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Using stolen prediction software a cocksure hacker makes a fortune in sports bets, but when it predicts his death within three days, he must find out how he dies without dying in the process.
I think it's a cool concept.My take: A hacker makes a fortune in sports bets from a stolen simulation program that predicts the future only to discover he has three days to defeat the program's next prediction: his own murder. (33 words)He has a 1 in a 100 chance of defeating the program's predictioRead more
I think it’s a cool concept.
My take:
A hacker makes a fortune in sports bets from a stolen simulation program that predicts the future only to discover he has three days to defeat the program’s next prediction: his own murder.
(33 words)
He has a 1 in a 100 chance of defeating the program’s prediction– because all forecasting is based on probability not certainty. ?And that probability factor creates more dramatic tension, more uncertainty as to how the story will play out. (If it were a 100% certainty not a 99% probability, then there’s nothing he can do. ?He’s predestined to die. ?End of story.)
Come to find out, the programming is predicting the consequences of his character flaw, his selfishness, his greed. ?Like Scrooge in ?”A Christmas Carol”, who is given a glimpse of his dismal demise and the consequences of his character flaw on the lives of others. ?And he is given one last chance to change the future by changing himself.
Can the hacker redeem himself in time to beat the odds?
Best wishes. ?This has the makings of a film I would like to watch.
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>> more questions raised than necessary.
Indeed.
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