>>Watching CSI NY last week and Mack was complaining about being short-staffed because of the swingeing budget cuts they've experienced.
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>>In that episode they made use of the star trek-like 3-D, life-sized, holographic full-body tomography thingummy, where they can examine the body inside and out without disturbing it.
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>>In the same episode they're playing with the huge glass display, as featured as futuristic in "Minority Report", where they're whizzing images and data about with the flick of a finger or hand gesture.
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>They used to be able to do it with two fingers or two hands. ;)

Does not compute

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>>There were several other SF-like hi-tech gadgets in that epo alone.
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>>Now these are the kind of budget cuts I could live with!