Is that your training talking EC  

Yes, I was on a mobile phone forensic course a couple of weeks ago and next week on an advanced one.

...and they have just done it again.

The video they saw has not advanced the investigation one jot. They could have returned it to the lab and had a proper examination done, preserving the evidence as well.

I've recorded it , so will now go and watch Nite nite EC ,

EC, I posted the other day that CSI has been axed. Next Saturday's episode is the very last one. There will be a 2 hour finale due to be shown in the States late September.

https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/topi...i-has-been-cancelled

oh noooo CSI axed.. I've followed it since the beginning

Mind you Nick needed to go cos his chipmunk over worked out and steroidy/protein supplemented neck and face was no longer fitting in the screen

ps EC.. it's pretend not real, it uses literary licence a lot 

I enjoy it,of course it's not like the real thing.Blondes with no forensic coveralls on etc,slinky tops and high heels.

CSI Cyber is the new CSI. .  Airing on C5 I think . .Ted Danson moving over to that one so yay!

Was just looking at this thread and was about to post that Olly 

Cheers !

Geddit? 

Don't forget that they always seem to work in poorly lit conditions. 

 but yesssssssssssssssss   

...and here's me thinking it's a documentary. 

That's so you can see things more clearer in torchlight

*I is talking through the top of me hat, methinks* 

Interestingly, that was the first episode I have ever seen (well nearly, I turned over 15 mins before the end). Although I do know my mum likes it.

Oh yes they must go through thousands of torches!

I saw a *behind the scenes* piece that showed the actual *real life* CSI who advised on the series

Yes, everybody knows his name.

Hahaha

Surely not

the problem is that a lot of people take it seriously, and it's had an adverse effect on many real life cases as a result:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect

I have a big problem with CSI and similar shows for the way they misrepresent the science and reality of crime investigations. I've heard from real forensic scientists who are frustrated by constantly having to explain to juries why (for example) it takes so long to get DNA results back ("But we know from TV that you can get them immediately!"   ).

I think Charlie Brooker summed it up best when he pointed out that CSI and similar, supposedly "realistic", TV shows often rely on technology and techniques so advanced that they're effectively science fiction...

 Yes, good post.

And you can add to your list of real forensic examiners who can be at best mildly irritated and at worst annoyed by the unrealistic portrayal of police/forensic work.

Example: EC I have a video still from a CCTV camera of a suspect and their car, can you please blow up the picture so I can see the number plate and the suspect's face?

The response: Yes, if you give me the technology found in Minority Report, other than that you will get 12 graphical blocks on screen varying in shade from black to white!

You then get a blank look as they want to say, but don't "I've seen it on TV where you can blow up pictures...".

AI technology can roughly work out possible results for fuzzy letters and pictures tho. .not precise but the technology is there. . altho if no letters are visible it is down to the quality of the video having a high pixel count on whether anything can be recovered. I did a module on that for part of my degree, had to, write, design and test a number of programs to read landsat images to determine what type of land was in the image [forest/swamp etc].. then had to test the accuracy of the programs and report the figures and adjust/rewrite programs to be more accurate. .all using AI programming languages. .that was over 10 yrs ago now..

I get what you mean about over expectations on results.. Altho I recall the original star trek I think had them walking around with something resembling an I pad long before we all had the interweb in our homes and touch screens too  

Also technology does catch up a lot of the time... You can get an HIV result on your blood within minutes. .used to be months.. some guy on midweek telly was talking about that last week...

I've also seen them interviewing writers to ask where they get their stuff from and most use beta or potential beta testing/design ideas. . but as you say the time factor is a problem for a lot of things..  I watch a lot of law type programmes and I know the cases can take a year or more to actually get to court, not as fast as is portrayed in dramas..

it's a question of educating the GBP that what they are seeing is fiction based on potential truth not real life. .a lot of people don't understand that part, maybe they watch too many reality TV shows 

The final 2 hour episode of CSI will be shown next Tuesday on channel 5 from 10pm

Thanks El Loro....I've put it on to record  

I stopped watching pretty much when Grissom left.

Grissom is back for the final 2 hour episode.

TBH El, I don't even think that is enough to lure me back now.

This thread is a bit of a blast from the past!