Ducks, dorks and deviants: Wackiest stories of 2008

It's not all bits and bytes

Now this is some serious computer theft. We're talking 19,709 pieces of stolen computer equipment from the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. The theft included everything from PCs and printer toner to hard drives, software and other office equipment amounting to more than US$120,000 according to court documents and published reports. He took so much stuff that he stored some of it in neighbors' houses.

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