2009/08/26 20:00
There was a must-read article in The Telegraph yesterday about CCTV cameras.It points out that very few crimes are solved due to the cameras: "For every 1,000 cameras in London, less than one crime is solved per year."I'm sure there are many other ways to spend the money that would lead to more crimes being solved.But I guess Brits have...
2010/02/27 9:21
It looks like Sony have vandalised an important landmark in Amsterdam in order to promote a new game (hat-tip: Dina).
It probably seemed like a fun idea to Sony’s marketing department, but I do hope they will be prosecuted harshly, because it sets a very dangerous precedent if you can commit crimes without punishment if it’s for marketing purposes.
I mean, in the first instance it might only be the letters in Hollywood’s logo that get stolen, but what will the next step be?
Will you be allowed to hijack planes to promote a new plane game, or perhaps even blow up a building to promote a new version of Worms?
2007/01/23 23:14
I get to read New Scientist through my work (under the pretext of looking for new words). In a recent issue, a reader gave the following advice about how to commit a crime: There is a simpler way for master criminals to throw the police off the scent. If they have blood samples from other people these could be placed at the scene. Or anonymous donor red blood cells could be mixed with DNA amplified from a hair from someone...
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