tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4445048164768265033..comments2024-03-18T22:27:20.948-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Time Travel: The Next Thing in Police Procedurals Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29552589364377705012015-09-15T05:16:57.506-04:002015-09-15T05:16:57.506-04:00Sorry, probably should have mentioned author's...Sorry, probably should have mentioned author's name! Peter F Hamilton.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16962101466686404182015-09-15T05:16:29.066-04:002015-09-15T05:16:29.066-04:00I read THE GREAT NORTH ROAD by one of my favourite...I read THE GREAT NORTH ROAD by one of my favourite sci-fi authors earlier this year, which has a kind of smart dust embedded in the city streets to allow 24/7 surveillance of just about everything. He also used 3D printing technology to great effect in this book.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-24764565801320443772015-09-14T14:37:18.934-04:002015-09-14T14:37:18.934-04:00I imagine you are exactly right about this. As I ...I imagine you are exactly right about this. As I walk past the 19th century buildings in my downtown NYC neighborhood and see the very lovely NYU coeds in their scanty summer attire, I often think how scandalized the original inhabitants of these structures would be if they saw a girl in black bra and panties covered by a transparent pale gray dress walk by. And how amazing to find that she is Japanese! Tempus fugit! Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-18913981095985801562015-09-14T14:32:19.876-04:002015-09-14T14:32:19.876-04:00I already have them both on my Netflix queue. Se...I already have them both on my Netflix queue. Secret Agent is not available in the original yet, only the Ian McKellan remake, but Disk One of the Prisoner is not at the top of my queue. :)Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77275020641834883132015-09-14T14:02:04.068-04:002015-09-14T14:02:04.068-04:00The follow up show I believe was called "The ...The follow up show I believe was called "The Prisoner" and the only thing I remember him riding about in was a big bubble. <br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-85562449937056520282015-09-14T13:49:19.856-04:002015-09-14T13:49:19.856-04:00Yes, scary as hell. But you can get a glimpse of ...Yes, scary as hell. But you can get a glimpse of it by what's now going on with people filming police officers who are thus being held far more accountable than they ever have. I hope not to see it in my lifetime (as I grew up accustomed to my privacy), but I can well imagine a time when EVERYONE is required to wear a "body cam" (essentially) when they leave their private residence, and the recordings are, by law, stored "in the cloud," and everyone has access to them. That means everyone has the means to watch everyone, everyone IS "the watchers" in the public space, and all searches (watches) of those records will ALSO be publicly available, so not only can anyone search the records, but anyone can also search and see who is SEARCHING the records. Goodbye "public privacy," but also goodbye kidnapping, assaults and murders in public spaces, drug dealing, abuse of power, police corruption. Hide in the "private space?" Up to a point, but you still have to spend your money largely in the public space, or the things you spend large amounts of money on are publicly visible.<br /><br />It IS a scary proposition, but I can well imagine that people will adapt and adjust to that level of exposure. WE are MUCH different in our attitudes and expectations than people 150 years ago could ever have imagined. I expect people 100 years from now to be many times FURTHER different in their life experiences from what we could imagine or stomach. These things don't happen over night, with the flipping of a switch or the passage of a law, but society WILL change and adapt. It has no choice.<br /><br />For good or ill...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-62974285323767581992015-09-14T12:41:06.643-04:002015-09-14T12:41:06.643-04:00I agree. BUT. How do we watch the watchers? The...I agree. BUT. How do we watch the watchers? They have the means to watch all of us. What are our means? That's the part that is hard. And there are many people who imagine that only the guilty are risk in a police state. It scares me.<br />Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89007445493886082422015-09-14T12:10:16.456-04:002015-09-14T12:10:16.456-04:00I remember many years ago when I read an article f...I remember many years ago when I read an article from an author (a well-known science fiction author, David Brin, I believe) proposing that society would need a "no secrets" law. In other words, it would be illegal to conceal ANYTHING, outside of the privacy of your home (I assume). At first it seemed a shocking proposal to me, but as a couple of decades have passed and technology moves on, I've often revisited the idea, and think it MAY be the only solution. As you pointed out, technology is rapidly moving us in the direction of very little privacy, and eventually the only defense may be to KNOW with certainty WHO is using it and WHY, at all times.<br /><br />Who watches the watchmen? The only real answer there can be: the watched, each and every one.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21712489672103809452015-09-14T11:56:36.504-04:002015-09-14T11:56:36.504-04:00It is DEFINITELY time to watch Secret Agent again....It is DEFINITELY time to watch Secret Agent again. And stay in NYC! The odds of being left alone to go about one's business are still quite excellent here.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43143973845086363882015-09-14T10:46:48.427-04:002015-09-14T10:46:48.427-04:00Yes, but he did get a Lotus Se7en to play with, Je...Yes, but he did get a Lotus Se7en to play with, Jeff.<br /><br />It must be tough for sic-fi writers now because technological strides keep being made that fiction seem behind the times. Having said that, there used to be a company in the UK who made armoured limos that included a 'direction-of-fire' indicator to allow the occupants to de-bus on the safest side of the vehicle. Sounds like the latest tech, doesn't it? But it was actually in the late 60s or early 70s.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15971529666483499922015-09-14T09:30:01.950-04:002015-09-14T09:30:01.950-04:00Do you remember Patrick McGoohan playing the title...Do you remember Patrick McGoohan playing the title role in the "Secret Agent" TV series? If so, do you remember where he ended up once leaving Her Manesty's service? In a place that just came to life in your post! All is known, flee. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com