Second Life Forums Archive - Thank god for the Precogs

Taco Rubio

also quite creepy

Join date: 15 Feb 2004

Posts: 3,349

11-29-2005 14:42

"By mandate of the District of Columbia Precrime division, I'm placing you under arrest for the future murder of Sarah Marks and Donald Doobin that was to take place today, April 22, at oh-eight hundred hours, four minutes -- "
-- John Anderton (Tom Cruise), Minority Report, 2002.

"Any government needs to act to protect its own people.Ask yourself the question, if you were able to detain a terrorist responsible for the deaths of thousands of people before that act took place, absolutely a government would make every effort in order to do that."
-- Sean McCormack, U.S. State Department Spokesman, on secret prisons, Nov. 28th, 2005

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Gabe Lippmann

"Phone's ringing, Dude."

Join date: 14 Jun 2004

Posts: 4,219

11-29-2005 14:50

This makes total sense. Can we get this implemented in SL? Precogs for Pre-Banning. I would be happy to take charge of identifying who needs a good banning prior to them doing something stoopid. I'm totally trustworthy and unbiased.

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Ghoti Nyak

καλλιστι

Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

11-29-2005 19:06

Yup.

-Ghoti

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Ron Overdrive

Registered User

Join date: 10 Jul 2005

Posts: 1,002

11-29-2005 20:10

Better yet, make me "The One" with none of the bs catches and I'll remove every griefer in SL with my uber leet matrix moves and kung fu!

Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

11-29-2005 20:13

"I am NeoN... I am the OneN!"

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Kurgan Asturias

Apologist

Join date: 9 Oct 2005

Posts: 347

11-29-2005 21:33

From: Ghoti Nyak

Yup.

-Ghoti

What does that have to do with the OP's post (I have never seen Minority Report)? Unless you are saying that these 'lie detectors' are a good thing...

Canimal Zephyr

Mentally Ill

Join date: 16 Sep 2004

Posts: 705

11-30-2005 03:08

Well yeah you'd stop them but what do you do once you catch them? the whole point is once john anderton (I can't remember my bf's bday i can remember he's called john anderton..) knew what he was about to do he was able to "change his destiny. What punishment do you give, if any, to a man who was about to commit a crime but didn't cos you stopped him?

Also who wants to be a precog? Talk about a crappy job..

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Ben Bacon

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Join date: 14 Jul 2005

Posts: 809

11-30-2005 03:38

From: Canimal Zephyr

Also who wants to be a precog? Talk about a crappy job..

I was gonna be a precog - but fortuanately saw that it was gonna be a crappy job - so I quit before I started.

Selador Cellardoor

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Join date: 16 Nov 2003

Posts: 3,082

11-30-2005 04:03

Nice one - cheered me up on a bad morning.

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Ghoti Nyak

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Posts: 2,078

11-30-2005 07:09

From: Kurgan Asturias

What does that have to do with the OP's post (I have never seen Minority Report)? Unless you are saying that these 'lie detectors' are a good thing...

There was more than just a quote from Minority Report there.

From: someone

"Any government needs to act to protect its own people. Ask yourself the question, if you were able to detain a terrorist responsible for the deaths of thousands of people before that act took place, absolutely a government would make every effort in order to do that." -- Sean McCormack, U.S. State Department Spokesman, on secret prisons, Nov. 28th, 2005

I posted another example (besides secret prisons) of this type of thinking. Stopping crimes before they happen... whether it be with precognition or via making people take a lie detector test to get on an airplane.

-Ghoti

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Thank god for the Precogs
Taco Rubio also quite creepy Join date: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 3,349	11-29-2005 14:42 "By mandate of the District of Columbia Precrime division, I'm placing you under arrest for the future murder of Sarah Marks and Donald Doobin that was to take place today, April 22, at oh-eight hundred hours, four minutes -- " -- John Anderton (Tom Cruise), Minority Report, 2002. "Any government needs to act to protect its own people.Ask yourself the question, if you were able to detain a terrorist responsible for the deaths of thousands of people before that act took place, absolutely a government would make every effort in order to do that." -- Sean McCormack, U.S. State Department Spokesman, on secret prisons, Nov. 28th, 2005 _____________________ From: Torley Linden We can't be clear enough, ever, in our communication.
Gabe Lippmann "Phone's ringing, Dude." Join date: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 4,219	11-29-2005 14:50 This makes total sense. Can we get this implemented in SL? Precogs for Pre-Banning. I would be happy to take charge of identifying who needs a good banning prior to them doing something stoopid. I'm totally trustworthy and unbiased. _____________________ go to Nocturnal Threads
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	11-29-2005 19:06 Yup. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Ron Overdrive Registered User Join date: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,002	11-29-2005 20:10 Better yet, make me "The One" with none of the bs catches and I'll remove every griefer in SL with my uber leet matrix moves and kung fu!
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	11-29-2005 20:13 "I am NeoN... I am the OneN!" Photo hosting courtesy of Snapzilla: Got happy Second Life memories? Save your past today! _____________________
Kurgan Asturias Apologist Join date: 9 Oct 2005 Posts: 347	11-29-2005 21:33 From: Ghoti Nyak Yup. -Ghoti What does that have to do with the OP's post (I have never seen Minority Report)? Unless you are saying that these 'lie detectors' are a good thing...
Canimal Zephyr Mentally Ill Join date: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 705	11-30-2005 03:08 Well yeah you'd stop them but what do you do once you catch them? the whole point is once john anderton (I can't remember my bf's bday i can remember he's called john anderton..) knew what he was about to do he was able to "change his destiny. What punishment do you give, if any, to a man who was about to commit a crime but didn't cos you stopped him? Also who wants to be a precog? Talk about a crappy job.. _____________________ Canimal (209, 66, 27) On SLExchange Blog.
Ben Bacon Registered User Join date: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 809	11-30-2005 03:38 From: Canimal Zephyr Also who wants to be a precog? Talk about a crappy job.. I was gonna be a precog - but fortuanately saw that it was gonna be a crappy job - so I quit before I started.
Selador Cellardoor Registered User Join date: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 3,082	11-30-2005 04:03 Nice one - cheered me up on a bad morning. _____________________
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	11-30-2005 07:09 From: Kurgan Asturias What does that have to do with the OP's post (I have never seen Minority Report)? Unless you are saying that these 'lie detectors' are a good thing... There was more than just a quote from Minority Report there. From: someone "Any government needs to act to protect its own people. Ask yourself the question, if you were able to detain a terrorist responsible for the deaths of thousands of people before that act took place, absolutely a government would make every effort in order to do that." -- Sean McCormack, U.S. State Department Spokesman, on secret prisons, Nov. 28th, 2005 I posted another example (besides secret prisons) of this type of thinking. Stopping crimes before they happen... whether it be with precognition or via making people take a lie detector test to get on an airplane. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

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