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if they were smarter, they certainly would not end as thiefs ;-)

Not necessarily, but maybe if they were smarter, they wouldn't be caught thieving :)

I certainly wasn't!

Oh...

If I found a laptop I would:

1. PC... pop out the BIOS battery to clear the BIOS password, re-flash the BIOS, DoD wipe the harddrive and install Windows fresh.

2. Mac... pop out the battery, wipe the PRAM, DoD wipe the harddrive and install OSX fresh.

'twas a joke bro. If I found a laptop, I'd do everything in my power to return it to its owner.

I miss the old firmware PowerMacs. You could reprogram the firmware to lock the boot sequence with a password. Unlike BIOS the firmware was NVRAM so popping the battery and resetting the PRAM wouldn't change much. The only way to get past the firmware was to replace the motherboard.

Have you seen the movie with the subtitle "the smartest guys in the room"?

I'm not sure I agree with you. Maybe they wouldn't be stealing laptops but instead be defrauding an entire state...

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