On: Taking pictures with your MacBook every time the l...

[Tycho]

that's what I was thinking. make it send the pics to a web archive whenever it finds an open connection. then you'd almost want your laptop to get stolen

[pyre → Tycho]

You could create a honeypot netbook and take it with you to places like Starbucks and just leave it out when you go to the bathroom,etc.

[Tycho → pyre]

Do this, follow it up, expose the thief, make a blog of it, and the advertising income from the blog will probably recoup the laptop cost.

[jacquesm → pyre]

That's pretty close to entrapment.