+Bull Moose Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Sorry if this has been discussed, but you can't search for "csi" on the forums - it's less than 4 letters. Did you see the "geocaching" portion of CSI last night? They were chasing down a E911 equipped cell phone using a Meridian Color (a good trick). I got a good laugh as the character holding the GPS yelled "100 feet... 80 feet.... 30 feet...!" Of course the cell phone was right at 0 feet. They found a dead body and took it, but I didn't see them leave anything in exchange. Quote Link to comment
+Frank@FloridaJeepers?net Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Sorry if this has been discussed, but you can't search for "csi" on the forums - it's less than 4 letters. Did you see the "geocaching" portion of CSI last night? They were chasing down a E911 equipped cell phone using a Meridian Color (a good trick). I got a good laugh as the character holding the GPS yelled "100 feet... 80 feet.... 30 feet...!" Of course the cell phone was right at 0 feet. They found a dead body and took it, but I didn't see them leave anything in exchange. Yeah...I laughed at that too... That and...can they do that? I mean...downlink to the GPSr like that? The GPS enabled cell phone was moving and he was still able to track it...those Meridians are something... Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I'm wondering when they will have a Geocacher discover the body that starts the episode. I'll probably be laughing by butt off at the dorks er... geocachers... and how they are played on TV. Quote Link to comment
+tstar Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Maybe Steve Buschemi could portray the cacher... Quote Link to comment
+cache_us_if_you_can Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Sorry if this has been discussed, but you can't search for "csi" on the forums - it's less than 4 letters. Did you see the "geocaching" portion of CSI last night? They were chasing down a E911 equipped cell phone using a Meridian Color (a good trick). I got a good laugh as the character holding the GPS yelled "100 feet... 80 feet.... 30 feet...!" Of course the cell phone was right at 0 feet. They found a dead body and took it, but I didn't see them leave anything in exchange. Forgive me for asking, but what is CSI? As you can probably tell, I don't watch much TV. Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 (edited) Sorry if this has been discussed, but you can't search for "csi" on the forums - it's less than 4 letters. Did you see the "geocaching" portion of CSI last night? They were chasing down a E911 equipped cell phone using a Meridian Color (a good trick). I got a good laugh as the character holding the GPS yelled "100 feet... 80 feet.... 30 feet...!" Of course the cell phone was right at 0 feet. They found a dead body and took it, but I didn't see them leave anything in exchange. Yes it was more than a little "Hollywood" with the GPSr tracking a GPS chip equipped cell phone in real time but still better then the last episode of 24 where they were tracking a GPS device on a subway train I'd love to have the antenna from that receiver. Edited May 21, 2004 by PDOP's Quote Link to comment
+bradtal Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Sorry if this has been discussed, but you can't search for "csi" on the forums - it's less than 4 letters. Did you see the "geocaching" portion of CSI last night? They were chasing down a E911 equipped cell phone using a Meridian Color (a good trick). I got a good laugh as the character holding the GPS yelled "100 feet... 80 feet.... 30 feet...!" Of course the cell phone was right at 0 feet. They found a dead body and took it, but I didn't see them leave anything in exchange. Forgive me for asking, but what is CSI? As you can probably tell, I don't watch much TV. CSI is a TV show that's pretty popular right now. Stands for Crime Scene Investigation. Basically, it's a drama that shows investigators playing with real high-tech toys that I dought any "normal" police investigators would have. Can't "diss" the show as I've watched it a couple of times with the wife (you know, the "if I watch her TV shows with her, she'll be happy that I'm interested in things she likes, instead of NASCAR and Most Extreme Elimination..." thing) and it was pretty interesting. Brad Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Yes it was more than a little "Hollywood" with the GPSr tracking a GPS chip equipped cell phone in real time but still better then the last episode of 24 where they were tracking a GPS device on a subway train I'd love to have the antenna from that receiver. I saw that on 24 too. I figured it was the new High-Gain Nuclear Powered Garmin 5000 GPS device. Pretty awesome they way you could track that device through a few hundred feet of concrete, dirt, asphalt and steel cabling. (Note: my tongue is firmly in my cheek!) I really like 24 a lot but that sort of blew me and my wife away when we saw it. Quote Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted May 21, 2004 Author Share Posted May 21, 2004 Forgive me for asking, but what is CSI? As you can probably tell, I don't watch much TV. It's a hit drama (Top 10) about crime scene investigation. I used to not like it, but I've warmed up to it and watch it every so often now. I always get a good laugh because I work with a lot of the scientific instruments and equipment shown on the show, and obviously they are as Hollywoodized as the GPS thing they showed last night. My wife goes and watches it in the other room now because she's sick of hearing me critique the actor's techniques. I wonder if they got some $$ from Magellan for product placement. They showed both a Road Mate and a Meri Color last night. Quote Link to comment
SLCDave Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Yes it was more than a little "Hollywood" with the GPSr tracking a GPS chip equipped cell phone in real time but still better then the last episode of 24 where they were tracking a GPS device on a subway train I'd love to have the antenna from that receiver. Yeah, that was pretty bone-headded of them. 24 is the only show that I plan to watch each week, and I guess I can forgive them. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 ...I wonder if they got some $$ from Magellan for product placement. They showed both a Road Mate and a Meri Color last night. I noticed that Road Mate. Quote Link to comment
+SixDogTeam Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 my GPSr is a Binford 2000 Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Maybe Steve Buschemi could portray the cacher... LOL Quote Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Yes it was more than a little "Hollywood" with the GPSr tracking a GPS chip equipped cell phone in real time but still better then the last episode of 24 where they were tracking a GPS device on a subway train I'd love to have the antenna from that receiver. I saw that on 24 too. I figured it was the new High-Gain Nuclear Powered Garmin 5000 GPS device. Pretty awesome they way you could track that device through a few hundred feet of concrete, dirt, asphalt and steel cabling. (Note: my tongue is firmly in my cheek!) I really like 24 a lot but that sort of blew me and my wife away when we saw it. Gotta love 24 with all those Palms and Slates with direct Satelite Imagry feeds. Gotta have one. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Maybe Steve Buschemi could portray the cacher... ...aahhhh, my twin...... Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 There has been 'geocaching' quite often in Alias too. They e.g. use GPSrs near the San Andreas fault to find a buried(!) box, which contains a severed hand(!!!). Talk about trade items... Often they also show coordinates on screen too so you can check where they actually point to. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 my GPSr is a Binford 2000 It must be a forgery. Binford never made anything greater than a 1600. In one of the Spy Kids movies they showed some co-ords - but mixed the lat and lon numbers, it's very hard to get a lat of greater than 90! Quote Link to comment
+Bob Blaylock Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Forgive me for asking, but what is CSI? As you can probably tell, I don't watch much TV. Original TV show, as described by others, set in Las Vegas: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247082/ [This is the one which had an episode that is being discussed here.] There are two spinoffs. CSI: Miami http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313043/ CSI: New York http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395843/ [As of this writing, no episodes of CSI: New York have yet been aired. This show is to begin next season. A recently-aired CSI: Miami episode provided a “crossover” to the new CSI: New York series, introducing the main cast and setting it up. A similar “crossover” episode of the orginal CSI series was similarly used to set the stage for CSI: Miami a few years ago. That episode was based on one of the more blatant misfacts I've ever seen. A person suffering from diabetic ketoacidosis is in no condition to be going on a cross-country crime spree.] Quote Link to comment
+garri Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 What was the episode name? Quote Link to comment
+Eswau Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 As someone who works in a scientific laboratory, I won't even touch how far they stretch some of their lab tests (our GCMS takes ~1 hour to run - theirs about 1 minute). However, what I really think is funny is when a CSI person goes and interrogates a suspect. I'm not in law enforcement, but I have to believe this isn't done in the real world. Quote Link to comment
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