Re: Surveillance Technology

den Otter (neosapient@geocities.com)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:56:49 +0100

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> From: mark@unicorn.com

> Peter C. McCluskey [pcm@rahul.net] wrote:
> >By the standards you are using here, almost all evidence is a joke. Are
> >you arguing against using evidence, or did you have some other point in
> >mind?
>
> Video evidence is a joke. Anyone who trusts it is an idiot. No
non-sentient
> witness can be trusted.

ROTFL. Right, of course a sentient witness *can* be trusted. Nope, people don't have notoriously bad memories (proven in tests) when it comes to giving even the most basic details of an event, and nope, they don't have such things as personal agendas, prejudices etc., and they certainly can't be manipulated either, no way!

In other words, no matter how flawed automated (video) surveillance may be, it certainly beats the living crap out of the primitive method of relying on human (eye) witnesses. And *improvemt* is what counts.

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> From: mark@unicorn.com

> Peter C. McCluskey [pcm@rahul.net] = wrote:
> >By the standards you are using here, almost all = evidence is a joke. Are
> >you arguing against using evidence, = or did you have some other point in
> >mind?
>
> = Video evidence is a joke. Anyone who trusts it is an idiot. No = non-sentient
> witness can be trusted.

ROTFL. Right, of = course a sentient witness *can* be trusted. Nope,
people don't have = notoriously bad memories (proven in tests) when
it comes to giving = even the most basic details of an event, and nope,
they don't have = such things as personal agendas, prejudices etc.,
and they certainly = can't be manipulated either, no way!

In other words, no matter = how flawed automated (video) surveillance
may be, it certainly beats = the living crap out of the primitive method of
relying on human (eye) = witnesses. And *improvemt* is what counts.

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