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I just bought a PB from a guy in an alley!
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Works perfectly!
12" 1.3 ghz 768 ram 60 gig HD super drive
Even came with a bag!
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Does it make a ticking noise?
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edit:  Ok, meelk, good one ! 
-t
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Wouldn't they have to prove that you knew it was stolen?
But yeah, if you have stolen gear, they will repossess it, and you wont get a refund.
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How much did you pay for it?
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I always wanted that to happen to me. I WILL BUY STOLEN STUFF ALL YOU CRIMINALS!
Please approach me.
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"That's okay, I'd like to keep it on manual control for a while."
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Don't turn it on within WiFi range. Wipe the hard drive and reinstall before connecting it to the internet. If you find a lock icon with a password prompt, you might as well return the PB to the alley.
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naw im already wiping it.
using a friends tiger.
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Originally Posted by The Godfather
Don't turn it on within WiFi range. Wipe the hard drive and reinstall before connecting it to the internet. If you find a lock icon with a password prompt, you might as well return the PB to the alley.
You mean open Firmware lock? Doesn't removing the RAM get around that?
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Originally Posted by The Godfather
If you find a lock icon with a password prompt, you might as well return the PB to the alley.
I think you can defeat the firmware password thingy by changing around the RAM configuration. BTW: This information's available in Apple's knowledge base.
EDIT: SWG beat me to it.
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would suck to be the mac owner.
how much did u pay?
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Excellent thread. I always appreciate a little light-hearted schadenfreude wit.
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I, ASIMO.
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Reverse linky to stolen PB alert thread to keep track of the unfolding action.
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Let say that Meelk did actually buy such a laptop [I know it's a prank]. From a personal point of view, I wouldn't blame him for doing so... Even if said laptop were to be mine. Hey, I wouldn't put it pass me to buy stolen goods.
In my case, I lost my laptop through an oversight on my part and thus, through bad luck, it got stolen from me.
If Meelk's PB were to be mine, it would irk me to no end, but he bought it fair and square. I would not demand retribution, I would leave it up to him if he wanted to work a deal.
However, this is not the case and thus no need bring it back to life. I have moved on from it.
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Having something that personal and valuable stolen without any recompense would make me feel bad, but your attitude's the right one. You have to move on and learn a lesson from the experience.
Also, I think anyone who knowingly buys someone else's stolen property would feel guilty about it unless they were a sociopath.
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Originally Posted by vinster
Also, I think anyone who knowingly buys someone else's stolen property would feel guilty about it unless they were a sociopath.
How many MHz does it take to alleviate that guilt?
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Originally Posted by jonasmac
Did he take credit card?
I know this place called Alley. They take credit card, cash, wallet, shoes, anything.
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
How many MHz does it take to alleviate that guilt?
Not less than 867mhz.
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A friend was taking a shuttle bus to a regional airport on his way to relocating thousands of miles away.
As he boarded the shuttle, which was empty except for the driver and he, there in the overhead baggage shelf he saw a PB. Without thinking more than half a second he gave it to the driver to take inside the terminal.
All the way to the airport he wondered if the driver had already spotted the PB and just left it there until no one else would be around and then simply take it, OR if it was some kind of sting to catch dishonest riders.
I have compassion (sorta) for thieves because I was once a thief, myself. Nothing big time, or organized. I wasn't a professional. I just took things if they were convenient to take.
I stopped because I noticed other people's lives were more peaceful and uneventful than mine was. I met someone who was very spiritual and very honest and her life had a sense of harmony and of the miraculous about it that I had never seen or experienced before.
I asked her about it and she told me a few things.
There's a thing called karma. It is real. When you steal (for example) you create bad karma. When you create bad karma, bad things and bad luck will befall you more than they would other people.
When you tire of having bad luck, just make a point to stop doing bad things and eventually one day you'll notice all the drama from your past life is now just...
gone...
Please, if you would be good to yourself and others, don't steal. Whatever it is ain't worth the karmic hit you'll suffer.
Oh, and don't buy things you know (or believe) are stolen.
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Give petty people just a little bit of power and watch how they misuse it! You can't silence the self doubt, can you?
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
I always wanted that to happen to me. I WILL BUY STOLEN STUFF ALL YOU CRIMINALS!
Please approach me.
Maybe you're too nice? You need to move in more unpleasant-circles.
Seriously though, we all love the idea of picking up a bargain - especially an Apple bargain, but I couldn't stand the thought I was using someones personnel machine that had been taken from them.
Could you?
- A brand new machine, boxed, (If stolen, obviously stolen en-mass). I'd be tempted.
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depends on what kind of alley. there's a place in LA known as the Alley that may or may not be reputable for the items they have; not always bad.
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some people are like slinkys: they don't do much, but are fun to push down stairs.
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Did it come with any extras besides the body bag?
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Originally Posted by OB1
Maybe you're too nice? You need to move in more unpleasant-circles.
What is this, German? "Hans, you need to move in more Unpleasantcircles."
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Originally Posted by OB1
Maybe you're too nice? You need to move in more unpleasant-circles.
Seriously though, we all love the idea of picking up a bargain - especially an Apple bargain, but I couldn't stand the thought I was using someones personnel machine that had been taken from them.
Could you?
- A brand new machine, boxed, (If stolen, obviously stolen en-mass). I'd be tempted.
Actually I would be happy with it as the insurance would get me a new one 
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Buying stolen property is just as bad as stealing it. I don't go there.
Oh, crap. now I get the joke. Carry on.
MORE COFFEE!!
(Last edited by chris v; Aug 16, 2005 at 09:49 AM.
(Reason:Oh, crap.))
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Originally Posted by chris v
Buying stolen property is just as bad as stealing it. I don't go there.
Is reading and replying in a thread about stolen property just as bad also? 
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
Is reading and replying in a thread about stolen property just as bad also?
Absolutely. It's horrible. Horrible, I tell you. Sinful, vain, prideful, you name it, if it's bad, then yes, it's true. Bad, bad, bad.
What-- what was the question?
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When you buy stolen property, you motivate the criminal to steal again.
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Originally Posted by Super Mario
I know this place called Alley. They take credit card, cash, wallet, shoes, anything.
best answer yet!
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i once found a wallet in the back of a taxi...but i gave it to the driver...who i know took all the cash
dumb me for not holding it for the owner
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Originally Posted by ironknee
i once found a wallet in the back of a taxi...but i gave it to the driver...who i know took all the cash
dumb me for not holding it for the owner
Oh, the ironknee.
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