C'mon,. guys, get real!

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CSI have just used the most ridiculous "find the vital clue" McGuffin ever... I know that what they're describing (without giving the plot away, it's finding a sound recording in an unlikely medium) is technically possible, and really has been done, but they didn't make any attempt to make it look plausible. You don't scan 1% of the possible recording area and instantly find exactly what you want, it's an incredibly difficult technical process that takes hundreds of hours. Yes, I know it's a 45 minute show, but this was just silly...

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My wife and I are both archaeologists and we laughed our heads off when we saw that. Unfortunately I don't have the time to explain in how many ways that just woudldn't work.

We got the feeling that the programme researchers read some old papers and thought "Cool!" lets use something like this!

I'm just waiting for CSI to start scanning dead eyes to capture the last image they saw...