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The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet?
CGP314 writes "I live in London and whenever I travel around, I feel like a huge target for muggers. Usually I take my laptop, iPod, cell phone and occasionally a PDA around with me. As with many geeks, these items hold within them far more value to me than anything I leave behind in my apartment. So I would like to know what my fellow urban geeks do to try and keep their valuables safe while traveling with them. I've switched my iPod headphones from the distinctive white to a boring black as a means of camouflage; are there any other suggestions?"
Amongst my many gadgets I carry I also have my concealed weapons permit and a locked and loaded Glock 36 with HydraShok .45 ACP Hollowpoints.
Nobody will steal them if they don't know you have them. Switching the headphones on the iPod was a good idea. Are you even a geek if you own an the overpriced, low battery, low sound quality item that is the iPod. Real geeks use Zen Xtra, Karma, or iRiver iHP-1x0.
I'm a 6'3", 480lb ex-wrestler and I carry a legally registered firearm at all times. If any mugger is stupid enough to try and mug someone of my stature who carries himself the way I do, he's going to be quite surprised when I reach for my ipod and pull out my 9mm instead.
Oh wait, you can't carry in the UK, thanks to your brilliant politicians who have decided that law-abiding citizens do not require such protections. That's why London now has a higher crime rate than NYC, and muggings continue to skyrocket. Me out.
"Me fail English? That's unpossible." - Ralph
I, too, despise thieves. Do you happen to download copyrighted music?
Once again, troll, thieves steal. Downloading music is not stealing. Therefore people who download music are not thieves.
"A mugging might result in loosing more then an ipod, like your life or well being. or getting raped as well."
Getting raped? As a man I don't really fear for this, however, as someone a few posts up mentioned that they'd been mugged twice in San Francisco..in that town it may be a problem.
Trust me. Nobody wants to rape your fat, pale-as-flour ugly white ass. Oh, you're not overweight? I'm sorry, I meant skinny, pale-as-flour ugly white ass.
(7) If you want to be take responsibility then remember that your are responsible for every life that gun you own takes. If it gets stolen then you did not secure it well enough. If a kid gets a hold of it you did not secure it well enough.
This is complete bullshit. That is all.
He can't get a concealed carry permit. He can't legally even get a gun. The only people who can have guns there are the criminals. Not legally of course, but London is the shining example of the folly of gun control.
.40 cal round. Nothing bites more than having to riddle your attacker with 9mm or .380 shells when a double-tap of .40 cal will do the job. I just don't like the grip angle of the glocks. They're designed for European shooters who prefer the awkward low-angle grips. I'd go with a Kahr PM 4043a, myself.
Good choice though. The 27 is easily concealed and fires a powerful
let me ask you.
train. moving. what for is your laptop outside? why not in the bag? If what you do is that critical that you have to work in a train, then you should be getting paid enough to make all these costs trivial.
digital camera : what do you have it out in your lap for in a train?
ipod : have some commonsense, get a cheaper MP3 player for your train music.
in other words, you are the living proof why geeks are geeks to the rest of the world. Your gadgets define you. commonsense is near nothing. and you speak as if you have no plans to gain some.
You're full of shit. Any mugger with a four inch blade to the guy knows he can gut that lamer before he can figure out how to draw a three foot fucking sword. Don't make shit up for moderated points. Or at least put some effort into your story. By the way, if I ever see a role playing homo walking around with a sword on, I'm gunna call the cops... right after i beat his lame ass.
Oh, right, citizens don't have that right anymore.