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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."
Did you shit out an obama?
> 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.
This theft was organized by Microsoft.
... and then they built the supercollider.
I was a Microsoft laptop hunter and now I'm 31 Macintoshes!
Look at their hands, they are black. "Work" is not an option.
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?
Need a Python, C++, Unix, Linux develop
A racist troll is now considered insightful? Time to stop reading Slashdot...
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.
#DeleteChrome
jesus christ slashdot, could you be any slower in reporting the news?
Quoth CNN's article [cnn.com]:
The magsafe cords detached instantly, offering no resistance and leaving power sockets undamaged.
Finally, the stiff unibody shells meant that the villains could grab the notebooks one-handed from a corner with no flexing, and no risk to the internal circuitry, the tough aluminum bodies resisting the jostling clanks inside the sacks.
And so we see that it is true that Apple really does design for the end-user, with small efficiencies that all add up. Thanks to Apple, the scoundrels managed to load up their booty 23 Macbook Pros, 14 iPhones and nine iPod Touches in just 31 seconds.
The CNN writer is an idiot. The machines stolen were boxed units. Anything on display is cable chained to the desktop/display to prevent snatch and run theft during business hours.
Apple has made an effort to reduce the bulk of their packaging, so this did work in the thieves favor. Still 5 MBPs 3 iPhones, and 2 iPodTouches per thief is quite a haul... The MBP packages are still kinda big to stuff 5 of them into a rucksack...
Gee I guess you have never been to an Apple Store then.
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.
...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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