It did say three or more of the things on the list.
That, and if an armoured truck driver has access to the money in the truck, something hinky is going on, since they usually don't.
It did say three or more of the things on the list.
That, and if an armoured truck driver has access to the money in the truck, something hinky is going on, since they usually don't.
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
I've seen something happen IRL that would cause a false positive and have a good person in a death trap.
A store employee slipped on a wet floor while cleaning up a puddle and wound up with a bloody nose. One of their coworkers gave the first one first aid. That second employee also did the bank drop at the end of the day. That second employee, while enroute to the bank, had illegal drugs, over $2000 and someone else's blood on them at the same time — roughly 1 in 10 US dollar notes have illegal drugs on them.
It sounds like the sort of trap a naive person would set to catch 'bad people' but even with the three criteria rule, the false positive rate would be way too high in any large city. Plus, the fact that lethal mantraps are murder weapons even if they trigger on bad people — the automated nature of them means there is no way to claim defense or necessity to a court.
This is also invokes the weird comic book trope where someone invents something amazing and the only use they can think of for it is to rob convenience stores. The targeting sensor on those traps would revolutionize airport security, driving all competitors off the market if it could be mass produced — and even if it couldn't be, the contract to install and maintain such a scanner would be incredibly profitable.
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Tinkertech is dangerous even at the best of times, and parahumans aren't exactly known for good judgement.
The authorities were appropriately concerned about the devices.
M. H. Fuzzball
Aperture Science-certified Horrible Person
- Location
- Sector 2814
Amusing, but not possible, since Zion locked down the dimension his real body is in so snark-based dimensional travel can't get to it, and they'd have to use that to get to another Earth.
BA's also not supposed to be able to talk to- or heal- Taylor. In the case of talking to, that's a specific block it's getting around. Given that IIRC Flechette's power is capable of accessing Zion's dimension then not all of them were. Not to mention that at least some of the usual restrictions weren't applied to BA IIRC- which would make things even funnier.
Zion: (mentally) "Oh crap... I was in such a hurry to deploy that one I forgot to lock it out of accessing my dimension"
M. H. Fuzzball
Aperture Science-certified Horrible Person
- Location
- Sector 2814
Well, on the one hand, BA excels at loophole abuse (which, between that and Danny's work at the DWA, is likely where Taylor gets it from).
On the other, Sting isn't a dimensional travel power.
It's close enough that you'd think it'd be locked off from using that particular dimension just in case...
Also, it's more likely BA got it from Taylor, given hat the level of loophole abuse has been rising as the fic continues.
Morganite
Happiness is a large book.
- Location
- Dynamis - Firefly Alley
It's possible (maybe likely even) that both the "someone else's blood" and "illegal drugs" requirements would have amount-based qualifiers on them, so that trace amounts of either would not trigger them.
Which is not to say that the whole thing is a good idea by any means. Among other things, being a drug dealer (or Wyona Jacques) are not things normally considered worthy of the death penalty. But if they were too stupidly sensitive, then they probably would have mentioned casualties when they briefed Maul.
-Morgan.
Isnt my realname
This isn't my real name.
- Location
- Not Here
One wonders, though. Aside from my personal opinion regarding people who peddle addictions (and not to forget, addictive poisons, mostly), is this Wynona Jacques responsible for the tinker's trigger?
YuffieK
(Verified Ninja Princess)
Might also be the ex-wife/girlfriend, who arranged things with her drug-dealing buddy to pretty much get everything in the divorce/loot everything and more or less utterly ruin his life for shits and giggles. So much so that those traps have an S9 kill order attached to them because Wynona was such a bitch, he figured the Slaughterhouse would recruit her.
- Pronouns
- Yes
I take it you missed "three or more of...". I suppose a bank courier who is also a first responder who just delivered a baby might get caught by one of these traps, might be in trouble, but only if they met one of the other conditions. So basically unless you're Wyona Jacques it won't do anything to you unless you're caught committing a crime.
Don't think so. Other than Wyona Jacques, which I don't think is a false positive.
Which wouldn't count as "multiple illegal drugs"
So you advocate having all coffee shops, bars and liqueur stores shut down?
Isnt my realname
This isn't my real name.
- Location
- Not Here
If you have a coffee shop or liqueur store that actively tries to get non-consumers hooked on their addictions, that charges ruinous prices such that their customers have to resort to theft or fraud in order to be able to afford their product, and who would regard it as entirely reasonable and appropriate to murder you for getting in the way of their profits? Hmm.
- Pronouns
- Yes
That's basically all of them, unless you can find one that never advertises and doesn't offer discounts.
I take it you've never heard of alcoholics?
When you make selling something illegal the only people who'll sell it are criminals. That has nothing to do with how bad or not selling the stuff is intrinsically.
Jadesteele
Out of my Mind - Back in 5 Minutes
- Location
- half-way between 'Crazy' And 'Eccentric'
i've never met a person who sells 'something' before - what does it taste like?
Sorry - couldn't resist.
- Location
- Beyond the Unknowable Veil
Chicken?
Jadesteele
Out of my Mind - Back in 5 Minutes
- Location
- half-way between 'Crazy' And 'Eccentric'
What about everything? I heard that everything tastes like something, and that is why somethingtastes like everything...
- Location
- Beyond the Unknowable Veil
Does nothing taste like anything?
Jadesteele
Out of my Mind - Back in 5 Minutes
- Location
- half-way between 'Crazy' And 'Eccentric'
So it tastes of something then?
Ace Dreamer
Verified Reality User
- Location
- Between The Unknown & The Known
Just do what people usually do in English, and repurpose/extend some existing bits?
And, yes, need the syntax and semantics for denoting 'meta' relationships, and shifts of context, as well... After which, no one will bother using them, except in academic papers no one ever reads.
So, the English she needs Mauling?
DALuc1f3r
(Verified Boojum)
- Location
- Scotland
i see this going to ciara, like all the hate mail she got.