What a stupid headline to see this morning. I'm waiting for the following studies to get some attention:
"Huge study says husband's attitude affects quality of marriage."
"Huge study says chef's attitude affects quality of food severed."
"Huge study says manager's attitude affects subordinate's career."
Exactly. We share a TV in my house. It's a family thing. It forces some compromise sometimes. If someone wants to use the internet they go use some other device for that so the others can enjoy some entertainment.
Like someone else said - don't move there. If you're going to try it then here's my 1.5 cents. #1 issue is someone coming in while you're there and doing you harm in order to rob you. Hardening every way in is very important. Once they get in (and they will) you either have to be able to protect yourself or go somewhere in the house where you can call for help and buy some time. A dog is excellent because they're an unknown to a stranger, but they require lots of care. #2 - when you're not home you need good insurance. I work with someone who had video and the police got finger prints but crime not solved. #3 - ask yourself what you're trying to protect? Can it be put in a safe? Can you deploy a decoy safe that someone might spend a lot of time trying to take for nothing? Can you hide your valuables. How about a fake dog that reacts to sound? How about a lighting and sound device that makes it look like someone's home watching TV? #4 - add a monitored security system. Cost of living there. Get one that makes noise, calls someone, sends texts when access points change state, etc.
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What a stupid headline to see this morning. I'm waiting for the following studies to get some attention: "Huge study says husband's attitude affects quality of marriage." "Huge study says chef's attitude affects quality of food severed." "Huge study says manager's attitude affects subordinate's career."
Exactly. We share a TV in my house. It's a family thing. It forces some compromise sometimes. If someone wants to use the internet they go use some other device for that so the others can enjoy some entertainment.
Yes, we should do whatever we can to get them on broadband so they can be miserable Facebook users like the rest of us.
Like someone else said - don't move there. If you're going to try it then here's my 1.5 cents. #1 issue is someone coming in while you're there and doing you harm in order to rob you. Hardening every way in is very important. Once they get in (and they will) you either have to be able to protect yourself or go somewhere in the house where you can call for help and buy some time. A dog is excellent because they're an unknown to a stranger, but they require lots of care. #2 - when you're not home you need good insurance. I work with someone who had video and the police got finger prints but crime not solved. #3 - ask yourself what you're trying to protect? Can it be put in a safe? Can you deploy a decoy safe that someone might spend a lot of time trying to take for nothing? Can you hide your valuables. How about a fake dog that reacts to sound? How about a lighting and sound device that makes it look like someone's home watching TV? #4 - add a monitored security system. Cost of living there. Get one that makes noise, calls someone, sends texts when access points change state, etc.
Going for the dumbest comment today... I really miss OpenVMS and files with version numbers. That is all.