It's also reminiscent of the "Lazarus Bowl" episode of "The X-Files,"
in which Mulder and Scully investigated a bowl that was supposed to
have recorded Jesus's voice as he raised Lazarus from the dead. The
voice on the bowl also stated, "I am the walrus. I am the walrus.
Paul is dead. Coo-coo-ca-choo," in Aramaic...
Susan Hooyenga
E-MELD
Quoting Trey Bunn <[log in to unmask]>:
> Aside from the possible dubious nature of the video
> clip, I will point out that this was a plot point in
> one of those "CSI" crime TV shows recently. I'm not
> sure which one it was, but you know the type. Solve
> crimes with impossibly convenient forensics... I only
> saw a clip of it, anyway, at a film symposium last
> year, and it was mostly a tongue-in-cheek thing for
> those of us attending. The purpose of the segment was
> to show how film and sound archives (or preservation)
> are portrayed in popular culture.
>
> So in this crime show, they have a piece of pottery
> that was being made by someone who got killed later,
> and they use fancy lasers and computers to read the
> grooves made on the pottery while it was being
> sculpted and spinning. It was your typical "computers
> can do anything" scene, though with sound software
> like the kind we all know and love. And by typical, I
> mean the usual:
>
> (Computer Expert explains the process and plays back
> the clip, which sounds like incoherent static.)
> Investigator: "I can't understand what she's saying.
> Can you clear that up a little?"
> Computer Expert: "Sure." (taps 3 keys on the
> keyboard)
> (graphic updates immediately with appropriate bleeping
> sound accompaniment, because, of course, ALL COMPUTERS
> BEEP WHENEVER THEY DO ANYTHING!)
> (sound clip now sounds clear as a bell)
> Investigator: "Book him, Danno!"
>
> Well, we found it funny.
>
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