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Laser 'Unprinter' Developed in UK

Posted March 15, 2012 2:02 PM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

A technique to vaporise photocopied ink from paper has been developed by engineers at the University of Cambridge.

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03/16/2012 5:20 AM

Given that a photograph is no longer sufficient to qualify as evidence in the British law courts, given the ease of digital manipulation these days, it looks like documentation is going the same way. How on earth am I supposed to catch the baddies now?

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03/16/2012 6:27 AM

Well. I noticed after the cops got off with beating Rodney King, because the video evidence was not allowed, and it started the riots, that in the weeks following, all the looters were rounded up and jailed. They had been caught on video doing it, and you can't argue with that! So it may be allowed, it depends who submits it.

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03/16/2012 8:35 AM

Oh, pffft. You lazy gendermeries with your photograhps and fingerprints and DNA evidence. Return to the tried-and-true methods of cunnnig and stealth and a keen eye. Use these tools to bop suspected baddies on the head with your night stick and beat confessions out of them. Like the old days!

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