For the happy man! - Collected writings DEPRESSION: Ed Atkins

For the happy man! - Collected writings DEPRESSION: Ed Atkins For the happy man! - Collected writings DEPRESSION: Ed Atkins

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Or... I suppose. False positives and contamination by subsequent handling or nearby objects (e.g. the mixing of blood from victim and attacker), for example, are problems owing to the presence of many common substances and the necessity of human involvement in the collection of trace evidence (if only robots were sufficiently developed). Both can occur with DNA traces and fingerprints. Partial fingerprints are even more vulnerable to false positives. Samples from accidents or crimes should therefore be protected as much as possible by enclosure in a sealable container as soon as possible, after an incident is under investigation. Or the locked-room... In which a crime – almost always murder – is committed under apparently impossible circumstances. The crime in question typically involves a crime scene that no intruder could have entered or left, e.g., a locked room. Following other conventions of classic detective fiction, the reader is normally presented with the puzzle and all of the clues, and is encouraged to solve the mystery before the solution is revealed in a dramatic climax. [...]

Or, worth noting that in the Fifth century BC, Herodotus told the tale of that robber whose headless body was found in a sealed stone chamber with only one guarded exit. [...]

Or, worth noting that in <strong>the</strong> Fifth century BC, Herodotus<br />

told <strong>the</strong> tale of that robber whose headless body was<br />

found in a sealed stone chamber with only one guarded exit.<br />

[...]

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