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Title: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: Linda on June 12, 2013, 06:46:17 AM
Person of Interest - Behind the Machine

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Published on Jul 13, 2012

You are being watched. The machine sees everything. The government wouldn't act so Reese and Finch did. Go Behind the Machine with 'Person of Interest' Executive Producers J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, and Greg Plageman. Watch Thursdays 9/8c ONLY CBS!

WOW!!!! Makes you wonder, Did the government get the idea from Hollywood? Or did Hollywood get the idea from the government?
George Orwell's 1984 come to life.
Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: Dori on June 12, 2013, 02:48:37 PM
Person of Interest - Behind the Machine


WOW!!!! Makes you wonder, Did the government get the idea from Hollywood? Or did Hollywood get the idea from the government?
George Orwell's 1984 come to life.

Speaking of Orwell's "1984", the book's sales have soared in the past week.  Maybe people are finally catching on.



Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: thundley4 on June 12, 2013, 03:01:02 PM
Person of Interest - Behind the Machine

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WOW!!!! Makes you wonder, Did the government get the idea from Hollywood? Or did Hollywood get the idea from the government?
George Orwell's 1984 come to life.

It's a good show, but it's based on the right people having access to the information, not the government.

Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: Linda on June 12, 2013, 03:16:13 PM
It's a good show, but it's based on the right people having access to the information, not the government.



I know, you're right. I love the show. Too bad it isn't the right people with access to the information and good intentions when using it, and NOT the government as it is now.
Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: Big Dog on June 12, 2013, 03:25:55 PM
It's a good show, but it's based on the right people having access to the information, not the government.


The flip side of that is crime procedurals which portray an all-seeing intrusive government which ignores the Constiution as a good thing, as long as it's used for the  "right" purpose.

Examples:

NCIS. Agent McGee "hacks" into everything from tollbooth cameras, to Western Union money transfers, to the CIA's mainframe; and can instantly access any e-mail account on Earth.  NCIS never shows Agent McGee sitting in a courtroom explaining to a jury how he  obtained the information, nor do they show Gibbs submitting an affidavit to a Federal magistrate for an arrest warrant, using the illegally obtained evidence.  If you think about it, you have never seen a member of NCIS testifying at trial for anyone they arrested; the story ends with the arrest or killing of the suspect.

Criminal Minds. Garcia, the "former hacker", is the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit's technical guru. She can find the most obscure data and combine it to drill down to one person in the entire US. "I'm cross-referencing red BMW 5- series cars registered in the state of Oregon with brunettes who paid for manicures with a credit card last Tuesday, and the killer is....(the person we least expected)". Using this information, the stereotypically diverse team will drive like hell for 2 minutes and save the latest victim, just as the criminal is about to cut out her tongue with a grapefruit spoon.

4th Amendment? What 4th Amendment?
Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: thundley4 on June 12, 2013, 03:34:44 PM
We watched a new series pilot for a show called King &Maxwell (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2799960/?ref_=tt_ep_pr) .  The show was relevant to the news.

Basically, a PRISM like program was used by "a highly functional autistic savant" that was good with numbers to determine threats and trends.

Oh yeah, and it stars Rebecca Romijn and showed side boobage.   :-)
Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: Airwolf on June 13, 2013, 10:48:12 PM

The flip side of that is crime procedurals which portray an all-seeing intrusive government which ignores the Constiution as a good thing, as long as it's used for the  "right" purpose.

Examples:

NCIS. Agent McGee "hacks" into everything from tollbooth cameras, to Western Union money transfers, to the CIA's mainframe; and can instantly access any e-mail account on Earth.  NCIS never shows Agent McGee sitting in a courtroom explaining to a jury how he  obtained the information, nor do they show Gibbs submitting an affidavit to a Federal magistrate for an arrest warrant, using the illegally obtained evidence.  If you think about it, you have never seen a member of NCIS testifying at trial for anyone they arrested; the story ends with the arrest or killing of the suspect.

Criminal Minds. Garcia, the "former hacker", is the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit's technical guru. She can find the most obscure data and combine it to drill down to one person in the entire US. "I'm cross-referencing red BMW 5- series cars registered in the state of Oregon with brunettes who paid for manicures with a credit card last Tuesday, and the killer is....(the person we least expected)". Using this information, the stereotypically diverse team will drive like hell for 2 minutes and save the latest victim, just as the criminal is about to cut out her tongue with a grapefruit spoon.

4th Amendment? What 4th Amendment?

This seasons last episode of NCIS ended with Gibbs having to try and justify all of those dead bodies and other things to some guy with the worse case of "I'm going to get you" in a long time.  We will have to wait till the season opener to find out what happens.
Title: Re: Person of Interest - Behind the Machine
Post by: obumazombie on June 13, 2013, 11:06:09 PM
Speaking of Orwell's "1984", the book's sales have soared in the past week.  Maybe people are finally catching on.




I heard it was out of print and sold out.