All posts by Brenster23

<div class="quote"><i>ElijahKatherineFan89 wrote:
<div class="quote">Brenster23 wrote: Actually a good hacker can prevent that notification from ever coming through, and Simaritian is focussing all of it's resourses on finding root, shaw, and preventing terrorist attacks. unlike the machine, Simaritian has to be pointed in a certain direction to start searching. </i></div>
I don't get this. I thought because it was an open system it will develop an identity like Finch's A.I did and started developing its own code like for example focusing on saving him before everybody else. I know they need to be careful to not overdo it since theoretically an A.I could is too powerful so they need some kind of limit. I find a storyline in which they give Samaritan its own identity far more promising than merely being a tool for Greer and his organization. In fact, once Samaritan and Greer doesn't have the same goal any longer the main story will be very interesting. </div> <p>Thats just it, Simaritian is designed to be completely task oriented and it's current tasks where searching for Shaw and root, and locating terrorist plots. The Machine was designed with the purpose of saving people.  </p>

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I enjoy this show tremendously, but there are elements where we really do need to set aside our disbelief. Anyone who has Norton on their PCs know they can get alerts when their firewall is being played with, right? <p>So: Harold accesses all sorts of floor plans. Somehow. From some kind of ghosted ISP. Which won't be traced back to Harold, and Samaritan won't have any idea. Because Samaritan is on TV and doesn't have all the capabilities which the script ascribes to this 2nd son. </p><p>What I'm trying to say here is this: it's a Tee Vee show. And it's bound to have parts which don't make sense. Rather than forcing sense onto a complex fictional network of story details, why not just enjoy the show, an episode at a time, and love your wife in the interim days? </p><p>Frankly, I don't care if Root finds herself bound to a chair and uses a dowel to dial a telephone, a la Mister Ed. Just enjoy the show! </p> </i></div>
<p>Actually a good hacker can prevent that notification from ever coming through, and Simaritian is focussing all of it's resourses on finding root, shaw, and preventing terrorist attacks. unlike the machine, Simaritian has to be pointed in a certain direction to start searching.  </p>

<p>I was so happy that my guess about the contents of Elias's safe were correct. I am pretty sure it was designed so that he could put in multiple combinations to do certain tasks.  </p>

hey is anybody else wondering what control is up these days?

<p>Um, this aint a bitterly divided fandom. if this was a bitterly divided fandom almost every page would be have to be locked to prevent trolls, people would be yelling and insulting people on chat and forums.  </p>

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<p>And the deja-vu with Dominic. Remember Elias? He was also supposed to be just a gang member or whatever and turned out to be gang leader... And yeah, DoMINIc. Super size, yeah right. </p> </i></div>
<p>Actually Elias was introduced as a highschool english teacher, who we then found out was a new gang leader. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Palatura wrote:
This episode wasn't that thrilling as the last two, but that's what I like. A little break from most of that Samaritan thing. I really loved it when I saw Machine's point of view. Really missed it. Liked how we saw Fusco more, because in Season 3 last episodes and first two episodes of this season we rarely saw him. Reese's mini cases we're not that exciting but liked them too. Shaw was pretty good, but she had a little less action than usual. Root's and Finch's little "adventure" moments were my favourites. Root seemed like a body guard while Finch just in a matter of second turned into a mobster. His lines were beyond perfect. When he said what they're going to do with the missile I shouted "BLOW UP THE SAMARITAN!". I swear if they do that (which is probably not going to happen, because Samaritan's servers are in different locations I think) I will be happy. From these first three episodes it looks like The Machine and Samaritan are playing a game of chess. Overall I liked this episode (who didn't).</i></div>
<p>What they should do is use the anti tank weapon on a  building, which would cause the government to shut down to revoke access to the NSA feeds, which would then make Samaritian worthless.  </p>

<p>Well this was a pretty good episode, I really did love Finch pretending to be a terrorist/arms dealer (probably because i like to scare people) and Reese was a fairly good detective. the machine is slowly redeaming itself, (check out last weeks episode for my rant about the machine) with Root and Finch's wild adventure. i really do hope that the machine uses my plan to launch an attack on NYC so they can kill Samaritian.  </p>

<div class="quote"><i>LeverageGuru wrote:
About the two posts above: <p>This show is ultimately about AI and an Orwellian surveillance state, not sci-fi. JN said as much at the Writers' Panel. I don't see it drifting in a Lovecraft direction, or anything close. This is a series that's ultimately about people, and how surveillance is affecting their lives. </p><p>
</p> <div class="quote">Nguyentoan1998 wrote:
Also, new opening sequence, which mean The Machine isn't in charge anymore :o </i></div>
<p>Ah, but remember Finch's words: Samaritan underestimated the Machine. We're still discovering the degree to which the Machine anticipated all of this! </p> </div> <p>if that was true than why didn't the machine anticipate that Finch, (its creator), the one who taught it that all life is sacred,  wouldnt kill the senator. i mean the machine has root, so why couldnt root take out the senator and then send shaw for the relevant number. i mean if were are to believe that the machine for some random reason wanted the senator to live, than we would have to believe that it wanted samaritian online. i mean the only real reason for doing this is just so samaritian would think that the machine is an idiot, which would mean that this was just a giant plan to create an enemy and cripple itself. frankly i have seen scooby doo villians with better plans than the machine's. so i agree with samaritians judgement that the machine is not a problem.  </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Wilem7 wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">(Off-Topic) PS:  Where is everyone (anyone) chatting these days?</span>   <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> </p> </i></div>
<p>someone added an irc chat, and that is what the people have been using. fyi if your gonna use the irc chat take down the main chat. </p>

<p>this was a great episode, as stated above, now on to the bad news. the team now has another potential enemy, Claire, seriously these guys really need to start cutting their losses i mean how many of these numbers are gonna go out of their way to go against them? Also i still think my theory that the team will have to resort to doing a terror attack, to convince the government that Samaritian does not work.  </p>

<div class="quote"><i> LeverageGuru wrote:
<p>There are several theories abroad in the land about where Harold is, but I'm in the camp that says he's in a disused IRT station (a la Ghostbusters II, for the young 'uns, a pretty good if possibly unintentional metaphor). It makes perfect sense. Who goes there? Cities like London and New York have abandoned subways stations spotted out all over their networks, and the IRT is the oldest part of the contemporary system. I've seen theories that it will be the abandoned station under City Hall; I'm not so sure about that, but it will give them the safety they need and a place for them to gather, unseen. </p> </i></div>
<p>yo, leverage guru i posted right before you about the old IRT system.  </p>

<p>hey guys so my dad and i were watching this weeks episode, and he was able to figure out that Finch was in the old IRT station. which makes sense because there were several abondoned IRT stations located throughout Manhattan  </p>

i got my ticket

<p>it is 11:01 est at the time of this posting so spoilers gallore. nah i wont be that guy </p><p>so lets go with this episode, it was a great episode with a ton of twist and turns. the biggest shock in the show is that shaw may go on a date. Reese as a cop works fairly well, and finch is a pretty good professor. and the star of the show bear was flawless he nailed every scene perfectly and his actor never missed a beat. shame that bear cant stay with Mr. Finch.  </p>

<p>I have a fairly messed up theory about how the team takes down Samaritan. basically since samaritan cant see them, and there is no way to destroy it, there is only 1 course of action left for them to take. do a terrorist attack, with minium casualties. i say thi s because it would force the government to disolve their contract with decima and then control could then reactivate the old machine. the only issue with this plan is that it is insane and would probably cause a ton of controversy. if anyone has an idea on how to destroy something that exists on thousands of server stations with top grade security and can predict everything but only ingores the cast, please say it because i really dont want to be right </p>

<p>this may be a little off topic,  </p><p>but why hasn't anyone on the team called up the cia and say "hello, control. there is a orginization that is trying to create samaritin and use it for terrorism. they are called decima, here is everything that we know" </p><p>i mean the team should tell control and let them deal with it, and maybe viligance as well. maybe they get lucky and all 3 orginaztions fall. and then Reese and shall could just take out the victors and destroy samaritin.   </p>

<p>am i the only who thought that ending scene was unrealistic. I mean this is root, someone who has been following the machines orders. she was told to kill greer, and she had him in her sites. she should have took the shot instead of talking to him. i mean how hard is it to shoot him. i mean why not shoot him, take him to safe house, and get answers on how to stop decima?  </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Ednofranco wrote:
Do you think that Reese is the second partner of FInch? I mean, can exist other previous partner that we don't know yet, right?</i></div>
<p>how do we know that Mr. Finch built the machine. how do we know that he is just some actor who had a basic knowledge of computers. who was hired by the real brains.  </p>

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I've come up with a good name for Control: "a cold-hearted b*tch". Anyone else agree</i></div>
<p>come on that is way to nice. you probably work for control </p>