update

well, looks like i've been neglecting my blog lately. so here goes: the police here in france is even more idiotic than the police back in romania. i know this sounds very unlikely, impossible even and you might think that the mere thought of it would produce one of those quantum continuum paradoxes the doc has always been telling marty about (the ones that could destroy the entire universe). but it's true! the police here doesn't give a shit about 'minor' crimes such as assault and robbery, theft, break in, and so forth. a guy had his car stolen from the parking lot right in front of the institute, but the police did nothing. some time ago the institute has been broken into and a lot of flat displays and various other things were stolen. the police didn't even bother to look for fingerprints. the romanian police just loves searching for fingerprints and taking fingerprints as well (they will take your fingerprint for as little as living in a student dorm in a town other than your hometown and not having notified the local police). the reason i'm bringing this up is because the plastic harness of my laptop case has been found (moni and i went looking for it cause the police wasn't even interested in the scene) and moni said the thief wasn't wearing gloves - i didn't see his hands clearly. but when we wanted to take it to the police for a fingerprint check we were laughed at. in romania assault and robbery is considered a serious offence and the culprit can get 3 to 5 years in jail if the victim was not injured (my case) and as much as 15 years if serious permanent injury has been dealt to the victim. like i said, the secretary form the lab has been extreamly kind and came with me to the police station so i could fill out a complaint. the two of us were sitting at the officer's desk and were talking in english. and the officer told us in french, in a very upset tone, that this is france and we shouldn't speak romanian here. baka! and he was an officer. sous-brigadier pascal. some idiot with the iq of a wooden plank.