iPhone用戶呼籲 千萬不要對Siri說'108'!

People of a certain age will remember the Ask Jeeves search engine and, more importantly, what fun it was to type in rude questions to see what the long-suffering butler might say.

上了年紀的人會記得Ask Jeeves這個搜索引擎，更重要的是，輸入一些無禮的問題來看這個長久以來受苦受難的“管家”會如何回答，那是非常有趣的一件事。

Jeeves may no longer be around, but now everyone with an iPhone or iPad has something similar with Apple's voice assistant, Siri.

Jeeves可能不復存在了，但是現在所有的iPhone或是iPad用戶在和蘋果語音助手Siri交流時，都會遇到類似的情況。

Siri has been on hand to help since 2010 and, like Jeeves before her, it's also possible to have a little fun with her.

從2010年起Siri就一直在幫助用戶，就像之前的Jeeves一樣，和她交流也同樣有樂趣。

For example, if you ask Siri to borrow some money, she'll sagely reply with, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

例如如果你向Siri借錢，她會一本正經地回答你：“我既不是借款人也不是貸款人。”

Sometimes, however, the harmless Siri fun can stray into something more serious - and potentially harmful.

但是，與Siri開一些看似無害的玩笑，有時可能會導致很嚴重的後果--很可能是有害的。

iPhone users have been taking to Twitter recently telling others to say the number 108 to Siri, adding things like, "You'll thank me later."

最近，一些iPhone用戶在推特上要求其他用戶對Siri說“108”，並且補充道：“稍後你會感謝我的。”

Saying 108 will in fact put you through to the emergency services in the UK. This is because 108 is the equivalent of 999 in India, writes The Sun.

《太陽報》報道稱，事實上，對Siri說“108”會使你連接到英國的緊急服務。這是因爲“108”相當於印度的“999”。

So what Siri does is recognise it as an emergency call, and puts you through to the services in your area.

所以，Siri所做的是將它視爲一個緊急呼叫，並使你連接到所在地區的緊急服務部門。

Other numbers includes in similar pranks are: 112,110, 000 and the US number 911.

而其他會造成相似的鬧劇的號碼還包括：112、110、000以及美國的911。

What makes this prank particularly inadvisable are the thinly stretched resources of our emergency services.

這個惡作劇尤其不可取的原因是，它會分散我們的緊急服務資源。