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when I first moved to the lil' town I now call home, the place I worked accused me of robbing the joint one weekend... police detectives grilled me about it and I told the fuckers over and over that I didn't do it and I'd take a polygraph if they wanted me to...they didn't want to let me it seemed because they were determined to prove that I had done it... needless to say, they finally allowed me to take one and of course I passed...I then told the city detective that had been such an ass and my boss to fuck off...a week later, they arrested the bosses son for doing it...  [Edited 12/4/07 7:59am] | |
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I had to take random ones throughout my time in the military cause of my clearance.
The tests are easy to throw, and the administrator of the test always pulls some pysch bullshit about how "You're a terrible" liar from the preliminary warmup test.  | |
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Yes, before going into the police academy. I passed.  MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: Yes, before going into the police academy. I passed.
you're a cop? To Sir, with Love | |
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PEJ said: MIGUELGOMEZ said: Yes, before going into the police academy. I passed.
you're a cop? I was going to be. After midterm I broke my arm during one of their exercises. I couldn't finish because I couldn't qualify on my gun and shotgun. They told me to return next academy. The county had budget trouble. They had another academy 2 years after. I couldn't wait so I am now a Paralegal for the Public Defender. To make a short story long.....  MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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psychodelicide said: AsylumUtopia said: I didn't think they were used anymore, owing to the fact that they don't work.
[Edited 12/4/07 6:15am] They don't work? I've seen them used on talk shows such as Maury Povich and Dr. Phil. Usually they are used in paternity tests, when the mother is trying to determine if a certain guy is the father of her kid. They seem to be pretty accurate, I dunno. [Edited 12/4/07 7:17am] Sorry, bit of a quick and inaccurate reply there. What I should have said is that they are not based on scientific method and are not reliable as a method of ascertaining the truth. The operator relies upon you knowing that all answers are expected to be truthful. So when you lie, the minor fluctuations in heart rate, blood pressure, breathing or perspiration are picked up. The easiest way of beating one is to screw up the test, so just tell lies.  Or you can control your reactions to appear truthful when telling a lie by slowly tightening up your arse muscles as each question is being asked. Then when you answer, slowly unclench, and each answer will be picked up as truth - or so I've heard. I've never done one myself and don't intend to either - I'd rather have my honesty determined by tarot or tea leaves - it'd be just as accurate.
Police forces in Europe have never used them, I don't know how much they're still used in the US, but I would think not much because the results are not admissible in court as evidence. As far as Dr. Phil etc. using them for paternity tests, that's just more orchestrated bullshit for our entertainment. Even if lie detectors did work, how are they supposed to determine paternity? If there is the possibility (and presumably there is) that more than one man could be the father, then all the lie detector can tell is who the mother believes the father to be. Not much of test really. And if I am to understand the nature of these programs, then we are supposed to think of the mothers as being of questionable character, and that therefore there is at least the possibility that any number of people could be the father. If their concern was anything other than to entertain us, wouldn't they pretend to use DNA testing instead? Lemmy, Bowie, Prince, Leonard. RIP. |
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psychodelicide said: truefunksoldier said: It measures your heartrate, bloodpressure, breathing, and the amount that you sweat. Ah, thanks. I didn't know that it also measures your breathing and your sweating too, that makes sense. 
id be totally cactus then 
i was having my heart rate checked just b4 the new harry potter book was released, and my dr started talking about HP (as i had an older copy with me) and my heartrate went thru the roof!!!!! :prbmakessuresheisneverinasituationthatrequiresapolygraph:  seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before   | |
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