Pick a number

... between 9,000 and 11,000 and this will be the nuimber of laptops that go missing at major US airports each week - yes, each week!. According to a study released by the Ponemon Institute and reported widely in the press over the US Independence Day weekend - over 65% of the lost laptops are never reclaimed. And, on top of the 10,000 laptops lost from large airports, there are another 2,000 laptops lost at medium-sized airports each week. I'm glad I read this after I returned home from the US! Not quite sure how or where the most dangerous situations are but I know our corporate folk warn us about helpful strangers - and about being vigilant when putting the laptop through security checkpoints. (If 12,000 laptops go missing each week, and there are x million people in the US, how long would it be before everyone lost their laptop?)