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Ask Slashdot: Starting From Scratch After a Burglary?
New submitter sc30317 writes "My house got robbed on Friday, and all of our electronics got stolen. Everything. Now, I have to go out and buy all new electronics with the insurance money. We had five TVs (don't ask), three laptops, a Bose Sound dock with iPod, a digital camera, and a desktop stolen. It's looking like I am going to get around $10K from the insurance company to replace everything. What would you do if you had to replace ALL of your technology in your house at once? I'm thinking:
replace TVs; nice Desktop; new speakers; and new, cool stuff I don't know about (suggestions welcome). I already added a DVR security system, so hopefully the new things won't get burgled! Looking for suggestions to utilize my money in order to get the best stuff. Also, no Windows computers allowed in my house."
They wouldn't have stolen your shit. Just saying...
>> What would you do if you had to replace ALL of your technology in your house at once?
Go on Craigslist and buy all your old crap back for ten cents on the dollar.
This is slashdot. Recommend buying a Boston Dynamics Big Dog.
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"No Trespassing: What the dogs don't finish, we feed to the pigs."
Have gnu, will travel.
I wonder if he had auto-logon enabled and the burglar booted up his machine and is posting from his account. Maybe this is just a request from the burglar for additional shit he wants.
If someone wants all the information to become useless, they would need to:
- close all credit cards and get new ones from different companies
- close all bank accounts and open new ones to a different bank
- get a divorce or get married, whatever changes your marital status
- change your name, race, hair color, eye color, sex, religion and language
- move to another country so that all details of the address are obsolete
- close your Facebook account and open a Google+ account
Now, I know that last step seems impossible to do, but don't give up, you can do it!
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Basically, would you hire him again, when it is time to do the next round of upgrades?
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
No, motion activated mini-gun.
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
++ if you train the dog to use it.
Well, it just follows the pattern. Burglars don't burgle, they burglarize. Murderers don't murder, they murderize. Etc.
When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling
When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling
And listen to the merry village chime
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
Just make sure to buy all Monster Cables and buy the extended warranty.
Come on! He only got $10K from the insurance!
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert"
or insist that your burbclave invest in a Rat Thing.
I suggest a dictionary.
Didn't you read the summary? They took EVERYTHING.
More Twoson than Cupertino
they're just going to shoot the dog, or kill it with the crowbar they used to get the door open.
That's why you don't want a yappy dog. You get one that just stands there, in the dark. And then tears the throat out of the intruder once they walk around the corner in the hallway.
Joke:
This burglar breaks into a house. After walking around in the dark for a few moments, he hears a voice, "Jesus is watching you."
Looking around, he sees a parrot, and sees it repeat, "Jesus is watching you."
He chuckles and says, "Really? What's your name, parrot?"
The parrot replies, "Moses."
The burglar says, "Who would name a parrot Moses?"
"The same guy who named the Rottweiler Jesus."
Have gnu, will travel.