Disagree. The police interviews are designed to get people to say things that will get them convicted. This is a hackable system -- a social hack, but a hack nonetheless. (It might also be argued that the real hack is the police interviews where they trick people into giving up their 5th amendment rights.)
Also, the video is extremely interesting in its own right.
That's a good point, but I think it's a stretch to argue that this is on topic. If the point of the submission was the social hacking aspect it might be better received if the headline reflected that. As is, a submission like this would be much more appropriate on Reddit or Digg.
Yes but if those articles come to Hacker News so you don't have to go to Reddit, why would you keep using HN?
The best way to know if something is off topic, and indeed the best reason not to post off topic stuff, is if you think the community will spend more time debating whether the article is on or off topic than the article itself.
This IS hacker news. It is closely related to a certain creator of a certain file system who refused to exercise his 5th Amendment rights and is now formally convicted of murder.
Bingo. Don't forget the word 'detained'. Cops can either detain or arrest you. Normally, they will tell you when you are being detained.
Being detained means they may put you in cuffs for their own safety while they try to understand the situation. (Let's say you are involved in a domestic squabble.) You are temporarily under the state's custody but you aren't being charged with anything.
You know what being arrested means. You don't want that.
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The relevant bit here is the part about being a witness against yourself. You can't remain silent when asked for identification, but you don't have to answer the cop when he asks you if you know how fast you were going. In that situation, you're pleading your 5th amendment right.
1. If I know I am totally innocent, I am totally honest with the cops
2. If you are kinda guilty, i.e., you did something wrong but it wasn't that bad, supplicate yourself to the cop and place yourself at their mercy
3. If you are guilty and know it, shut the fuck up
So following this advice and the knowledge that police can lie to you in interrogation^Winterview (and not only there) I would do this:
1. tell the cop that you will exercise your 5th amendment.
2. tell the cop that you know that the police is allowed to lie to interviewee.
3. tell the cop that you will add the time wasted here to
cost that will be billed to him or most likely sued for in counter claims court.
4. tell the cop "that by detaining me here further you agree
to accept any and all such costs"
5. tell them it is their move.
do 3. and 4. if you got the guts if not do only the rest.
And to fill the silience whistle. (Preferbly the most annoying and catching tune you know).
Why? So one would be more 'likeable' and 'popular'?
So one can "brown-nose" ones way to success?
No, seriously I am not that obnoxious unless someone pisses me off and believe me after working as an onsite technician for an ISP it is hard to piss me off.
Yes. So when you meet people that are worth knowing, they don't have an aversion to meeting you again.
>So one can "brown-nose" ones way to success?
Unless you are a super-genius, you are apt to more quickly obtain interesting and lucrative work if people enjoy spending time with you than if the opposite is true.
If you are a super-genius, then feel free to be obnoxious (Newton, Einstein, and a host of others come to mind).
I think this qualifies.