Comments on: Where in the World is Evan Ratliff? http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/ The definitive unemployment blog. Wed, 16 May 2012 03:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CQ http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/comment-page-1/#comment-9296 CQ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:13:02 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3673#comment-9296 See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Ratliff and/or http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Evan_Ratliff if they haven't been deleted. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Ratliff and/or http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Evan_Ratliff if they haven’t been deleted.

]]> By: Jack http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/comment-page-1/#comment-9078 Jack Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:49:17 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3673#comment-9078 This is horribly unrealistic. The reason he says that he'll use his cell phone and continue to twitter is because according to the rules you cannot contact his family or use illegal means to track him. No hacking websites (to glean ip addresses from logs and such), social engineering (impersonating a police officer and talking to his friends and employer) and lastly, no talking to his family (so no getting to know his daughter [I don't know if he has one, just an example] and finding out what her dad does and such). It's horribly crippled and made almost impossible, not because he's a genius at escaping, but because the scenario is artificially crippling the 'contestant'. This is horribly unrealistic. The reason he says that he’ll use his cell phone and continue to twitter is because according to the rules you cannot contact his family or use illegal means to track him. No hacking websites (to glean ip addresses from logs and such), social engineering (impersonating a police officer and talking to his friends and employer) and lastly, no talking to his family (so no getting to know his daughter [I don't know if he has one, just an example] and finding out what her dad does and such). It’s horribly crippled and made almost impossible, not because he’s a genius at escaping, but because the scenario is artificially crippling the ‘contestant’.

]]> By: Jacob http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/comment-page-1/#comment-9056 Jacob Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:35:34 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3673#comment-9056 Yeah but they don't continue to use those sites with the same username do they?! Surely, if you wanted the world to think you were dead, you would change your identity entirely and if you did continue to use social networking, it would be as the new you. I'm not saying it's not a fun exercise, but yeah, not very realistic. Yeah but they don’t continue to use those sites with the same username do they?! Surely, if you wanted the world to think you were dead, you would change your identity entirely and if you did continue to use social networking, it would be as the new you.

I’m not saying it’s not a fun exercise, but yeah, not very realistic.

]]> By: Jarod http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/comment-page-1/#comment-9051 Jarod Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:53:32 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3673#comment-9051 THe point is that people don't get away with this because they continue to use such sites THe point is that people don’t get away with this because they continue to use such sites

]]> By: WBSF http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/comment-page-1/#comment-9011 WBSF Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:23:22 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3673#comment-9011 My understanding is that he's using social networking sites and making cell phone calls to taunt us, because he's figured out ways to do it without us knowing where he's doing it from. Maybe not perfectly realistic, but it makes the game more fun. My understanding is that he’s using social networking sites and making cell phone calls to taunt us, because he’s figured out ways to do it without us knowing where he’s doing it from. Maybe not perfectly realistic, but it makes the game more fun.

]]> By: PI http://unemploymentality.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-evan-ratliff/comment-page-1/#comment-8983 PI Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:46:56 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3673#comment-8983 This doesn't make sense to me -- if you really wanted to vanish, would you still use Twitter and Facebook, your cell phone or your credit cards (which, from what I understood, he will be doing)? He says on his Wired story: "I will continue to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and I’ll make cell phone calls." Am I missing something? This doesn’t make sense to me — if you really wanted to vanish, would you still use Twitter and Facebook, your cell phone or your credit cards (which, from what I understood, he will be doing)?

He says on his Wired story: “I will continue to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and I’ll make cell phone calls.”

Am I missing something?

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