dsavi Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Not an advertisement. So, while listening to NPR last night they had a talk about what I consider to be a real web gem: http://www.blueservo.net/ What is it? You can watch, in real time, the US border for illegal activity. Seriously. Personally I think it's pretty hilarious, they've apparently got something like 40,000 regular users that watch the border. Quite a bit of marijuana has been seized because of reports from this website. I'm a bit confused as to what to think of it as a whole though. Thoughts? Edit: Here's a link to the article as I heard it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =101050132 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunokiller Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Lol, too bad you need to register :thumbdown: My blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pureprayer Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 WOW getting people to watch the border for you Pureprayer, you're awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Awesome initiative. If it helps curtain illegal immigration or drug trafficking, I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My first thought was that we finally have web-controlled mounted shotguns at the border. But this is good, too. Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Awesome initiative. If it helps curtain illegal immigration or drug trafficking, I'm all for it. It works both ways, unfortunately or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psvstef Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My first thought was that we finally have web-controlled mounted shotguns at the border. But this is good, too. =D> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushrock Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Some part-time job. It's probably a good thing if it starts making improvements in border control, but it's an interesting way to handle the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Awesome initiative. If it helps curtain illegal immigration or drug trafficking, I'm all for it. It works both ways, unfortunately or not. Unfortunately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubol Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sad that the quallity of the camera's is that bad :( Signature by LittleboyRunescape and impatient people are like ying and yang, they exist as one, they need each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenticular_J Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Awesome initiative. If it helps curtain illegal immigration or drug trafficking, I'm all for it. It works both ways, unfortunately or not. Unfortunately? "Coast is clear, go go go!" Neat, though. catch it now so you can like it before it went so mainstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I'm kind of meh about it. It sounds like a hobby a closet racist would have, why can't the border patrol do this themselves? I know it is difficult, but it's their job. They're supposed to be one step ahead of "the enemy", however hard it may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Awesome initiative. If it helps curtain illegal immigration or drug trafficking, I'm all for it. It works both ways, unfortunately or not. Unfortunately? "Coast is clear, go go go!" Neat, though. What? To be honest, the more I read his reply the more confused I get. I'll have to let dsavi clarify what he was saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenticular_J Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Ha. 2,000 mile, wall-less border between two of the most varied countries in the world? There are only a couple thousand border patrol agents for the whole border. The Texas border is the least-defended in the country. California's border is mostly walls, Arizona's isn't defended too well, but it's most dangerous, New Mexico doesn't attract illegal immigrants very well. Texas, we get the longest, hardest to defend piece. The Rio Grande is a [bleep], that's for sure. Warri0r, I think he meant that drug dealers and such could check to see if the coast is clear with those cameras. Or, they could send a fake report on some other area, and sneak past. catch it now so you can like it before it went so mainstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sad that the quallity of the camera's is that bad :( They aren't to bad, and for what they are being used for. All you really have to see is a human shaped object roaming around or whatever or a vehicle and report it. For their purpose I think they are pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragoonson Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My first thought had to do with how Texas has instated Big Brother. so i herd u liek devarts?If you look at me and feel offended by my 666-ism,think.I could be just as offended by your "cross".[hide=This's why I'm hot]The Eleventh Commandment:Thou Shalst only say "Amen,brother".Amen, brother :lol:Amen, brudda (referring to the 10th commandment)amen Bruder! (german ftw)I'm invulnerable to everything, except Lenin and Dragoonson.That's impossible. I love people.[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 To be honest, the more I read his reply the more confused I get. I'll have to let dsavi clarify what he was saying. What I mean is that the people trying to stop the immigrants aren't the only ones watching. There are people that use the network of cameras to check to see that the coast is clear. By "Unfortunately or not", I mean that it's unfortunate if you are against illegal immigration and not if you're for it for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megakiller32 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 It's hilarious. That's it. Quit Runescape 30th May 2006.Thanks to Hawkxs for my signature :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 It's hilarious. That's it. I love the idea of some drug criminals acting out a meticulous and daring plan to cross the border, only to be caught out by some bored teenager sat on his pc at 3am eating a pot noodle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDawn Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 This is the best thing i've seen all week (last week included), i'm signing up. That's why you're on the TZDF blackdawn. Even your balls can tear zombies to shreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I think it's handy. Like Warrior said, it's cheaper than building a fence or wall and there are only so many officers available in Texas to patrol the border. Especially one so hard to manage like the Rio Grande. The problem is not only people coming across the border, but in some areas the river is too strong. Now those illegals might be spared death in the river if someone catches it and the report comes across quickly enough. Over 2800 miles of border in Texas alone, you can't have agents cover all of that nor can you have a few people monitoring them. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 One more good thing about it: People are easily manipulated with, if you have a lot of border guards, then (methinks) it is easier to bribe them to let illegal immigrants in country. But if you have 200 people watching at the camera at the same time, it is harder for also border guards to make dark deals. So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I should have linked to the article as I heard it in the OP, but anyway here it is: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =101050132 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My only reservation is: how do we know these areas are what they say they are? ~Das "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastortoise Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My only reservation is: how do we know these areas are what they say they are? ~Das That's the entire point. If illegal immigrants or drug dealers knew where the cameras were pointing, they would be able to use this new technology to get through unnoticed. The only way they would know where the cameras are looking is if they'd personally walk around the border and take pictures, in which case they'll probably be arrested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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