so I used w3m (terminal based web browser) on my VPS and was able to have a reasonably pleasant time on the web.
- opinologo
Sending an email for an emergency! I thought it would only happen on IT Crowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBfxjSFAxQ
- sarreph
What are you supposed to do if you get stuck in a lift and you don't have your laptop (or zero cell signal for example)?