[philthy]

Mark Bao tried to pull one of these promotional stunts once.

[hugh3]

Whatever did happen with that situation? It seemed far too good to be true.

[jaz]

The thief returned the laptop and apologized. Here's the thread and a news article:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2359512

http://bostinnovation.com/2011/03/23/dont-steal-a-computer-f...

[markbao]

And here's the police report. Not a stunt.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/bentley.pd...