Since the idea of putting tracking devices on bicycles as theft prevention won't seem to die, I thought folks would be interested to know that about 3,000 devices have just become available:

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/02/25/fbi-turns-off-thousands-of-g...

We just have to figure out what the bidding process is going to be, or maybe which landfill to wait at and when . . .