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Off Topic => General Interest => Topic started by: Hooman on May 03, 2015, 05:11:13 AM
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Bah! My laptop was stolen.
Unlike a usual theft though, I got a text message attempting to ransom it's return for $150. The joke was on them though. It's not worth that much. It was bought from a second hand store about 10 years ago. I ran a backup maybe 2-3 days before it was stolen, and hadn't much used it since then. Instead I decided to mess with the thieves when they called to make their ransom demand.
"Hello"
"You want laptop back..."
"Hello"
"You want..."
"Hello"
"You want laptop back, pay..."
"Hello, I can't hear"
"You want laptop..."
"Can you speak up"
"You want laptop back..."
"Sorry, the connection isn't very good, can you say again?"
"You want ..."
"Hello?"
...
;)
I did that for two days before the accomplice called me to say "hello" at random intervals. :p Sounds like they're learning. Now if only they'd learn to properly appraise laptops before stealing them.
I heard through the grape vine that my laptop made it round to various pawn shops, where not one would buy it for so much as $10. I had to laugh at that.
In other news, I'm currently without a Windows machine.
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Now, if you had just installed a remote-detonated bomb into your laptop, you could have been the one ransoming them.
Sometimes it pays to be paranoid. ;)
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It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you! :o
Although, that idea is tempting. It also ensures no sensitive data is compromised. I do however lose the hardwrae. Maybe just have it set off a Rick Roll in an infinite loop instead. And solar panels so the battery doesn't die.
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You've lost the hardware anyways at that point, remember? Because, you know, it's been stolen.
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Maybe just have it set off a Rick Roll in an infinite loop instead.
Or a Dennis Nedry loop. "Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word!"
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Lol.
Last I heard, the laptop kidnapper still has my hardware, so there is a remote chance of recovering it. Certainly a greater chance than if a bomb inside of it went off.
Funny how I ran into one of laptop kidnappers accidentally a few days later. We sat and had a nice pleasant cordial conversation. At least we did up until the laptop was mentioned, then things went quickly downhill.