Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? 789
New submitter diacritica writes "This Ask Slashdot is inspired by manhunts à-la-Bourne movies, but taking a more realistic approach to the world we live in. You are native to and live in a big city (> 1M pop) in a G8 country of your choosing. At T = 0h, you accidentally witness a strange event. At T = 1h, you realize you're being followed and you get the feeling that the police/government might be involved. Contextual data: you are able to speak one language apart from good English. You are 25 to 45 years old. You are computer savvy. You are engaged/married, you have family living in the same city. 99% of your money is in a bank account. You prefer to go 'rationally' paranoid. What would you do in order to feel safe after those first 24 hours? Remember, you didn't commit a crime, but there are plenty of real-world resources invested in catching you."
One thing for sure (Score:5, Funny)
I wouldn't go out and get laid.
Wouldn't YOU like to know? (Score:5, Funny)
Nice try.
I would ask slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
see title
Here. (Score:5, Funny)
1) Hide in the Ecuadorean embassy.
2) Hire a lawyer.
WWAD (Score:4, Funny)
What Would Assange Do?
Regret... (Score:4, Funny)
...that I posted my plan to /.
How to disappear (Score:2, Funny)
If you wanna be disappeared, just turn yourself in.
Dear Slashdot, (Score:5, Funny)
Please write my book for me.
Disappear? (Score:5, Funny)
Any G-8 country, you say? I pick Russia.
First step: Start preaching revolution.
Second step: Unneeded. I've already disappeared.
I'll Become...Presidential Green Party Candidate. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Go for the simple solution (Score:4, Funny)
Doesn't always work... (Score:5, Funny)
I only let in celebrities - or at least internet celebrities.
Re:Go for the simple solution (Score:4, Funny)
That's why you should try to babble. If you look crazy enough, they won't have much of a reason to either arrest you or make you disappear. Just another conspiracy nut on the internet. If they do something to you, it would just give your words some weight.
Re:I know where there is a cave near my house (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wouldn't YOU like to know? (Score:5, Funny)
Ahem (Score:4, Funny)
You know who's really asking this question, don't you? The cops are looking for somebody, and the trail went cold. So now, they're crowd sourcing "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego"
Re:The first rule... (Score:5, Funny)
The first rule of secret escape plans is that you keep them secret.
Hang on... Okay, got it. Second rule?
Moon Prism Power, Make Up (Score:4, Funny)
Once in my magical girl outfit, I'd fight those evil men. I'd prolly scare them to death too.
That may not be the kind of fantasy you were looking for, though.
Re:Simple enough (Score:5, Funny)
Which of my identities are you suggesting should go camping?
Can the othes carry on as usual?
Really... disinformation is the name of the game. I'd rather stay where I am and let the guys following me go camping.
(of course, this could be disinformation itself....)
gordian not (Score:4, Funny)
A handful of barbiturates and a quart of vodka.
Re:Wouldn't YOU like to know? (Score:5, Funny)
Spanish Inquisition because *nobody* expects the Spanish Inquisition. . . .
Re:Simple? (Score:5, Funny)
- Bus into town, taxi to real bus station, bus anywhere.
I would imagine they would expect you to take public transportation.
Moreover, if I have to travel by bus, just shoot me here.
Re:Wouldn't YOU like to know? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:it would look like a frosty piss (Score:5, Funny)
You are in Kazakhstan and the bus driving you from the Kosmodrome to Moscow got hijacked by Sart separatists from Tajikistan in a bid to recreate their own sovereign state. You dont speak any Russian, nor any Turkic language, but you master US-style signlanguage. All your money is in the US, and you proved not to be such a good 'survival expert' as you once thought. Your friends nor your wife who you just married can help you and you're in a space-suit. and no normal clothing around...
Oh, and some jokes on physics are welcome. No McGuiver-is stuff please.
Nice try (Score:4, Funny)
Nice try buddy, but we aren't going to help you find John Connor!
Re:I know where there is a cave near my house (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You're a slashdotter all right. (Score:5, Funny)
Welcome to every watch list, ever.
Re:sell everything (Score:4, Funny)
In today's housing market, you could finish your prison sentence before the house sells.
Re:Doesn't always work... (Score:5, Funny)
Man, you've been waiting how many years to use that line?
Re:Wouldn't YOU like to know? (Score:2, Funny)
French? So you're just going to surrender, then? :-)
Re:Wouldn't YOU like to know? (Score:5, Funny)
"Contextual data: you are able to speak one language apart from good English.
I speak good English and US English. Is that OK?
Re:One thing for sure (Score:5, Funny)
Rule #2: Don't post your escape plan on /.