This just in!

The bicycle-thief professor is "stepping down", as of Friday. Damn right. He claims the bike was not locked, had been there for some time, and was just collecting dust. Odd how the owner discovered it was missing so fast, if it was abandoned. And besides, if a coating of dust is all it takes to declare a piece of property to be in the public domain, why don't we all go down to the local airport and take some dusty cars? Maybe Professor Thief's conscience collected a little dust, and someone stole it...