My position is that the people who have something stolen from them should be in a position to recover what is stolen, this is a private, civil matter, perps should be forced to return the goods, or to work to pay back for what was stolen plus damages (maybe a couple of times the value of the stolen goods) and there shouldn't gov't throwing people to jail for theft, taxes shouldn't be collected and spent on this.

On Windows, I have to find driver install disks, reboot for each one...

I'm one of those guys with some "double" joints, including my shoulders. The left one is really loose. I did it with handcuffs one time when I was a teenager, just to prove it could be done. I don't think I would do it now unless I was really desperate. The joint is still loose, but age makes everything harder. I also wonder about possible blood clots or other internal damage from doing it, which I didn't think about when I was a teen because all teens are immortal. :).