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Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of

Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting. We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMTVXcvGoo This actually foreshadows a future where petty crime becomes very difficult. Not only will there be more cameras, but software will improve to the point where it can recognize suspicious behavior and unrecognized persons and anticipate crime. Maybe even zoom in on it, call other mobile cameras to the scene to capture the action from multiple angles, track the criminal until law enforcement can get to them, alerting the neighbors to steer clear. And criminals will have their countermeasures. Burglaries may be performed by robots that fly into your garage as the door closes when you leave for the office.

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- stretchwithme 16y ago
  Yeah, that's a good idea once motion has been detected by a computer. I just saw a Nova program about elevators where this guy was stuck in an elevator for 41 hours and there were paid humans on duty the entire time who had video they never looked at. Here's the story: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/trapped-in-an-elevator-captured-on-video/ I think the case was settled for $200,000. A motion detector would have more reliably sounded the alarm or some electronic sensor indicating the elevator was stuck. I have to wonder sometimes if people in old industries like this know what's going on.
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pbiggar 16y ago
> Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course you're right that in general people must be held accountable for their crimes. However, it's somewhat different for children, who need and deserve some protection from the stupid things they do in their youth. I fully support the punishment of the children, and any and all legal ramifications they receive, but I don't believe they should be help accountable forever. I suspect that when these kids go for jobs in 10 years, the first result in Google will be the post with their names and their foolish youthful actions.
- bbuffone 16y ago
  "the first result in Google will be the post with their names and their foolish youthful actions..." Actually it won't be... Google works like the world does. If these kids were to do more valuable things with there time and be recognized for that, then these pages with fall in their ranking.
  - pbiggar 16y ago
    Perhaps, but their attempts to do valuable things will be more difficult. They'll have a very hard time beating a viral video before they apply to college, and getting into college is going to be incredibly difficult once the selection committee Googles them.
    - jimbokun 16y ago
      "They'll have a very hard time beating a viral video before they apply to college, and getting into college is going to be incredibly difficult once the selection committee Googles them." Are you saying that these kids should be admitted into college over kids that don't throw rocks at people and destroy other people's property?
      - akgerber 16y ago
        There are plenty of decent-quality state universities that have essentially mechanistic admissions by functions of GPA, class rank, & standardized test scores.
    - stretchwithme 16y ago
      I think they'll learn more by being held accountable for their actions than being given a pass.
- sofuture 16y ago
  Cry me a river! If the worst of the things that I did as a kid showed up in my Google results I'd still be hireable. Why? Because I was a goody two-shoes who never did anything wrong? Nope! So why, then? Because while I was maybe mischievous, I wasn't a malicious little shit doing pointlessly antagonistic and destructive things.

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stretchwithme 16y ago
Yeah, that's a good idea once motion has been detected by a computer. I just saw a Nova program about elevators where this guy was stuck in an elevator for 41 hours and there were paid humans on duty the entire time who had video they never looked at. Here's the story: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/trapped-in-an-elevator-captured-on-video/ I think the case was settled for $200,000. A motion detector would have more reliably sounded the alarm or some electronic sensor indicating the elevator was stuck. I have to wonder sometimes if people in old industries like this know what's going on.

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pbiggar 16y ago

> Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course you're right that in general people must be held accountable for their crimes. However, it's somewhat different for children, who need and deserve some protection from the stupid things they do in their youth. I fully support the punishment of the children, and any and all legal ramifications they receive, but I don't believe they should be help accountable forever. I suspect that when these kids go for jobs in 10 years, the first result in Google will be the post with their names and their foolish youthful actions.

bbuffone 16y ago
"the first result in Google will be the post with their names and their foolish youthful actions..." Actually it won't be... Google works like the world does. If these kids were to do more valuable things with there time and be recognized for that, then these pages with fall in their ranking.
- pbiggar 16y ago
  Perhaps, but their attempts to do valuable things will be more difficult. They'll have a very hard time beating a viral video before they apply to college, and getting into college is going to be incredibly difficult once the selection committee Googles them.
  - jimbokun 16y ago
    "They'll have a very hard time beating a viral video before they apply to college, and getting into college is going to be incredibly difficult once the selection committee Googles them." Are you saying that these kids should be admitted into college over kids that don't throw rocks at people and destroy other people's property?
    - akgerber 16y ago
      There are plenty of decent-quality state universities that have essentially mechanistic admissions by functions of GPA, class rank, & standardized test scores.
  - stretchwithme 16y ago
    I think they'll learn more by being held accountable for their actions than being given a pass.
sofuture 16y ago
Cry me a river! If the worst of the things that I did as a kid showed up in my Google results I'd still be hireable. Why? Because I was a goody two-shoes who never did anything wrong? Nope! So why, then? Because while I was maybe mischievous, I wasn't a malicious little shit doing pointlessly antagonistic and destructive things.