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 19:20:00 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <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 LGM83oPNRqO+lr6A7iVhkAOMwDFUayyl9wA/V2d+jiFwJwrRPL Cancel-Lock: sha1:QtBBoHljz2rZDBd4FP+xeANZ0TE= sha256:eb6wrRCQg9OiS1eBx6CAG4CRNVh/6o1pZKaYvcN3/7c= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76963 On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 15:50:05 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-11-02 02:22, rbowman wrote: >> 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. > > True. I have one of those somewhere, strong aluminum. I put a LED bulb in mine. It's an improvement over the Xenon bulb but not as good as the current cheap LED flashlights. I think it's about 250 lumens. There is a more expensive replacement that costs a lot more than a simple bulb change and a lot more than a $20 1000 lumen flashlight.