Lie Detectors by Bi Janus

[Cole Parker]

What wonderful writing! Not a word out of place, a compelling and fast moving yarn, complex characters and circumstances -- it's an honor to share space with such a fine writer. This one is not to be missed.

C

[The Pecman]

And the story is here:

http://www.awesomedude.com/bi_janus/short_stories/lie_detectors.htm

I agree, an excellent tale, very well-written -- one of the best I've read all year.

[Merkin]

Very thoughtful, very real, and--dare I suggest--very personal. Wonderful, heartfelt writing.

[Camy]

Very thoughtful, very real, and--dare I suggest--very personal. Wonderful, heartfelt writing.

I really couldn't put it better, so ditto.

As an aside: I read (in Cory Doctorow's 'Homeland') that you can beat a polygraph by clenching your sphincter. Is there any truth in that?

[Cole Parker]

Sounds like bull**** to me.

C

[Nigel Gordon]

I really couldn't put it better, so ditto.

As an aside: I read (in Cory Doctorow's 'Homeland') that you can beat a polygraph by clenching your sphincter. Is there any truth in that?

It depends on what you mean by bet the polygraph, you can cause it to have a lot of erratic readings, which are usually interpreted as you have something to hide.

[bi_janus]

Thank you all very much for the warm comments. The most usual question I got when I was giving polygraphs was whether pressing a thumbtack into a sensitive anatomic structure would fool the machine. The answer is no, however clenching one's sphincter might be a useful general training exercise. There's a reason that polys aren't admissible in court.