And here's a pet peeve to go with the one about where people
in P.I.
fiction are always going, "A private eye? Like Magnum,
Rockford,
whoever...." How come so many private eyes in fiction boast
about not
knowing anything about computers, or are just now learning to
use them? It
seems to me that computers and access to databases via the
internet would
have been standard equipment for any real-life private eyes
who are serious
about their work, for years now...Of course, it fills pages
with witty
repartee and a two-page description of some fine micro-brewed
beer to take
a cop buddy for a beer or a cute librarian for dinner and
convince him to
use their computers to run a search on whatever. It's
probably more
interesting than saying "I sat down, got online and
downloaded all I could
find on so-and-so."
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Kevin Smith
It's summertime, and the living is cheesy...What are you
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