I bet nobody slept through this part of Berkeley professor Jasper Rine’s lecture.

Update: Reader feedback from a computer security expert…

Interesting speech from Professor Rine. And a total bluff.

I…have extensive knowledge of data communications, radio communications, radio signal tracking, computer security, and so forth.

There are several things that Professor Rine stated that demonstrate that his story is false. He is so technically inaccurate in several of his claims that even a junior hacker would realize that he’s bluffing. The claim about Microsoft calling him when he loaded an identical copy of Windows is total BS, as is the claim about the “transponder”. He might have some proprietary data on his computer, but that’s not going to help him get it back.

I certainly hope that the thief is caught. But if he is, it will be because the thief was more ignorant that the professor about computer technology.

I’d lay odds, though, that the thief won’t be found, although the computer might turn up at some point.