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Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact?

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-two-things-not-just-one dept.

Mshift2x writes "Like many others, I'm shipping off to college for the first time in a few days. I'm excited, nervous, and a whole array of emotions at the same time. I'm sure many slashdotters have gone through this already, and I'd appreciate any wisdom, suggestions, or thoughts the community could provide." More specifically, phrogeeb writes "Per our earlier Slashdot article on laptop lock insecurity, I've been looking around recently for other options as far as keeping track of my laptop and other semi-expensive and certainly valuable (for a college student) stuff in a dorm room setting. Any ideas? I'm looking for both laptop-specific and comprehensive solutions. Locks? Alarms? Video cameras? Trip wire? (A few serious suggestions would be appreciated.)"

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  1. Testicular Electrocution for All by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frosty pist!!

  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post

  3. The first thing you'll need... by rich3929 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The first thing you'll need is an iPod (for all of your pirated music), which you can conveniently get for free right here:

    http://snipurl.com/8q12

    This is totally legit, my friend just got his yesterday. All you have to do is sign up for the AOL, Netscape, or Infone offer and cancel after you get credit the next day. Then get 5 others to do it.

    1. Re:The first thing you'll need... by rich3929 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Off topic? Who wouldn't want a free 20 gig iPod for college? It totally blows most people's setups out of the water.

  4. Dormcest? by lawpoop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, wait. This slashdot. n/m.

    --
    Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
    -- Pablo Picasso
  5. Re:Lock your dorm door = number 1 rule. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was going to mod you up, but you are anon.

    You should never be allowed to moderate for saying that.