Hi Drew ,
I hope that your daughter enjoys her stay with us in OZ but I am a bit
puzzled by the advice she was given. Both my sons walk around and take
public transport to and from work even late night with 'top of the line'
powerbooks under their arms (they are computer animators for film who often
work while commuting) and they have never had a problem. Like anywhere
there are a few places you can go which put you more at risk than others
but in the main she should have no problem so long as her lodgings are
secure. I'd bring it if I was her.
All The Best
Pat Drummond
Sydney Australia
Drew Johnson wrote:
> Sorry for going off-topic on you folks, but I know
> we have a bunch of erudite, sophisticated world
> travelers here who can help me with an answer to
> my daughter�s situation. I know we also have some
> Australians on board (g)
>
> She will be at the University of Sydney this coming
> semester and has been advised to not bring her
> computer with her for, among other things, security
> reasons. Of course, that leaves her without her own
> personal version of NetScape Mail and her AddressBook.
> She also will not have access to her own, personal ISP.
>
> She will have access to computers on the University
> campus and perhaps those of braver students, who chose
> to ignore the warning to not bring them, will allow her to
> check E-mail on their laptops. Do any of you world travelers
> have a *fix* for logging on and checking E-mail and perhaps
> some means to have an AddressBook set up somewhere, so
> she does not have to keep a notebook of all her E-mail
> addresses?
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions I can pass to her.
> She is really looking forward to 6 months Down Under, but,
> is bummed out that she will not have her PowerBook with
> her.
> --
> Drew
>
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