Funny you should mention that. I read/heard/saw somewhere that CSI and similar shows were making it more difficult in some places to prosecute cases since juries assumed everything would be more cut-and-dry. Not sure about the validity of that though.
--- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Download "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Bendily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] thinking outside the can (OT) >> I'm with the judge and police on this one. As far as I remember, once you >> put something in the garbage by the curb (or alley in this case I >> suppose) >> then it's legal for anyone, including you and me, to take it. I could be >> wrong on this though, but if you see a chair on the curb for garbage >> collection then you have the right to take it. Why not the police? Hmm, >> so >> is dumpster diving legal or illegal? Maybe I'm wrong about this. > > They do it on CSI. As far as CSI the TV show goes it's legal! ;) > > BB > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
