Comments on: Cellphone app could help illegal immigrants http://futurismic.com/2009/12/04/cellphone-app-could-help-illegal-immigrants/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dean http://futurismic.com/2009/12/04/cellphone-app-could-help-illegal-immigrants/comment-page-1/#comment-58638 Dean Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:03:25 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9754#comment-58638 I support that app 100%. Screw the border patrol. And cheers to whoever it is that invented this! I support that app 100%. Screw the border patrol.

And cheers to whoever it is that invented this!

]]> By: Tom Marcinko http://futurismic.com/2009/12/04/cellphone-app-could-help-illegal-immigrants/comment-page-1/#comment-58622 Tom Marcinko Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:48:14 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9754#comment-58622 Dying of exposure in the desert sounds pretty bad no matter how you slice it. However, I'm not weighing in right now on the pros or cons of this. There are others in the article linked to (which was, I thought, reasonably fair and balanced and quoted law enforcement as well as activists). I just thought it was interesting, and does indeed have futurehead-y implications. Wouldn't be surprised if apps did exist for smugglers of anything. Could be handy for refugees on other continents. Etc. A nice bit of business for your story about mass dislocation. Dying of exposure in the desert sounds pretty bad no matter how you slice it.

However, I’m not weighing in right now on the pros or cons of this. There are others in the article linked to (which was, I thought, reasonably fair and balanced and quoted law enforcement as well as activists).

I just thought it was interesting, and does indeed have futurehead-y implications. Wouldn’t be surprised if apps did exist for smugglers of anything. Could be handy for refugees on other continents. Etc. A nice bit of business for your story about mass dislocation.

]]> By: khannea http://futurismic.com/2009/12/04/cellphone-app-could-help-illegal-immigrants/comment-page-1/#comment-58587 khannea Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:54:04 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9754#comment-58587 'Do you happen to have any data for the survival rates (per criminal act) among those who choose to commit other federal crimes?' Wow -- what if it is TWO TIMES the rate of ordinary americans? Then you'd actually need those FEMA camps! ‘Do you happen to have any data for the survival rates (per criminal act) among those who choose to commit other federal crimes?’

Wow — what if it is TWO TIMES the rate of ordinary americans? Then you’d actually need those FEMA camps!

]]> By: Robert Koslover http://futurismic.com/2009/12/04/cellphone-app-could-help-illegal-immigrants/comment-page-1/#comment-58547 Robert Koslover Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:57:21 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9754#comment-58547 "As many as 5,000 people in the last 15 years have died trying to cross the border." That sounds terrible. Yet, in the context of: (1) having perhaps 15,000,000 illegal aliens now in the country, and (2) that if we assume that at least 1/3 of those (i.e., 5,000,000) crossed over during the last 15 years (which would seem likely) then 5000 deaths implies an illegal crossing-survival rate > 99.9% Considering that the activity is illegal (so that one should expect it to involve at least *some* risk) a >99.9% survival rate could actually be perceived as relatively low risk. Do you happen to have any data for the survival rates (per criminal act) among those who choose to commit other federal crimes? “As many as 5,000 people in the last 15 years have died trying to cross the border.” That sounds terrible. Yet, in the context of: (1) having perhaps 15,000,000 illegal aliens now in the country, and (2) that if we assume that at least 1/3 of those (i.e., 5,000,000) crossed over during the last 15 years (which would seem likely) then 5000 deaths implies an illegal crossing-survival rate > 99.9% Considering that the activity is illegal (so that one should expect it to involve at least *some* risk) a >99.9% survival rate could actually be perceived as relatively low risk. Do you happen to have any data for the survival rates (per criminal act) among those who choose to commit other federal crimes?

]]> By: khannea http://futurismic.com/2009/12/04/cellphone-app-could-help-illegal-immigrants/comment-page-1/#comment-58523 khannea Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:58:22 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9754#comment-58523 Hmmmm interesting, so what If I create a similar app that helps people smugglers, narcotics smugglers? Hmmmm interesting, so what If I create a similar app that helps people smugglers, narcotics smugglers?

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