Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Blade runner Date: 2 Nov 2025 01:22:42 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <68eb8c02$0$24822$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10d0f0e$1u8bd$1@dont-email.me> <68f40083$0$28050$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <20251020092029.000020b3@gmail.com> <68fcc773$0$417$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <10djhg8$3kg9d$5@dont-email.me> <10donsh$17dho$6@dont-email.me> <10dp2m1$1ctkt$1@dont-email.me> <7jtMQ.876831$7Ika.50088@fx17.iad> <5quctlxlmi.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10e1fn8$7gc2$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net I7UUonaylev+236bZHYFPwDaoPWKjQg8698at+yvuz0WelKHfF Cancel-Lock: sha1:i2igQSvrnJccIC9eR/nItv7hlyo= sha256:aFtN3fWONE8Wc7dr7sc5U5Xh9daVxGNuTOm4t+1sQEk= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76933 On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 14:22:21 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > That may be normal police procedure: do not touch anything, not even the > lights. The light switches have to photographed and analyzed for > fingerprints or adn. Using something else to wrap your finger and then > touch the switch may actually fudge or erase the fingerprint. True, but they're stomping through the place yelling 'Clear!' until they fall over a dead body or a crim tries to make them a dead body. As an aside, the old school police didn't really like the new, small, very bright LED flashlights. Maybe you couldn't see as well but if you slap someone with a 6 D cell Maglite they stay slapped.