Comments on: Up In The Air

By: christina

christina — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:24:27 +0000

omg so sad!!!

By: Noelle

Noelle — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:22:52 +0000

That is an amazing story, in the midst of all these stories of people never recovering the things that were taken from them. There has to be a special place in hell for the horrible person who snatched this laptop and won’t return it.

I don’t get it. I work as a copywriter for a huge online company and because we write about the tangible products our offices are in a warehouse location. We have to go through security to leave the building. I’m not insulted, I understand there are shady people in the world so we all have to pay the price. Why aren’t airline and cleaning crews required to do the same when clearly there is SO much left going on?

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By: mary

mary — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:27:23 +0000

Dear St. Anthony, come around. Heather’s computer is lost and must be found.

(always works for me)

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:49:17 +0000

Hi Heather,

I’m so sorry to hear about your laptop. My hard drive crashed recently, so I know how devastating it can be to try to recover lost data. I use an online backup program called SugarSync… it automatically backs up all of your files, and as soon as a file is modified, it is backed up. The cool thing is that you can synchronize multiple computers and access your files from any computer with internet access. I know it might not help much now, but in case you are looking for a backup system, I’ve been pretty happy with this one.

Hopefully your laptop will be returned. I was traveling in England years ago, and left my purse on a bus. Inside the purse were all of my IDs, my passport, all my credit cards, etc., as well as a bunch of cash (stupid, I know). When I found out that I left it behind, I was terrified. To my shock and amazement, someone found the purse and gave it to the bus driver. I got it back the next day — nothing was missing, not even the cash. Let’s hope that your laptop finds its way back to you.

By: defendUSA

defendUSA — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:14:07 +0000

Anne- You must be a saint…I hope this helps…I have heard of this tracking, from other things like cameras and the wi-fi card…is it really possible to find a computer this way?

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:10:40 +0000

I should add that if you do not feel comfortable providing me, a complete stranger, with your stolen/lost laptops IP address then I won’t be able to do much to help you.

It’s an understandable feeling and I respect your wishes. However, giving me your laptop’s IP address won’t make it more stolen…

But I do recommend filing a police report in the area that you lost your laptop in. Then inform your internet service provider (ISP) about the problem and see what they can do for you. From there, you can potentially coordinate between the detectives at the police dept and the ISP. Good luck!

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:42:50 +0000

I emailed thespohrs email address.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:23:20 +0000

sure, I am fine with that! Thanks for all your help.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:21:06 +0000

With your permission I would be happy to submit your problem to a group of network security professionals.