This new ThinkPad with a classic style keyboard was released last month, it is the 25 Anniversary Edition. Availability is limited and so far there's no indication if they plan to ever use the newly engineered keyboard with backlight and the classic layout in any other models in the future. I got an Anniversary Edition as soon as it was available and yes, I do like the keyboard a lot.
It seems there was a total of 11 machines, and only one of them was buried. One of them was even sold on eBay:
There is a short explanation in English on the Finnish police force's web site which makes an effort to explain their organizational structure and the role of National Police Board.
The piece of Finnish legislation in question is called "rahankerÃyslaki" (Money Collection Act), an unofficial translation of which is provided by the Ministry of the Interior at http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/k...
Basically, to run such a fundraiser campaign in Finland, a permit is required. To obtain such a permit, it is required that the organization is a) registered in Finland and b) fulfills the numerous criteria set out in the Money Collection Act.
IANAL, but to me it seems this particular law is quite badly out-of-date by now. There have been issues with for example crowdfunding campaings, which have been interpreted as infringing the law too.
Lo! Men have become the tool of their tools. -- Henry David Thoreau
