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  • Brandwin
    Hall Of Fame
    • Jul 2002
    • 30621

    #1

    Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

    Last edited by Brandwin; 02-17-2006, 02:16 AM.
  • Pappy Knuckles
    LORDTHUNDERBIRD
    • Sep 2004
    • 15966

    #2
    Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

    DAMN.

    ROFLMAO!

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    • DickDalewood

      #3
      Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

      Haha, wow.

      That was a hell of a speech too. I was getting scared and I'm not even sitting there in class, let alone I obviously didn't steal the computer.

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      • Brandwin
        Hall Of Fame
        • Jul 2002
        • 30621

        #4
        Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

        Originally posted by dickdalewood
        Haha, wow.
        let alone I obviously didn't steal the computer.
        Or did you....

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        • choadler
          MVP
          • Feb 2004
          • 2001

          #5
          Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

          Good speech, but it sounds like he is bluffing. If he had two witnesses and a partial photograph of the person, why are they waiting for him to come forward. Seems like the Police would be sent to arrest the person or at least question him. If I had documents worth that much money, I don't think I would wait for people to return it.

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          • fishepa
            I'm Ron F'n Swanson!
            • Feb 2003
            • 18989

            #6
            Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

            That guy is full of crap. Laptops don't have "transponders" to where you can tell wherever they are when the wireless card is on. What a dufus.

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            • Alliball
              MVP
              • Aug 2004
              • 2368

              #7
              Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

              Originally posted by choadler
              Good speech, but it sounds like he is bluffing. If he had two witnesses and a partial photograph of the person, why are they waiting for him to come forward. Seems like the Police would be sent to arrest the person or at least question him. If I had documents worth that much money, I don't think I would wait for people to return it.

              Just what I was thinking. It's not too hard to scare the heck out of a bunch of 18-20 year olds. I'll bet that the person that stole it didn't even know about all the crap that was on that CPU.

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              • aukevin
                War Eagle, Go Braves!
                • Dec 2002
                • 14700

                #8
                Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                That's was pretty cool. I wish it had some kind of conclusion at the end, I was waiting for some student to return it and run away or something.

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                • coogrfan
                  In Fritz We Trust
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 15646

                  #9
                  Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                  Great stuff, even if most of it was a bluff.

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                  • Silverstring
                    Pro
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 739

                    #10
                    Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                    Originally posted by fishepa
                    That guy is full of crap. Laptops don't have "transponders" to where you can tell wherever they are when the wireless card is on. What a dufus.
                    Maybe he had something like this?





                    Yeah, it's not a simple "transponder", but it provides similar functionality, so perhaps he was simply simplifying the idea for the purposes of his "warning".
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                    • fishepa
                      I'm Ron F'n Swanson!
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 18989

                      #11
                      Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                      Originally posted by Silverstring
                      Maybe he had something like this?





                      Yeah, it's not a simple "transponder", but it provides similar functionality, so perhaps he was simply simplifying the idea for the purposes of his "warning".
                      Maybe he did. But I guess they don't work since they didn't catch the person who stole it.

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                      • Stu
                        All Star
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 7924

                        #12
                        Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                        Originally posted by Silverstring
                        Maybe he had something like this?





                        Yeah, it's not a simple "transponder", but it provides similar functionality, so perhaps he was simply simplifying the idea for the purposes of his "warning".

                        We have something like that on our laptops and it works very well. We recovered two laptops that were stolen by an employee. The only downfall is if the person never connects to the internet.
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                        • dieselboy
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                          • Dec 2002
                          • 18040

                          #13
                          Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                          Kid probably just left class and threw the computer in a dumpster.

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                          • fishepa
                            I'm Ron F'n Swanson!
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 18989

                            #14
                            Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                            Originally posted by camulos
                            We have something like that on our laptops and it works very well. We recovered two laptops that were stolen by an employee. The only downfall is if the person never connects to the internet.
                            What happens if the user re-installs the OS?

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                            • Stu
                              All Star
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 7924

                              #15
                              Re: Remind me to never steal a prof's laptop.

                              Originally posted by fishepa
                              What happens if the user re-installs the OS?
                              Doesn't matter. I believe how it works is it blocks of a partition and makes that untouchable to anything else. I'm not positive on the exact technology but they said it could be reimaged, swapped network cards, etc. I think the only real way around it is to swap out the HD. The company we got it through also guarantees recovery or they give you $1000.
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