On Nov 1, 1:40 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Thanatos <atro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article <13igut06g6um...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Mike Minor" <mminor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "Thanatos" <atro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > In article <prmei3lu2gbcaj6hkbg3758vh7m8u4i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > Chris L Peterson <c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > >> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:17:07 -0700, Larry Bud
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> > > >> >A pretty good job? I mean, I like the show. Pretty graphics,
cool
> > > >> >special effects, but science? No way.
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> > > >> I disagree. I rarely see serious scientific errors on CSI (Las
Vegas).
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> > > > Are you kidding me? They've done the "infinite zoom" thing
repeatedly on
> > > > the Vegas show, just like the other two CSI shows, where they take
some
> > > > grainy security camera footage and zoom in to read a clothing
label or a
> > > > note in a person's hand or some other ridiculous thing.
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> > > > And the Las Vegas Crime Lab seems to have a database for
everything. I
> > > > about fell off my couch laughing one night when Stokes took a sofa
upon
> > > > which a body was found and ran it through their "furniture
database",
> > > > which not only instantly told him the exact make and model of the
sofa,
> > > > but the exact store it was sold out of, when it was sold, and to
whom.
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> > > > But the real inaccuracies in the Vegas show (as well as the NY and
Miami
> > > > shows) comes not in the science but in the law. The 4th, 5th and
6th
> > > > Amendments to the Constitution apparently do not exist in the
world of
> > > > CSI.
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> > > >> They use the right techniques, and they
> > > >> use the right equipment.
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> > > > Not really. For example, they put all their evidence in
see-through
> > > > plastic bags. That's not a good way to, for example, preserve
> > > > fingerprint evidence:
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> > > > The use of clear envelopes is forbidden because plastic
> > > > can have an adverse affect on the future development of
> > > > latent prints on items of evidence. The introduction of
> > > > excessive heat and humidity and the friction of evidence
> > > > against the clear plastic can have an adverse affect
> > > > on latent print development. Light, which permeates the
> > > > clear plastic, can also result in the degradation of
> > > > latent prints. Additionally, the American Society of
> > > > Crime Laboratory Directors / Laboratory Accreditation
> > > > Board requires that latent print evidence be stored
> > > > in paper envelopes (as is the generally accepted method).
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> > > I feel your pain. As a someone in law enforcement, I'm sure
> > > that the show eats at you from the inaccuracies that are
> > > constantly perpetuated.
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> > The worst ones are when goofballs like Horatio Caine raid a home or an
> > apartment. Everything from the way Caine *reduces* his visual acuity
by
> > donning sungl***** right before kicking a door and moving from bright
> > sunlight into a dark apartment to the way these idiots peek into room
> > for a half a second and declare it "clear". They don't look under beds
> > or in closets or anywhere someone could be hiding. I've personally
found
> > someone hiding in a kitchen cabinet over a sink on a raid-- what
looked
> > like an impossibly small space for a person to occupy. They also like
to
> > cross in front of each other's guns with frightening regularity. You
> > never point your gun at a fellow officer or move into a fellow
officers
> > line of fire.
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> > Conducting raids the way Horatio and his crew does is nothing more
than
> > an express ticket to the grave.
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> The halloween ep was AWFUL for this. Delco yells 'we're clear H!' after
> looking in the doorway to one room in the vampires huge apartment! I
> was cringing and laughing at the same time.
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> --
> Jitterbug phone works! (Third time's a charm!)
Is it like "Bones" where Booth the FBI agent lets Bones (the forensic
anthropologist) to take the lead in a similar situation?
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