I’d like to see a cop show that applies that level of writing to guns.
A: What can you tell me about the bullet you recovered from the victim?
B: It’s a handgun round, caliber 9x19 inch, solid steel frangible hollow-point. Fired with a muzzle velocity of 100 joules, one of these can punch through an inch of hardened RHA like wet toilet paper.
A: 100 joules?! Jesus Christ, that’s enough to kill someone!
B: Exactly. This is the kind of bullet only a professional would use. Thankfully the firing pin left an imprint on the bullet; if we can find the shop that sold the gun they can tell us who fired it.
A: Only one shop in LA carries weapons that powerful. Let’s go.
With scenes like that and the ‘two characters typing on the same keyboard to hack faster’ one, I’m 90% sure it’s just the writers having fun and seeing what they can get away with. Long-running formulaic shows must be boring as hell to write for, so I can understand the impulse.
It’s just about the easiest language to create a GUI in, too. It’s like saying “I’ll write a quick Hello World in Python, and then we’ve got this case in the bag!”
“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic. See if I can track down the IP Address”
I’d like to see a cop show that applies that level of writing to guns.
A: What can you tell me about the bullet you recovered from the victim?
B: It’s a handgun round, caliber 9x19 inch, solid steel frangible hollow-point. Fired with a muzzle velocity of 100 joules, one of these can punch through an inch of hardened RHA like wet toilet paper.
A: 100 joules?! Jesus Christ, that’s enough to kill someone!
B: Exactly. This is the kind of bullet only a professional would use. Thankfully the firing pin left an imprint on the bullet; if we can find the shop that sold the gun they can tell us who fired it.
A: Only one shop in LA carries weapons that powerful. Let’s go.
…velocity in joules?
Yes, that is certainly the only inaccurate part in that dialogue. ;)
that’s the one that stood out in my sleep deprived state :P
With scenes like that and the ‘two characters typing on the same keyboard to hack faster’ one, I’m 90% sure it’s just the writers having fun and seeing what they can get away with. Long-running formulaic shows must be boring as hell to write for, so I can understand the impulse.
Funny enough, writing a GUI using VB.NET isn’t even a bad idea, it just didn’t have anything to do with the task
It’s just about the easiest language to create a GUI in, too. It’s like saying “I’ll write a quick Hello World in Python, and then we’ve got this case in the bag!”