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peekaboo · 06-02-2006, 03:27 AM

a couple of days ago as i was leaving my apartment the elevator opened and in it was a computer (unescorted).
i got in and travelled down to the parking lot, expecting the person who left it there to call the elevator.
i travelled all the way back to the top and still nobody called it.
so i put the computer in my apartment and went down to the lobby.
i put a notice on the notice board that said "if you lost (forgot) you computer in the elevator, call ####(my number) or email xxxx (my email)."
nobody called and nobody emailed.
today i saw that the notice has been torn off. not taken off nicely by removing the tacks but actually ripped off.
i am puzzled.

on the one hand it is a pentium 3 so it may have been on its way to the garbage but on the other hand it has ubuntu installed (i couldn't help myself from turning it on) so it's unlikely that someone who uses linux would just leave his computer in an elevator (am i right?).

what do you guys make of this?

06-02-2006, 03:27 AM	#1
peekaboo Member (10 bit) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 976	Strange computer find a couple of days ago as i was leaving my apartment the elevator opened and in it was a computer (unescorted). i got in and travelled down to the parking lot, expecting the person who left it there to call the elevator. i travelled all the way back to the top and still nobody called it. so i put the computer in my apartment and went down to the lobby. i put a notice on the notice board that said "if you lost (forgot) you computer in the elevator, call ####(my number) or email xxxx (my email)." nobody called and nobody emailed. today i saw that the notice has been torn off. not taken off nicely by removing the tacks but actually ripped off. i am puzzled. on the one hand it is a pentium 3 so it may have been on its way to the garbage but on the other hand it has ubuntu installed (i couldn't help myself from turning it on) so it's unlikely that someone who uses linux would just leave his computer in an elevator (am i right?). what do you guys make of this? __________________ If you remind me of my dog... we'll probably get along.