Comment Here is the first and MOST IMPORTANT step! (Score 1) 485
Find a well visited web site where you can discuss the details of your laptop's disappearance. This will not only enlist the aid of anyone who regularly follows that site but there is also very little risk because the Canadians are well known scofflaws and laptops disappear by the hundreds in Vancouver on a daily basis. There is no way that any Canadian could ever connect their shiny new laptop with your Slashdot post... I mean the odds must be less than like one in something...
And secondly...
Just admit that that Sharks sticker on your Mac was there to goad any Canucks fan who walked by and that the loss of your laptop is a small price to pay for having escaped Vancouver with your life.