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What's in a Typical Geek Home Network?
Mike D asks: "I have several machines on my home network (A Mac OS X server, a few Windows XP desktops, a G4 workstation, etc.) as well as various devices (wireless base stations, VPN/firewall) and always have spare machines around that I'm torn on what to do with. So, I wonder -- what do 'typical geeks' have on their home networks? What items do you feel are a requirement, what are luxuries, and what is just cool stuff that I should integrate into my own network? Of course, suggestions should be cheap/free/use existing hardware I can find around the house."
I'm not quite that mean and desparate. I can rest securely on the knowledge that this kid will ultimately get it in the end.
Besides, all the boards, drives, ect, all have my name and such scribed into them. The police are watching and if any of it shows up on various markets, it can be traced back.
Additionally, my suspicions are that my 16 year old step-daughter was probably partly culpable in this. I'm letting the police figure it out.
In the mean time, once I can get my income stablized, I'll probably order a new Dell Dimension or something such, and populate the thing again with dual TV cards again. I also have a spare IR Emitter device for the Dish box. And I still own my licenses to Snapstream/BeyondTV, so I can reload it again.
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I guess the root question got lost in the mess.
From a law enforcement perspective, unless you have physical and tangible proof, you cannot "bust". You must first prove your case before you arrest.
Its a slow cog, but it's a cog that will turn a full 360 eventually.
Cheers
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