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pedanterrific comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: pedanterrific 12 April 2012 07:38:06AM *  0 points [-]

This was recently discussed here. I came up with this specific idea here.

The 'drawing a circle' thing: Dumbledore expects Riddle to show up on the Map as Riddle forty-five years after he graduated. Apparently student records are preserved; professors wouldn't need to be named to the wards unless they weren't alumni.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 April 2012 04:23:12AM 2 points [-]

It seems like an important feature of a security system would be to detect outsiders as well as students.

Comment author: pedanterrific 13 April 2012 04:24:58AM 0 points [-]

Who says it doesn't? The problem would be coming up with a way to get their names.