On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 08:52:32AM -0400, Roy M. Silvernail wrote: > On Saturday 09 August 2003 02:01, John Kozubik wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > ...in cahoots with the "authorities"? > > > > Most intelligent and savvy people I know "roll their own" Tivo (PVR, etc.) > > - I think the answer to your question is that it would be reasonable (and > > trivial) to roll your own alarm system. > > But it's not trivial to roll your own 24/7 monitoring company with the ability > to call in the cops. If the monitoring company is compromised, you're > \033653337357 anyway, but without them, all you have is one of those car > alarms that everyone ignores.
But how important is that anyway? Most any half competent burglar knows enough to cut the phone wire before the B&E, so they don't get called. That means that, yes, if some dimwit middleschool kid is doing the job, the cops get called, otherwise no. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
