Saw this thread in PC gaming, and know a lot of people here don't pop over there. So...
http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=30262&subsectionid=1585
Hilarious last paragraph there. Hardly HL2 source code theft, but interesting nonetheless.
http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=30262&subsectionid=1585
According to eyewitness reports they achieved this by leaning heavily on the unit before simply ejecting the disc and doing a runner from the convention centre - possibly not how Snake would have done it, but apparently effective.
Hilarious last paragraph there. Hardly HL2 source code theft, but interesting nonetheless.