Pensieve = Security Camera?

[alice_loves_cats]

No: HPFGUIDX 102808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> Bren wrote:
> 
> 2. The Mauraders talking -- and not just a simple "Hi, How are you"
> talk, they talk about Lupin being a werewolf! And I believe Snape
> was a few feet behind them or something. I always assumed, from PoA,
> that Snape never found out about Lupin's true nature when he was at
> Hogwarts. If he did by any chance, I would say around Year 6 or 7,
> not earlier. And as we all know, OWLs are written at the end of 5th
> year. This leads me to believe that if Snape indeed heard about
> Lupin being a werewolf, he would've been SO *delighted* -- it was one
> of his must-fulfill missions!! Do you think it's possible that
> his "unconscious" senses picked up something that his conscious mind
> had been DYING to find out for so long? And it went unnoticed?!?!
> Do you guys know when Sirius' prank took place?
> 
> 
> vmonte responds:
> 
> I think that you are right that the penseive will come back in book 6 
> and 7. I wrote a few months ago that I beleived that the kids may 
> even put some of their own memories to view in an unobjective way.  
> They may be able to glean information that way.


Alice:
But this would mean that having a Pensieve would be like having 360
vision and senses all the time - albeit only in retrospect. Wouldn't
people USE that a lot more? Just one idea: the examiner could look
into his Pensieve after the exam and check whether anybody had been
cheating, talking etc. 
I hate it when JKRs ideas seem be logically faulty, we must find
another solution...
Love, Alice