On 4/27/2012 4:14 AM, Invisible wrote:
> I'm a big fan of the TV series NCIS. But sometimes it really makes me
> laugh.
>
> For those that don't know, the series follows the exploits of a
> fictional team working for the US Navel Criminal Investigative Service.
> Considering it's a show about people who investigate murders and other
> violent crimes, it's actually surprisingly humorous. Naturally every
> investigation is different, and the guy who did it is never, ever who
> you think it was.
>
> The characters are pretty much what you'd expect:
>
> - There's the team leader, the intense, silent authority figure that
> everybody both fears and deeply respects. He has a strong sense of moral
> justice and can be guaranteed to always do what's right, regardless of
> what the rule book says. He can read people like a book, he knows how to
> make people talk, and he always figures it out before everybody else
> does. Being an older guy, he is completely inept with any technology
> more modern than a telephone.
>
> - There's the wildcard. The smug, annoying, arrogant self-important
> jerk. Always wisecracking, always quoting obscure movie references. He
> thinks he is The Big, Mr Big, The Cool Guy. And the ladies are always
> all over him - as he constantly reminds everybody, every three seconds.
> In short, he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. And yet, everybody
> really likes him, for no defined reason.

I don't.

> - There's the obligatory computer nerd. He can crack any cipher, and
> hack any computer system. (Unless it doesn't suit the script writer for
> today's episode.) Naturally, the guy is a high-calibre wimp. Oh, he will
> tackle people to the ground. But somehow he manages to make even that
> look wimpy. And he's really easy to intimidate. (Although, there was
> that one episode... nevermind.)

And when he is temporarily reassigned to the cyberwarfare department, 
the other geeks call him boss.

> Also, something bothers me: I'm PRETTY SURE that if a suspect refuses to
> give you a DNA sample, then you CANNOT simply offer them a drink, and
> then lift their fingerprints and DNA from the glass afterwards. It
> strikes me that there must be some kind of LAW against that kind of
> thing. (Otherwise why would you even need consent in the first place?)

Well, sometimes you want a sample without him knowing that you got one. 
  Generally speaking, if the police don't need your consent, then 
cooperation is mandatory.  (Telling an Icelandic policeman that you 
won't be giving the blood sample he has requested results in you getting 
held down by as many policemen as it takes.  Or at least that's what 
they told US military servicemen who were assigned to Iceland in 1992.)

The silly one I saw was when a computer in the lab was being hacked. 
You could tell because windows kept opening up rapidly, JUST LIKE IN 
REAL LIFE!!!111!!1!1!!!  The Geek and the Lab Goth were both typing on 
the same keyboard trying to stop this.  (In a rare fit of accuracy, this 
did not work.)  The attack stopped when the Boss pulled the power cord 
on the machine.  (I would have pulled the network cable.)

Regards,
John

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