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I've been leaving my laptop unattended at school libraries for OVER 5 years. Zero incidents. I lied--this one girl turned it in few months ago thinking I'd forg
by zaidf 16y ago
I've been leaving my laptop unattended at school libraries for OVER 5 years. Zero incidents. I lied--this one girl turned it in few months ago thinking I'd forgotten.
I have left it for 12+ hours on more occasions then I can count. Once I had to mistakingly leave it overnight because I got the closing time wrong. I returned the next day and my desk was untouched.
My friends at school think I'm nuts. But for me, leaving the laptop at one place for a prolonged period of time serves as an anchor of sorts. I can go do things(eat/play/class) and return back without the headache of having to setup up my work environment again.
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoWow...I don't think most people can pull that off. Maybe the way you leave your desk gives it the appearance you're just nearby? I just pack light and pack up anytime I need to leave the immediate area. I never step out of sight.
- carterschonwald 16y agoI did this many time in college to, at the library that's 24hrs. It also helps if at least one upper level or grad mathy text is on the table lying open. That being said: 1) for the 12+hr interval (eg heading off to sleep then do something, then return) I add one of those laptop lock cables 2) those cables are more for the psychology of "don't touch this" than for security (just like how people feel uncomfortable near unfamiliar math), as a cheap wire cutter will remove one in a short time
- zaidf 16y agoAh of course! Leave a textbook open, or a notebook open that shows you were in the middle of a sentence before you had to go take a call. I've actually thought about doing an experiment with an iPod: I'd leave an iPod in the student union and observe how long before someone turns it in / tries to run away with it.
- ehsanul 16y agoYou're lucky. I've had salt and dish-washing liquid stolen from a shared kitchen in a college dorm.
- smokey_the_bear 16y agoI don't think salt and laptop thieves are necessarily the same people. I might eat someone's ice cream in a shared kitchen, but I'd never steal a laptop.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoIce cream is the gateway theft.