atw: Re: Buying a new laptop
- From: "bja" <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 11:11:07 +1000
Are you kidding Cathy?
An esky is the first thing a thief would take. Free grog? You betcha!
Now... a box labelled Amway promotional tapes...
:)
Bruce Ashley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Cathy.Morison@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 10:14 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Buying a new laptop
>
>
> I bought an esky that my whole laptop bag fit inside so that
> if I had to
> leave it in the car it was less apparent.
>
> Cathy Morison
> Technical Writer
> Database Development, PMD
> Geoscience Australia
> ABN: 80 091 799 039=20
> Website: www.ga.gov.au=20
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bja [mailto:bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 9:02=20
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Buying a new laptop
>
>
> We use the cables with combination lock connectors here and
> my record =
> for
> opening one (where I don't know the combination) is 35 seconds. =
> Security? No
> such thing.
>
> I suggest you buy an old Beta VCR, take out the guts and put
> hinges on =
> the
> case. When not using your laptop, put it in the VCR.
>
> Safe as houses :).
>
> Cheers.
>
> Bruce Ashley
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Elizabeth=20
> > Fullerton
> > Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 8:48 AM
> > To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: atw: Re: Buying a new laptop
> >=20
> >=20
> > =3D20
> > I was thinking about laptop security last night, and was
> wondering how =
>
> > you could make your laptop more secure at home. I don't have a=20
> > lockable cupboard or filing cabinet, and I always stick it
> in its bag=20
> > when I've finished with it (ie it doesn't live in a permananent=20
> > position like a desk.
> >=20
> > I've seen the docking stations people have at work - are there=20
> > doohickeys you can easily get to attach it to something
> less portable, =
>
> > like a bed frame?
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Joe Zolin wrote:
> > > If I really want to get security conscious it has little
> dinky bits=20
> > > designed to fit a cable that can be used to secure it to something
> > solid
> > > (like my leg).
> >=20
> > > I don't leave it lying around!
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