Life Tracker Page #4

Mrs. valliani, I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry.

Bell, get in the car.

We're leaving.

We're leaving now.

I'm sorry.

[Crying]

Frankly,

I think it's dangerous.

It's the lack of knowledge

of the future

that gives the human race

its drive and determination.

Well, can you give us

an example?

If you already knew you were

going to win the lottery

would a person

work hard towards a goal

or simply try and...

No one is saying they can

predict lottery numbers,

Abigail.

We're talking about

biological predictions.

Fine.

How about this?

If you know when you're

going to die it certainly

has an effect

on how you spend

the rest of your time.

And you're only

proving my point.

If you know

when you're going to die

you can choose to spend

the rest of your days

with the people you love

or you can choose

to do just whatever

you've always wanted to do,

Susan.

Or you could fall into

a depression

and give up on life early.

Okay,

the package has arrived.

Little later than expected,

but there's very little

chatter on the net.

So, I'm pretty sure I'm one of

the first to get one.

Let's take a look at this.

Oh, God.

You scared the piss

out of me, man.

Bell wasn't sure

you'd still be working on this.

Well, neither was I

after you bailed on me.

I didn't bail on you.

It was our first

big interview

and you had something

better to do.

Might I add you went

behind my back

to get a better shot

at the clemens.

I didn't pitch my idea,

a**hole.

I pitched this.

I'm supposed to believe that

after you went

without telling me?

Okay, full disclosure,

I was hoping I would come up

with an idea as good as this

before I got to the interview.

So, now it's a good idea?

Yes, now it's a good idea.

I don't want

to depend on you

if you're not in this with me.

I'm in.

Or I want in.

My grandpa Joe

was in Vietnam

with a dad of some military guy

that has some thoughts

on all this.

I got us an interview.

Hmm-mm.

Yeah, I thought it would be

a cool social experiment

for Scott orenhauser

to work on a Dillon Smith

project for a change.

Might give you a chance

to learn some things.

You know something?

I'm open to the possibilities.

Cheers, buddy.

I don't need a tripod

if you're here.

So, this is it?

Yeah, this is it.

Oh, is this the camera

you borrowed?

It might be one

we actually used at school.

Well, let's get to work.

Show me this thing.

It's actually pretty genius.

It works like

a blood sugar test.

Drop of blood goes here.

And you plug it into

this USB drive,

which I guess I can do now.

Then you download an app

from the ltl site.

Of course that costs $10.

Yeah, all right.

Well, I guess...

Well, let me get this good.

Yeah, we're going to do it?

Got it?

Can you see?

Let me get in close.

See what we're doing?

Ooh, mommy.

You got this?

Can you get it in the hole?

That's what she said.

That should be good.

Let's plug this in

and pull up the ltl site.

I've read most of this already.

Reader's cost,

or readers have

to be certified by ltl.

So far nobody's even scored

higher than an 83%.

Readers who fail

the certification

are still given their ranking,

but they're not

publicized by ltl

and they're far less accurate,

but way cheaper.

That reminds me.

Let me see.

A reader with a 70%,

the borderline pass

is going to cost $800.

Oh, damn.

When you go to get your print

read you have to fill out

an 80-page survey

of questions about your life.

So, if they know that,

say you had the flu

at a certain time in your past

they can look

for times in your future

with the same genetic response.

Let's see.

I'm confirming the sample.

Can you see it?

Well, they definitely made it

idiot proof.

So exciting.

Are you ready?

Once you do it,

there's no going back.

Screw it, right?

Screw it.

Let's do it.

It's over a hundred pages

of unreadable hieroglyphics.

Well, that was

terribly un-exciting.

Maybe we should go back

to Dillon smithworking

on a Scott orenhauser project.

I guess we got to go

see a reader.

We really want to thank you

for doing this for us, sir.

Oh, save that

for after the interview.

Well, we're all set on my end.

Whenever you're ready.

Sir, would you please

state your name and rank?

Brigadier general

Anthony Morris.

And have you heard

of life tracker limited?

Seems to be

the only thing everyone

is talking about these days.

Are you a believer?

They can predict the future?

Well, I haven't had

my own print done,

but I see no reason

why it's not possible.

Are you in favor of releasing

the death date information?

Well, this case represents

two aspects that are

intrinsically American.

Freedom of speech

and a free market.

Seems to me Mr. hutchensen has

the right to run his business

the way he sees fit.

Maybe I've been misinformed,

but I was under the impression

that you were against

letting this sort of technology

get out to the masses.

Correct.

Sometimes there's a difference

between what is allowable

under the constitution

of the United States

and what you think

one should or should not do

even if they are

constitutionally allowed

to do so.

Can you explain?

Well, if I had my say

in the matter

I would ask Mr. hutchensen

to allow the U.S. army

to study how this

could be used to protect

and serve our country.

Can you foresee any specific

way in which ltl technology

might be useful?

We don't know the depths

of this technology.

No one does.

Hell, not even rocko himself.

But it seems to me if you

gather enough data imagination

is the only limit.

What about personal privacy?

Well, you've got

to start somewhere.

Look, all I'm saying is the

technology is incredible

and if used properly

this would be a great tool

for the safety of Americans.

Downtown LA.

You only see it like this

after it rains.

Hey there, future viewers.

It is 2:
34am.

Can't sleep.

Aren't sequential numbers

on a clock supposed to be

like good luck or something?

Now, when I lay down

I feel like I could pass out,

but I just stare

at the ceiling awake.

So, I'm up on the roof

with my cameras.

Tomorrow is a big day.

Scott, bell, and I

are going to go down

and get our prints read.

We were able

to get $2,000 together.

Scott borrowed,

I sold my baseball card

collection.

But that wasn't going

to be enough for all of us

to get a certified reader,

so Scott had a brilliant idea.

Why I agreed

I still don't know,

but one quick trip

to Vegas later,

and we have $200 less

than we started with.

It could have been worse,

though.

We could have lost

the whole thing,

but now we each get

an uncertified 64% reader

for $600 each.

But that's not what I wanted

to tell you tonight.

In the three weeks

since we last shot,

the ltl story has landed itself

firmly in the 24-hour

media cycle.

At least here in California

anyway.

Take a look.

First, we don't even know

if it's a viable test.

It's unproven.

Well, it's not going

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