How to put a young man on the right path ? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 25, 2009 - 17 answers

Two of my bicycles and my work stand (and a bike not mine) were stolen out of my condo building's basement bike storage room. The perps (who we've seen on tape) easily entered the front door of the building twice a few evenings ago. I've got no home owners insurance and the replacement value of the bikes is quite significant. I thought I was pretty much screwed until I recieved a call from the building's developer. He had the door company out to fix the now obvious flaw in the front door. The door company stated that the lock was incorrectly installed and forced entry would have been "impossible" had things been installed correctly. The developer told me that he called his lawyer, and that the lawyer said I could "file against" the company that installed the door (though I'm sure this wasn't official legal advice). [more inside]
posted by ArcAm on Feb 15, 2007 - 6 answers

A corporate computer has connected to my wireless network and is wasting bandwidth. How can I stop this and get compensated? [more inside]
posted by Hot Like Your 12V Wire on Jun 22, 2006 - 28 answers

BestPrintingOnline stole content from my website, I allege. How do I get them to take it down? [more inside]
posted by acoutu on Mar 13, 2006 - 12 answers

I played the rock-hard quiz computer at a London pub, and lost. The machine informed me that I'd won £2, so I pressed collect. £4 came out. I continued collecting, without the onscreen figure of £2 diminishing. As a penniless student, I emptied the machine and departed in a trance-like state, with £66 (US$118). The barman congratulated me, saying I was the first person he'd ever seen win anything on it. Lovely chap.

Have I committed a crime?
(US Lawyers: since I'm a foreigner, I imagine it's OK to give your opinion here. But then, IANAL.) [more inside]
posted by Pretty_Generic on May 7, 2004 - 29 answers