To quote Thomas Jefferson:

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17386-the-man-who-reads-nothing-at-all-is-better-educated

Why not just install malware on the real PC then. I was already expecting them. No need for the expensive subterfuge.

Several years ago the company I worked for ordered 2 Dell workstations. A few days later they both came in, but the service tags didn't match the ones we ordered. In fact, they were just numbers. Weird. Whatever. The next day two identical workstations showed up with the original correct service tags. I called our service rep and explained that they had over-shipped the machines, plus the weirdness with the Service Tags that didn't actually look like legit numbers. It took me nearly two weeks to return 2 PC's that Dell insisted couldn't exist because the service tags weren't valid. Since the tags weren't valid their system couldn't issue an RGA.

My best guess is that someone was stealing systems somehow.

Besides, I see no need to tempt karma.

Absolutely not. I am just saying don't assume cash is totally anonymous, because it isn't.
This machine captures the serials of 1200 bills a minute. While it counts, verifies and scans each one.

http://www.cumminsallison.com/us/en/products/currency-handling/jetscan-ifx-i100

There is a reason the serial number is in a large OCR-friendly font. In two places. In magnetic ink.

Hate to tell you this, but cash is serialized and can be easily tracked.

The only downside is now your whole house is a huge lightning rod.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the reporter jobs start drying up in all but the major hubs. Many websites now are reporting on what some other news website is reporting as news. When there are no local papers left to pay local reporters, there will be no more local news coverage. There must be a natural equilibrium somewhere but it might be painful to watch.

They're not. They're supposed to go in for an servicing at an authorized dealer only dammit!

I think I'm at best an average driver. Whole stretches of the road seem to disappear and all I can recall is the story I was listening to or the thing I was thinking about. Anyway, I hate driving and would jump at the chance to be a passenger.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has felt this. 200 miles can seem to fly by in a blink. I think it has more to do with the brain switching off short term memory storage than switching onto autopilot. At least, I HOPE so!

Demolition Man (1993)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/?ref_=nv_sr_1

In this case yes. The helicopter he pointed the laser at was equipped with flir imaging and a radio. Directing the police to the right guy from the air was trivial.

Right. The 90's was hypercolor T-shirts. Awesome.

The Monoprice branded ones don't all work. My boss has 2. One lightning and one 30 pin. Both his ipad and iphone refuse to charge with either cable.

All of which can already be done on a jailbroken IOS. Except SBSettings can do more than the IOS7 command center. Way more.