Leaving for a while
#1
Leaving for a while
Friday 13th my front door was kicked in while I was at work and my laptop stolen.
I have thought about it a lot the past week and have decided to live offline for a while.
Since the only Classic Oldsmobile access I have now is at work, and that damned Kontera ad program makes CO virtually unreadable there (can't diasable or thwart it), I'm gonna take a leave of absence. See y'all someday, when I decide to go back online.
At least I got hit when I was away and only lost the 8-year-old laptop and remaining jewelry, plus the damage to the door. Could have ended up like this guy http://www.yourgv.com/index.php/news...possible-crime
Rocket on!
rocketraider
I have thought about it a lot the past week and have decided to live offline for a while.
Since the only Classic Oldsmobile access I have now is at work, and that damned Kontera ad program makes CO virtually unreadable there (can't diasable or thwart it), I'm gonna take a leave of absence. See y'all someday, when I decide to go back online.
At least I got hit when I was away and only lost the 8-year-old laptop and remaining jewelry, plus the damage to the door. Could have ended up like this guy http://www.yourgv.com/index.php/news...possible-crime
Rocket on!
rocketraider
#6
Just an Olds Guy
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Replacement laptops are really a lot cheaper nowadays and there's great ad blocking software available as freeware. Sorry for your loss. A break in is a nasty invasion of privacy. Hope there wasn't a lot of personal data on the stolen puter. Sometimes a sabatical is a good thing to reflect and recharge. I know, I've been there too. Enjoy your time away.
#7
Dog maybe but a security system won't help that. Most of these guys are doing a smash & dash. They get in grab what they can see & get out. They know the cops are minutes away, not seconds.
#8
Glenn, we will miss you a lot! like the others have said you have a wealth of information stored in your noggin' and assorted books. Check in when you can, we'll need a dose of your Virginia humor now and then.
I replaced my laptop two years ago with an iPad and have not looked back. You might want to look into a tablet instead. Doesn't matter what type, Apple or android, they are all nicely handy and portable and stashable.
Be well!
I replaced my laptop two years ago with an iPad and have not looked back. You might want to look into a tablet instead. Doesn't matter what type, Apple or android, they are all nicely handy and portable and stashable.
Be well!
#11
AdBlocker and Firefox very effectively blocked them on the laptop. Work computer has a hyper-aggressive phishing filter on it (aggressive enough it takes their own corporate website a couple minutes to load, go figure) and time it scans and Kontera picks its keywords, it will routinely take a minute and a half to let a CO page get thru. In meantime the whole machine is frozen until Kontera does its thing and I cannot disable or block Kontera at work.
I'll probably look in every so often. Hard to kick a Classic Oldsmobile addiction!
I'll probably look in every so often. Hard to kick a Classic Oldsmobile addiction!
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