A few days back, I posted about something quite low tech. in "Who Remembers this?" or something to that effect. CBA to check
And BM got it! Well done BM!
Now, for some wonders of High Tech.
Here's an interesting true story that I heard.
Someone got the latest iPhone, and got on the subway in NYC. When he reached home, the phone was gone. No great surprise there.
Next, he remembered the phone had some features, something to do with WiFi, GPS and Google and he was able to get the exact location of where his phone was at that moment. The phone was able to give him the exact address, which was in Pennsylvania somewhere. Great, he thought, now what do I do with this information??
So, he got on Twitter, and tweeted his heart out.
He wasn't expecting what happened next. One of his followers in Penn. phoned him to say he had contacted the man at that address. This was followed by a call from the thief himself, saying how sorry he was, and that he regretted what he had done, and was going to return his property to him.
The owner accepted the apology, and decided not to press charges.
Now there is a sort of a vilification campaign against the owner on Twitter, saying how mean he has been to reveal the thief's address, and how he had thoughtlessly invaded someone's privacy!
Is the world going mad, or is there something wrong with my thinking?
Are people actually sympathizing with a thief??