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Thieves Clear Out NJ Apple Store In 31 Seconds

theodp writes "An amazing surveillance tape of a burglary in progress at a New Jersey Apple Store shows five perps in masks smashing the plate-glass doors at 2:05 a.m., signaling to the security guard that they had a gun, and clearing off the display tables with the efficiency of a Indy 500 pit crew. The take: 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod touches in 31 seconds flat. Estimated value, based on average selling price: $46,345. No word yet on whether Microsoft's Laptop Hunters have alibis."

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  1. Re:That's pathetic! They get dumber every day. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    > The law often doesn't make a distinction between making your victim think you have a deadly weapon and actually possessing one.

    That's right. If I imply I have a gun in my pocket and you jump me and kill me, the fact that I actually had no such gun doesn't matter. I led you to believe I did, therefore you acted as if I did.

    On the other hand, if you invade my country looking for the WMDs in my secret labs, which I damn well acted as if I had, people want to put you on trial as a war criminal.

    What a world.

  2. Obviously... by dangitman · · Score: 0, Troll

    This theft was organized by Microsoft.

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  3. You Find It, You Keep It! by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was a Microsoft laptop hunter and now I'm 31 Macintoshes!

  4. Re:That's pathetic! They get dumber every day. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Look at their hands, they are black. "Work" is not an option.

  5. Re:That's pathetic! They get dumber every day. by Omnifarious · · Score: 1, Troll

    Actually, the war criminal charges have everything to do with torture sanctioned at the highest levels of government, and little to do with the actual war itself.

    And you have the facts wrong anyway. I don't think anybody in the Bush administration seriously believed that the Iraqis actually had any chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. The Bush administration just staged a propaganda campaign to make people think the Iraqis did so there was a justification for war.

    Willful refusal to see evidence that's at variance with your conclusions. You wouldn't also happen to be a creationist, would you?

  6. That explains it by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd wondered why the newest HP laptop ad featuring that "laptop hunter" chick didn't show her face - now I know why. She's gaming Microsoft - she turns her nose up at Mac laptops during the commercial; collects her paycheck; then later goes back for a smash and grab to get the laptop she really wanted.

    Only thing left to do is watch for the HP laptop on eBay.

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  7. Didn't this happen three days ago? by Ned+Scott · · Score: 0, Troll

    jesus christ slashdot, could you be any slower in reporting the news?

  8. Re:Too bad by selven · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would Apple want to have insurance? Getting a single store robbed won't even show on their profit charts and insurance companies have to make a profit so it would by definition be more expensive long term.

  9. And yet... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...all they got was trash.

    (Apple fanbois: This is the ultimate test of humor vs. fanboiness. Might the better side win! ^^)

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