I think you're right about the Police - I think it's unlikely they would be interested.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:13, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

You have to report it anyway though
Even if they do take the approach of "we'll get round to that right after we solve all the murders", if you don't report it now they'll be even less interested when you report it a few weeks down the line
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:20, Reply)

It's definitely worth it
on the grounds that should that laptop turn up down the line with a metric fuck-ton of kiddy porn on it, they'll have a record stating that it has been stolen from and, critically, no longer belongs to his company.

Edit: If it's metric, I suppose that'd be a fuck-tonne.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:22, Reply)

*sigh*
ALWAYS it comes back to kiddy porn with you

Although in this instance that's actually a very good point
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:23, Reply)

Hm
maybe I should seek help before I end up sleeping with my sister.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:28, Reply)

If that's a Norfolk jibe,
I'd like to point out that my sister lives in Nottingham

But two of the missus' four sisters live in Norfolk. Does that count?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:31, Reply)

That is an excellent point. Thanks.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:24, Reply)

IT Support
Not only there to stop people playing Solitaire on company time.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:28, Reply)

I am the IT person here (worringly) and the first aid person, the fire marshall, the data protection officer and I do the washing up
It is typically known as running a small company and keeping headcount costs down. I think I am going to outsource all this IT stuff though - I would never have thought about the encryption software you mentioned.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

With duties like that, you will be the last out the door when redundancies come.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

I think you can still call it "a metric fuck-ton"
It's only if you use it as a unit after a number "14 tonnes (fuck, for the use of)" that it needs the extra "ne" as you clarified the metric part.

*kills self*
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I claim all of badgers stuff

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:33, Reply)

I've sold the MG.
You'd be stuck with a Skoda Octavia. DIESEL.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:35, Reply)

You must have other better stuff?
*rummages*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:44, Reply)

*coughs*
well there is that, obviously. But it's probably not much use to you if I'm dead.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Keep it in the species.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:35, Reply)

The other way of looking at it...
Is that it gives the police a very quick, simple theft to investigate and solve. Another much-needed 'solved' statistic that'll take a couple of hours for an officer.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:26, Reply)