In message of 26 Aug, "Ian Pascoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Remarkable! Presume the miscreants were from the local Vista Users > Sanitorium? I am surprised that this local, for I too am local to Bracknell, sensation was not made into banner headlines in the neighbourhood press, for this is the first I have heard of it. > > Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of alan c > Sent: 26 August 2008 15:45 > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Desperately seeking Ubuntu Webbook - with Bolt > Cutters! > > > In Bracknell, the Carphone Warehouse Webbook (Elonex) with > preinstalled Ubuntu which is included in one of CPW's deals is in such > extraordinary demand that the recent display item in CPW Bracknell > Princess Square shopping mall was stolen last week by desperate people > using *bolt cutters*! > > The many larger laptops with Vista installed were left untouched. Sad > eh? Even thieves don't want Vista. > > The Webbook was secured using a kensington similar stranded wire lock, > so I guess the culprits even had some angle grinding to do later, to > remove the lock itself. > > The desparate act took place in a normal shopping day in broad > daylight, and the miscreants were seen making off at speed, > unencumbered by antivirus or other unnecessary items which might have > slowed them down! > > Like most shopping malls, there is security video in operation, I > trust that it will be put to good use. > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > Linux user #360648 > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
