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The thing is, he is more correct on another issue. The 404 page will help but the REAL issue is location-based reporting. The real problem why I can't find mis
by GrandMasterBirt 17y ago
The thing is, he is more correct on another issue. The 404 page will help but the REAL issue is location-based reporting.
The real problem why I can't find missing kids is because I don't know which ones are missing in my area. The down side is that I won't get to see kids missing in CA while I am in NY and the CA kid was taken to NY.
The idea is: we need a service where given a person's location we can generate the right set of missing children (those who are from the area, or might have gone to the area).
After that we just need to put this information everywhere where important information is not displayed (free areas) like 404 pages, or anything or "please wait while we process xyz data, o and look at these missing children vs this progress bar"
- bluesmoon 17y agoI'll update my implementation later today with a geoip lookup. It will only work in the US and Canada, but that's better than nothing.
- joe_the_user 17y agoUh, The authorities don't know which children are missing in your area either. Most child kidnappers are clever enough to move locations and not tell people. There could be exceptions but it movement seems to be more the rule.
- cryptnoob 17y ago"The Database" if such a thing existed, should have a field for "probable state". This field could be filled in by the police detective in charge of the case. Most "kidnappings" are just parents stealing their kid from the parent that got custody. While a formal accusation of that parent, sans evidence, is and should be, illegal, if the mom says, "I think my ex is working on a fishing boat in Alaska", putting AK in the probable field is a good bet. Services like this could then geo-ip serve content based on state abducted, and state probable.