How about a laser guided missile that homes in on the thief as he's running away with your computer... <poof!> <grin> (The coffee is good and hot this morning... it gets the imagination working...) Cheers... To a much better tomorrow... Bill Brooks - KG6VVP PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 http://www.dtwc.com http://pcbwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Lamkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events How about just locking it up & taking it with you? Where your lap goes, so does your laptop.. :D A long chain, a locked steel box, an unemployed bum paid to act as minder (nah, he'd nick it himself)..... IMO Any software solution is likely to be disabled, I.E. by formatting & reinstalling. It would have to be hardware & built into the mobo as add-ons can be removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------