[NTLK] Not that this should dampen enthusiasm for an iPad, but...

[Andrei Chichak]

On 2010-April-21, at 2:30 PM, Lord Groundhog wrote:

> In the last year or so I’ve noticed it’s getting easier and easier for
> people in public places to forget how much easy money they are worth to
> muggers and thieves even their wallets are light.   I’ve seen people leaving
> their smart phones and laptops on their café tables or in the B&N Starbucks
> while they go to the counter for more coffee and food or to the restroom.

A guy from the next office told me of his time in Japan where a friend had to go to China to monitor an assembly line and ended up staying for about 6 months longer than expected. After a couple of months of not paying his rent, all of his belongings were packaged up and placed neatly beside the sidewalk in front of his apartment building. They sat there, for 4-6 months, patiently waiting for him to come back. Nothing was taken, nothing was disturbed - you don't walk off with stuff that isn't yours.

That is the kind of world I want to live in.

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