Public Enemy - 911 is a Joke (1990)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters link it as a pun or ironic reference in threads about 911 and emergency services.
What it is
The 1990 Public Enemy song 911 Is a Joke from the album Fear of a Black Planet, about slow emergency response.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2016 to 2020.
What Hacker News said
Cites kens · 2016-06 · on “When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers”
Complaints about 911 have a long history; I'll point out the 1990 hit rap song "911 is a joke" by Public Enemy. The video seems extremely dated now, though: [this video]
Cites iheartpotatoes · 2018-12 · on “911 emergency services go down across the US after CenturyLink outage”
From 1990, these guys were so ahead of their time (yea, I know, institutional racism != IT infrastructure, but still...): [this video]
Cites PaulHoule · 2020-07 · on “Senate Report on 5G: Recipe for Disaster”
Like most 5G articles that attempt to rebut 5G hysteria (5G causes autism, ...) it fails to realize that people are just right to be suspicious about a technology that has no credible benefits and no constituency other than equipment vendors. Telecom carriers have had no interest in 5G. From the invention of the internet to the 3G age telecom vendors felt out of control of their financial destiny (MCI Worldcomm's fraud forced them invest in intercity optic fiber capacity they never would have built otherwise. Most of that capacity lies fallow too because they've had an "investment strike" against building optic fiber out to the last mile) With 4G they got back on top and had no interest in c
Cites microtherion · 2020-09 · on “'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions”
> In many parts of the United States when you call 911, you're lucky if anyone shows up within an hour. And not necessarily only rural parts: [this video]