TKO - Built for disaster

I am horrified about this news announcement about Apple has been granted a patent for placing a call with 911 by fingerprint recognition patterns. It should in my opinion be illegal to patent anything that has to do with matters regarding 911 or any emergency on which someones life is depending upon. I thought this was the intention of anyone being able to use any phone without unlocking and call 911 (or wahtever number you use in your country). I understand that this patent was filed in the olden days and even mentions earphones connected to this 3.5mm connector, which Apple today does not utilize any more, and I get that you have a "secret" pattern that allows you to call 911 in disguise... but still. It is of course the way articles are headlined to attract the readers eye, and the text, if you bother to read it, explains in more detail. Just my 2 cents...

We had been talking about it a lot. But as so many times before time went on and nothing happened. Yesterday we went to the National Gallery of Victoria and decided that this time it would really happen. We would wake up our cultural parts of the brain once and for all. Kids had surprised us by talking wide and loud about Vincent van Gogh and hos beautiful Starry Night is, and how they tried to replicate the sunflowers in class. Oh wait... I really felt left behind in this. So on we went, this time it would really happen. But oh what a disappointment. This was the last weekend of the exhibition in Australia before the paintings are taken down, packed in wooden boxes, insurances checked and shipped to the next stop, wherever it may be. I know so much, it won't be near, and it won't be back. Queues were horrendous... So we decided to come back early on Saturday morning, they open at 8am, and that's when we were going to be there. No later than 8am. And for once w...