Re: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-11 Thread Tuna
Okay, cool. Dad got a new laptop, I installed that Adeona thing and created a strong password for it. It is working just fine, and I am very impressed. Thanks, guys! -tuna --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To

Re: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Ryan Rix
Hi, Sorry for the loss, tuna, glad you're ok! Hope you can get something, or that one of your neighbors saw/heard something (I know you said they didn't on IRC last night but perhaps the situation has changed?) ~Ryan On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Tuna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Daniel Stasinski
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Stephen P Rufle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/ Has anyone actually used this. A poor man's lowjack for laptops is to install ddclient and use dyndns. Any time you turn your computer on, it updates your IP which can then be tracked.

Re: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Patrick Jacques
I use: http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/ "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go there's no need to rely on a single

Re: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Tuna
Stephen P Rufle wrote: Tuna if you need to borrow a laptop for some period, I have a Dell D600 I could let you borrow till you get a new one. From my mom: Let him know that Dad really appreciates his generosity, but Dad still has a backup laptop. What a nice bunch of people you associate

Re: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Stephen P Rufle
I like what I see at Adeona. I would like to point out, that even with this if your criminal is smart enough to wipe the drive. You may never find it, but I think like a car lock, it is certainly better then not having it. I really like the pics at the bottom of the site for the Mac OS X version

RE: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Lisa Kachold
? Now you can get a Sony Vaio? http://wapedia.mobi/en/Obnosis || http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obnosis | Obnosis.com (503)754-4452 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:51:58 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: OT: I've Been Burgled! Hi, Sorry for the loss

RE: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Rutledge, Shawn (00210)
9:14 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: I've Been Burgled! http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/ Has anyone actually used this. I only found out about it after I bought my last laptop. Seems to be good for cars, but for a laptop how easy would it be to turn it off or find whatever makes

RE: OT: I've Been Burgled!

2008-10-10 Thread Paul
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen P Rufle Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:14 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: I've Been Burgled! http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/ Has anyone actually used this. I only found out about it after I bought my last laptop. Seems to be good for cars