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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
This may not be so far from the truth. I have a hard time believing something this serious could result from a careless mistake by a single individual.
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Yes and no. Systems like this need to be more than a "one button press and panic ensues"...but they also can't be too overly complicated so that if something happens, SOMEONE can get the warning out.
The "Plastic Shield" button comes to mind. Anyone can flip the shield up and press the button, if they have to, and they are the last person there, for instance...but you should have to lift the shield, which being a conscious act, should ensure that the button needs to be pushed.
Computers are complicating the plastic shield idea. You should probably have something behind a password, but unless everyone knows it...you can't have it behind a password sort of thing.