> Mmm, OK. My mum's works laptop used to have GSM capabilities. It was 
> several times slower than a 56K modem, depending on location.

LOL, I used to have a 2400 baud modem too.  Well, as usual, times have moved 
on since then:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access

Most service providers seem to be offering a flat-rate "mobile broadband" 
package for around 20-30 pounds per month, really useful if you need a 
network connection and travel sometimes without access to free-WLAN.

> OTOH, presumably if you lose your keys, they have ways to fix this, so it 
> can't be *that* secure.

If you "lose" both keys it is a long and difficult process to get a new set 
from the manufacturer.  Of course they are going to check with lists of 
stolen cars before doing so, and I guess you have to provide proof you own 
the vehicle, ID etc.  Most of the time people just lose 1 key, and then it 
is quite trivial to buy a "blank" key and reprogram it from the old key.

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scott wrote:
>> Yeah, I guess I could do that, except that
>>
>> 1. I have to notify the office that I'm expecting a parcel, otherwise 
>> they will open it and file the invoice. (!)
> 
> Ooh that's a bit scary :-) But so long as you don't order anything you 
> don't want them to see, I don't see why it should be a problem.
> 
>> 2. I don't know the postal address of my place of work.
> 
> How did you know where to go the first day you went there?

To be fair, I didn't know the postal address where I worked either. I 
commuted for a year, and the only time I saw the address was the first 
time I stuffed it into the GPS, and never after that.

I've worked several places where I knew how to drive to but couldn't 
tell you the address. Not at all unusual when you live walking distance 
from work, either.  "Where are you?"  "Know that brown building with the 
green stripes next to the food store?"  "Yeah."  "Third floor."

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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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scott wrote:
> you need a lot of skill and knowledge, 

Or a tow truck.

I never understood why more motorcycles didn't get stolen.


-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> OTOH, presumably if you lose your keys, they have ways to fix this, so 
> it can't be *that* secure.

Yes. They pull out $3000 worth of computers and replace them.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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scott wrote:
>> 1. I have to notify the office that I'm expecting a parcel, otherwise 
>> they will open it and file the invoice. (!)
> 
> Ooh that's a bit scary :-) But so long as you don't order anything you 
> don't want them to see, I don't see why it should be a problem.

http://www.thehumorarchives.com/attachment/78/dildo.jpg

>> 2. I don't know the postal address of my place of work.
> 
> How did you know where to go the first day you went there?

I followed my dad's car. (He works there too, remember?)

You remember that our postal address changed just a few months ago, yes? ;-)

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Darren New wrote:

> I never understood why more motorcycles didn't get stolen.

I've wondered about that... It's not like you'd even need to play ahead. 
You just need that guy from Police Academy. What's his name? House.

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> http://www.thehumorarchives.com/attachment/78/dildo.jpg

Haha yes, even if they don't open your mail I still wouldn't send anything 
dodgy.  I've had a few parcels turn up half-opened because they were damaged 
during transit.

>>> 2. I don't know the postal address of my place of work.
>>
>> How did you know where to go the first day you went there?
>
> I followed my dad's car. (He works there too, remember?)
>
> You remember that our postal address changed just a few months ago, yes? 
> ;-)

SO, weren't you emailed or something to announce this change?  Maybe I just 
work in a different place, but I see and use our postal address the whole 
time for telling people how to get here, ordering stuff, filling in forms, 
reading letters that people have sent to me, those free technical magazines 
that are sent, on mine and my colleagues business cards etc it's everywhere. 
Didn't you say you were sent some kit from the US?  THey must know your 
address, and it must have been written on the thing you received, just copy 
that.  Heck at our place there's even a big number above the entrance, and a 
sign on the street for the street name, that's a good start.

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> To be fair, I didn't know the postal address where I worked either. I 
> commuted for a year, and the only time I saw the address was the first 
> time I stuffed it into the GPS, and never after that.

DId you really receive no real mail or parcels from outside, never send 
anyone a real mail or package, never have to tell anyone where you worked 
(eg if they coming to visit you or trying to deliver something), never fill 
in any form that needed your work address, never have to tell a taxi driver 
or a friend the address, never ordered anything for work, in one whole year? 
What did you do there that was so closed off from everyone else?

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scott wrote:
>> http://www.thehumorarchives.com/attachment/78/dildo.jpg
> 
> Haha yes, even if they don't open your mail I still wouldn't send 
> anything dodgy.  I've had a few parcels turn up half-opened because they 
> were damaged during transit.

Too true.

(BTW, you have *no idea* how long it took me with Google to find that 
image again!)

>> You remember that our postal address changed just a few months ago, 
>> yes? ;-)
> 
> SO, weren't you emailed or something to announce this change?  Maybe I 
> just work in a different place, but I see and use our postal address the 
> whole time for telling people how to get here, ordering stuff, filling 
> in forms, reading letters that people have sent to me, those free 
> technical magazines that are sent, on mine and my colleagues business 
> cards etc it's everywhere.

I don't do purchasing. I tell the purchasing guys what I want ordered, 
and they order it. (Because they know how all the paperwork works and 
stuff. Personally, I have no idea what a "PO number" is.)

> Didn't you say you were sent some kit from 
> the US?  THey must know your address, and it must have been written on 
> the thing you received, just copy that.  Heck at our place there's even 
> a big number above the entrance, and a sign on the street for the street 
> name, that's a good start.

You'll recall that my place of work isn't on a "street". (Indeed, 
according to my TomTom, it isn't even on a *road*!) It's in the middle 
of a farmer's field.

But yeah, the purchasing guys will know what the address is. They 
purchase all my stuff for me!

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scott wrote:

>> (I hear claims of the opposite for the USA - but I'm pretty sure 
>> they're exaggerating.)
> 
> Their cars seemed way bigger to me.

...starting to understand why the USA doesn't want to reduce carbon 
emissions...

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