[GRLUG] Cheap Laptop Needed

[Greg Folkert]

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 11:18 -0400, Collin wrote:
> Of course, that only helps a little bit. Seeing that your laptop is now 
> on pool144.grmich.sbcglobal.net does not do you a lot of good. Sure, the 
> laptop is still in GR but so are 150,000 people. Which one of them took 
> it? You can forget the phone company releasing the records for who has 
> that IP unless you happen to be the RIAA or federal gov't. So all you'll 
> get is the nice, warm feeling that you were able to help someone in 
> grand rapids to get a laptop.
> New Mastercard like commercial:
> IP info:  $0.02
> Feeling worse knowing a little bit of info but not knowing enough: Priceless
> For everything else there's a bullet to the head for anyone that steals. 
> I can't stand thieves.
> 
> Unless, of course, they are dumb enough to connect it to an IP 
> registered to themselves or a single business.

Not really. You of course have reported your laptop stolen. But wait, we
are talking Linux here. Linux has a login process... he in lies the
problem. They (the thief) will install a different OS or just pawn the
thing off, as it is not usable to them. No user login or password, that
is unless you configured an auto login. Which I *know* you didn't. 

So, well. Everything you want, depends on a smart Linux user. All for
naught.
-- 
greg, greg at gregfolkert.net

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