500 EURO reward for finding car by finding laptop 467
Komawi writes "Greetings,
On the night of march 11th my car was stolen (Mercedes Benz, I'm realy fond of that car!), but also my laptop with in it a wireless networkcard with the following MAC address:
00:30:BD:9C:BD:B2
Also a mobile phone was stolen, with IMEI number 351083531088913.
If anyone has a way to locate these goods and by this I get back my car, a reward of 500 euros will be given!
The goods were taken from Alkmaar, The Netherlands somewhere between 2004-03-11 23:00 and 2004-03-12 07:30.
May the force be with you!"
Running distributed.net? (Score:5, Interesting)
Sorry to hear about the theft. I can only imagine how awful it feels.
Re:Running distributed.net? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Running distributed.net? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Running distributed.net? (Score:5, Funny)
The Geek Army Unleashed! (Score:5, Funny)
with the following MAC address: 00:30:BD:9C:BD:B2 Also a mobile phone was stolen, with IMEI number 351083531088913
Next story will be "I tried ringing the stolen phone, did anyone hear a phone ringing?"
What I'm really worried about is the poor thief. After all, he's just unleashed an unemployed geek army, ready to do battle.
"Cornelius! Look! I saw that MAC address! Hit the gas! Rev up that little Honda Civic! Think of all the anime posters we can buy when we get the reward!"
"Eugene! I was playing with my scanner and I found that IMEI, so I triangulated its location! We can buy t-shirts on Thinkgeek with the reward money! Go Away Or I Will Replace You With A Very Small Shell Script!" [snorting laughter]
And pretty soon, there are 2,500 unemployed virgins with masking tape holding together their glasses converging on the thief's doorstep.
Dude, wherever you are, turn yourself in before it's too late.
Re:Running distributed.net? (Score:3, Interesting)
I remember a story like this that wasn't an April fool a few years back. The guy was a Mac user and found his computer by some PC Anywhere like tool. I
First post (Score:4, Funny)
I Found it!! (Score:5, Funny)
FF (Score:4, Funny)
(I actually believed it)
Re:FF (Score:3, Funny)
Re:FF (Score:4, Funny)
If you're running Windows at work, play Solitaire. If you're running Linux, play "Make sound work in KDE."
2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:2, Interesting)
On top of that, it would hardly take long to sell a laptop off. What a bummer.
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:5, Informative)
Quite standard? You can't get more standard then ISO-standard! :)
MS (Score:3, Funny)
Ambiguity (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Ambiguity (Score:3, Informative)
Japanese?
6th of June is literally "6 month 6 day".
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:2)
sigh @ text, expression never gets across how you intend it to.
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:5, Insightful)
No, civilized countries write dates either as DDMMYYYY or YYYYMMDD, you don't just juggle the digits around.
Nobody would write time like HH:SS:MM ? Of course not, it would be just as ridiculous as writing a date like YYYYDDMM it doesn't make any sense.
Or you could write dates like most airlines do 01APR04 or in this case 11MAR04..
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:3, Informative)
Well, actually you'll find that alot of people in the UK will say "Meet me on the 17th of April, 2004". There is a world outside the US, you know.
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:5, Funny)
Hahahahaha! April Fool's!! Good one!
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:2)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:3, Insightful)
You don't speak dates like this: "Meet me 17 April 2004." It's not natural.
Not in English it isn't, but in most European languages it is:
French, Dutch, Spanish, German,
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:3, Insightful)
(In a recent example, a case about French musicians going after Apple for iPod royalties: someone started going on about the DMCA. I pointed out the poster was being US-centric and that the DMCA didn't apply in this case. That poster was not modded Offtopic, but I was modded Flamebait. Atrocious.)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:3, Informative)
Slashbots (Score:4, Funny)
Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck. (Score:5, Funny)
Most Mercedes stolen in western Europe get a second chance in eastern Europe.
Try slashdot.ru (Score:3, Funny)
Found. (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, right, you wanted that stuff back. Sorry, I made way more than 500 euros just by parting it out.
Oh crap! (Score:5, Funny)
For sale:
Second hand Mercedes, second hand laptop and second hand mobile phone.
Total price: 501
Re:Oh crap! (Score:2)
Re:Oh crap! (Score:2)
that's assuming the asshat that stole the car didnt FUBAR the ignition. my ex-g/f's car was stolen and found a few blocks away, unable to start. (the car was also on the wrong side of the street in a no parking zone, a major street with lots of police rolling by going to/from a nearby station. and it wasnt the police that "found" the car - it was my ex's roommate. damn philly cops)
Re:Oh crap! (Score:2)
Re:Oh crap! (Score:5, Interesting)
That's actually illegal in Sweden. There are cases when someone who was trying to sell their car loans it to a prospective buyer for a test drive who then promply drives away with it (which technically isn't "theft" since he was given the keys, it's more or less a misdemeanor amounting to "borrowing with intent" (egenmaktigt forfarande, bork, bork, bork)). The rightful owner tracks the car down, takes it back, is caught by the police and prosecuted for the same crime as the "thief".
Re:Oh crap! (Score:5, Informative)
There was a case in Australia, where a taxi passenger pulled a knife on the driver. The driver said something to the effect of, "here! take the money!", handing the knife wielding passenger his money bag...
The thief was not charged with theft because the taxi driver told him to take the money!
Re:Oh crap! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh crap! (Score:3, Insightful)
What would you know about Australia? You can't even spell it.
PHP Info (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:PHP Info (Score:2, Offtopic)
Re:PHP Info (Score:2)
Re:PHP Info (Score:2)
the MAC address is Belkin (Score:5, Informative)
and his email is an .nl (Score:2)
Treasure Hunt (Score:2)
Then I realized it: a true geek treasure hunt.
However, I'm not sure 500 Euros is worth the effort. It's already been a few weeks. It's unlikely the car is still in one piece. Maybe someone can get lucky and locate the laptop (or at least the ethernet card). I'd be shocked if the car and laptop were both found together.
Re:Treasure Hunt (Score:3, Funny)
Are you kidding? That's, what, $1,000,000 USD?
My Beounty (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My Beounty (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm... I know I had a car-sized cardboard box around here somewhere...
Hmm... (Score:5, Interesting)
The other thing about April Fool's Day is that noone ever believes me when I say it's my birthday. Which is kind of depressing.
Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
Engagement (Score:5, Funny)
Laptop theft in Holland (Score:3, Funny)
being prepared.. (Score:2)
as to the mac address, isn't that changeable? though, you could still strike lucky.
however I'm pretty sure your car is on it's way to eastern europe, sorry.
You poor poor man (Score:5, Funny)
I cannot help with your laptop theft, but oh Holy Day! I have been the pleasure of telling you that there is most definitely good news for you today sir!
I am Abdul Shakalakabangbang, from New Timur. Our Prime Minister, may his soul flatulate freely in heaven, was tragically killed in a mushroom stuffing contest. Since I his trusted most aide, he leave me lots of money. Due to political unrest, and a bad case of hemorroids, I am needing to remove this money from the country. This is where you can help me, my new friend.
If you feel most strongly you can help this poor man, please contact me and let us know.
thanks,
Dr Shakalakadangdang
Foolerisms (Score:5, Insightful)
Hmm that gives me an Idea. (Score:2)
So if my laptop gets stolen I can just SSH to my laptop and check out the new data and see if I can find the new physical address. Or at least go thew the ISP
Re:Hmm that gives me an Idea. (Score:2)
Re:Hmm that gives me an Idea. (Score:4, Interesting)
i guy rescued an iMac from theft this way.... (Score:3, Interesting)
there was a story in the last year or so on MacSlash and other mac sites about a guy who's sister's iMac was stolenf rom her apartment. being the nerdier of the siblings he had installed (i think) Timbucktoo (sp?) on her machine. it's like Apple's remote desktop, before ARD existed. he just waited till the thief signed on again and till it looked like they left the machine idle and went in to change the isp dialup
License plate? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:License plate? (Score:3, Informative)
You give license plate numbers to police authorities, and you give MAC addresses and IMEI codes to h4ck3r5 0f 7h3 w0r|d.
Mercedes 419? (Score:2)
I think I found it (Score:5, Funny)
Got mod points? (Score:2)
Know the old adage, 'better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are a fool than open it and prove them right'? I think I'll play it safe and choose to lose 'em today.
Info on the mobile phone. (Score:5, Informative)
Manufacturer Siemens
Model type S55 S30880-S5720
Reference S30880-S5720
Production date N/A
Phone version N/A
Phone GSM phase GSM Phase 2 or higher
IMEI number break-down
Type Approval / Allocation Code (TAC) 351083
Final Assembly Code (FAC) 53
Serial Number (SNR) 108891
Check Digit (CD) 3
Full IMEI presentation 351083-53-108891-3
That's odd (Score:2, Funny)
Why is someone posting my MAC address?
Re:That's odd (Score:4, Funny)
I told you to not tell anyone about this stuff I sold you.
April fools or not... (Score:2)
Come on (Score:4, Funny)
If anyone can help me find my car keys (mis-placed them, probably not stolen as the car *is* in the driveway)
Now, where did I put those keys?
may be joke but.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:may be joke but.. (Score:3, Interesting)
As for the MAC address...
should pretty much take care of it should they start to be used for tracking stolen laptops.
You know who could help with that? (Score:2)
Clearly a hoax... (Score:2)
Did you try calling your own GSM? (Score:3, Funny)
Basically the merc is already in Eastern Europe, the PC has been sold in a bar somewhere, and the phone has been rechipped.
Your only hope is to bump up the insurance claim. Surely you also left EUR10,000 in cash under the seat? And your gold Rolex?!
Re:Did you try calling your own GSM? (Score:5, Interesting)
However, a friend's GSM phone was stolen in Italy (out of her car, along with a lot of other stuff.) TIM [www.tim.it] helped them find it after they called the phone. The police located a bunch of Romanian illegals living in an apartment in Milan, showed up with a couple of burly cops, got most of the goods back, and beat the living unholy shit out of the guys, several times, threw them in a cell for a couple of days and deported them, with a very clear message that if they ever ran into them again in Italy, they'd wish they'd never laid eyes on the country.
So there is always the off chance...
Drivewarring (Score:3, Funny)
Put a good wireless access point in your car with the same SSID/WEP key that you were using before it was stolen, then drive around and see if you can get your stolen laptop to connect to it.
Better still - get everyone else to do it too.
I'm there must be a tool called stumblenetter that could do this...
Mobile phone details (Score:3, Informative)
Tips and Tricks to Avoid Laptop Thefts (Score:5, Informative)
Is there a way to scan for MACs ? (Score:4, Interesting)
Is this a joke? (Score:3, Insightful)
A guy tells us he lost his laptop, cellphone and car and asks if the slashdot community has seen any of them. But he desn't leave any contact information. And he doesnt tell us the model of the laptop, the phone OR of the car. What does he expect, that everyone on slashdot update their firewall rules to log the IP and MAC adress of every computer that connects to us, and try to locate his computer for him? And it's filed under "Your rights online". What does this have to do with DeCSS?
But if this is a joke, I really dont get it. It's just not funny.
Ideas (Score:3, Interesting)
It's situations like this guy's that make me wish I had a mini-PCI GPS card inside my laptop, imagine the possibilities. Once an hour, it could report its exact coordinates to a hidden log on your web server.
Of course, just checking in periodically has its benefits, even without extra hardware. If the laptop sees some "stolen" flag on the server has been set, it turns on keylogging and sends you all the thief's keystrokes. The laptop could also turn on its microphone (yes, they have built in ones) and send a realtime audio stream of everything being said around it.
Heh... (Score:3, Informative)
Camera has serial number A0050332140929A, but frankly I'd be happy just to get the pictures, or the head of the guy who took it and most likely threw most of it in a bin somewhere.
Re:Good luck to the guy. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Good luck to the guy. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:What? (Score:3)
Never forget that we are a community, and that is what makes us strong!
ttyl
Farrell
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
today, a notorious car thief was caught by a mob of computer nerds...
Re:What? (Score:2, Interesting)
Personally, I've been watching for VPN connections at work that aren't the few usual people that use it...but I'm counting on thieves being smart enough to plug in a laptop and turn it on (;
On the note of the actual story...I had hope
Re:What? (Score:2)
I can't believe all the people that don't catch april fools. I mean, yeah, its early in the morning, but its not like its Monday or anything..
Re:What? (Score:3, Insightful)
OK, if it's an April fools joke, whats funny about it?
Don't mind me, I'm just pissed off that they didn't accept my story about using chickens in nuclear weapons [bbc.co.uk].
Re:What? (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, it would be real cool to have some vigilante nerds solve this case.
Re:What? (Score:3, Interesting)
Please enlighten us as to how this qualifies as an April Fools? I doubt that that's the intention, but even if it is, by definition it still is not an April Fools:
April Fools [reference.com]: April 1; celebrated by playing of practical jokes
Practical Joke [reference.com]: A mischievous trick played on a person, especially one that causes the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort.
And I second the parent post in that I certainly don't see why this is put
I don't know, I bet it's a seed of truth. (Score:3, Funny)
Becha someone really thought we would be ready/willing/able/inclined enough to help, and michael saved it, since truth is stranger than fiction.
Re:Today is April 1st ! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
I think...
NeoThermic
Re:What about the drugs? (Score:2)
Well if you're going to keep the hash and the marijuana, can I get first call on any cannabis that you find?
Re:you forgot (Score:3, Informative)